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Flight: Air Powered Glider Challenge
Students design and build air powered gliders in this engaging lesson. This is a fun way to teach and apply principles of force as they apply to flight including lift, gravity, thrust, and drag. Requires the same launcher used in the "Air Rocket Design Challenge" lesson. The link to that lesson is included along with a variety of resources!
Lesson Grade Level
5th GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iynk1q6KqCSrKcNXVE9vgmTq8VWkYRyh/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science P2: Objects at a Distance P3: Net Force P4: Energy Transfer Engineering S1: Engineering & Global Society S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S4: Apply Science to Engineering S7: Apply Project Management to Engineering Mathematics Measurement and Data (MD) English Language Arts (ELA) Reading (Informational Text)Related Content
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This lesson is part four of four lessons, which culminates in the flight of drones built by the students. Lesson 4: FLY focuses on the controller pairing and functions, troubleshooting possible
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