Let's Fly
by Jennifer Cheesman
Let's Fly is a great lesson for those teaching forces and motion. Find some balsa wood flyers through a STEAM source (ideas included), take your students outside to play and let them observe. Then bring them back together and they must create a new glider---new wings, tail, nose or even the body. Then head back outside you go to observe how the changes affected the flyers.
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5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CZ3p-2VFtgh6S3ps2TeIQDJZkd5RyD_k/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science P3: Net Force Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S6: Apply Communications to Engineering English Language Arts (ELA) Speaking & Listening
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