FLIGHT PROJECT
CTE Competencies met during this project: (Tech Systems and Inventions and Innovations combined)
1. Demonstrate positive work ethic.
3. Demonstrate teamwork skills.
7. Demonstrate creativity and resourcefulness.
8. Demonstrate effective speaking and listening skills.
9. Demonstrate effective reading and writing skills.
10. Demonstrate critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
11. Demonstrate healthy behaviors and safety skills.
15. Demonstrate time-, task-, and resource-management skills.
16. Demonstrate job-specific mathematics skills.
18. Demonstrate proficiency with technologies common to a specific occupation.
19. Demonstrate information technology skills.
34. Develop designs for presenting to the class.
34. Explain the influences of technology on history.
36. Demonstrate various types of measuring.
36. Demonstrate the process for changing inputs to outputs in any system (Universal Systems Model).
38. Develop designs for a given problem.
39. Evaluate a product design with the goal of innovation.
41. Produce a model, or prototype, of a design.
45. Design a transportation system to solve a problem.
47. Participate as part of a cooperative team.
Flight Project
Parts 1 and 2: Use Microsoft Flight Simulator and learn to fly. You may work in groups of 2 to complete this. Make sure you finish the worksheets. Complete tutorials 1-8 first and then fly from Roanoke to Blacksburg. Show me when you have completed your flight.
Since there are only 4 flight simulators, not everyone can simulate at the same time. Take this time to cut out and construct your card stock glider. Put pieces in a zip lock back. Completed glider should have your name on it and keep it in your shop locker. Every student must complete a glider. Turn in photo of completed glider on Google Classroom for grade!
Parts 1 and 2: Use Microsoft Flight Simulator and learn to fly. You may work in groups of 2 to complete this. Make sure you finish the worksheets. Complete tutorials 1-8 first and then fly from Roanoke to Blacksburg. Show me when you have completed your flight.
Since there are only 4 flight simulators, not everyone can simulate at the same time. Take this time to cut out and construct your card stock glider. Put pieces in a zip lock back. Completed glider should have your name on it and keep it in your shop locker. Every student must complete a glider. Turn in photo of completed glider on Google Classroom for grade!
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Flight Project
Part 3: You are going to construct a paper airplane that flies the longest distance at the fastest speed. We will test them outside. This is an individual assignment.
Rules:
1. You can only use paper or card stock and glue (no staples, paper clips, etc.)
2. You may use as much paper as you want, but you are only allowed to use 2 pieces of card stock. Once I give you the 2 pieces of card stock, I will not give you replacement card stock if you mess up. So plan accordingly!
3. The length of your plane may be no longer than 18 inches.
4. We will test the distance and the speed of each plane and each student will chart the data.
Grading Rubric
Flight Simulator Tutorials- 25 points each (200 total)
Flight Simulator Worksheets - 100 points
Flight from Roanoke to Blacksburg- 150 points
Making Glider from Kit- 200 points
Designing and constructing your own airplane- 300 points
Testing and collecting data of airplane flights- 150 points
1100 total points (11 grades!)
Part 3: You are going to construct a paper airplane that flies the longest distance at the fastest speed. We will test them outside. This is an individual assignment.
Rules:
1. You can only use paper or card stock and glue (no staples, paper clips, etc.)
2. You may use as much paper as you want, but you are only allowed to use 2 pieces of card stock. Once I give you the 2 pieces of card stock, I will not give you replacement card stock if you mess up. So plan accordingly!
3. The length of your plane may be no longer than 18 inches.
4. We will test the distance and the speed of each plane and each student will chart the data.
Grading Rubric
Flight Simulator Tutorials- 25 points each (200 total)
Flight Simulator Worksheets - 100 points
Flight from Roanoke to Blacksburg- 150 points
Making Glider from Kit- 200 points
Designing and constructing your own airplane- 300 points
Testing and collecting data of airplane flights- 150 points
1100 total points (11 grades!)
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