Flight+and+Aerodynamics

Learn about Flight and Aerodynamics
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Have you ever wanted to fly? How do things fly?
 * The Science Behind Airplanes and Flight**

Create a hypothesis about why certain types of airplanes fly faster and longer.

Go to http://howthingsfly.si.edu/ to learn more about flight and flying.


 * Key Vocabulary**
 * Weight
 * Mass
 * Gravity
 * Air Pressure
 * Drag
 * Velocity


 * Who is Sir Isaac Newton?** What are Newton's Laws of Motion?


 * What are the forces of flight?**
 * Weight and Gravity Video
 * Lift and Buoyancy - Video
 * Air Pressure - Video

1. Click the link to Make Your Own Airplane 2. Test your airplane for its distance and time in the air. Fly your airplane 3 times and record your data in your chart. 3. Create a bar chart with the data that you have collected. 4. Compare your results. Determine what plane went the farthest and which plane had the longest flight time.


 * **Flight #** || **Length in Feet** || **Time in Seconds** ||
 * **1** ||  ||   ||
 * **2** ||  ||   ||
 * **3** ||  ||   ||
 * **Average** ||  ||   ||

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