To recognize that streamlining reduces drag, and to predict the effects of design changes on an airplane.
Appropriate Grades: Grade 6,
Appropriate Materials: None,
To demonstrate that air moving over a curved surface provides lift.
Appropriate Grades: Grade 6,
Appropriate Materials: None,
To show that air has many of the same properties as more solid objects, including "taking up space".
Appropriate Grades: Grade 6,
Appropriate Materials: None,
Using a "boot camp" metaphor, students become air molecules in training and learn that air expands and contracts.
Appropriate Grades: Grade 6,
Appropriate Materials: None,