Target Audience:
Students
Grade Level:
5-8,9-12
Event Focus :
Using your research skills and applying your knowledge of flight dynamics, can you design a shoebox to glide?
Description:
Join NASA in this unique design challenge in which your students will apply theoretical knowledge with design limitations to produce a working glider model. Students will experience the team planning and design challenges needed to carry through a design concept to a successful demonstration in the world of aeronautical engineering. Challenges are a two-connection activity generally scheduled about 3 to 4 weeks apart, and must be registered for separately. Click on each heading below to register for both of the connections - Part 1 and Part 2 separately. + Can a Shoebox Fly Challenge – Part 1
During the first videoconference, students will interact with a NASA
Education Specialist and learn about the past and future efforts of
flight and aircraft designs, as well as the principals of lift and how to
calculate the glide slope ratio. Students will then be issued a challenge
to make a shoebox fly. + Can a Shoebox Fly Challenge – Part 2
During the second videoconference, students will do formal presentations
back to the NASA Education Specialist to show their end design and
calculated glide slope ratios as determined by their test flights. The flight
test information should be presented back to NASA using visuals such as
PowerPoint or videos to demonstrate their results.
Instructional Objectives:
Engage | TLW share prior knowledge about flight dynamics, aircraft design, and NASA’s history in aeronautics with the NASA Education Specialist | Explore | TLW discover NASA’s past, present, and future efforts in flight and aircraft designs | Explain | TLW understand the principals of lift, discover how the four forces of flight affect an aircraft, and how calculations, such as glide-slope ratio, describe the flight of an aircraft by observing on-camera demonstrations | Elaborate | TLW demonstrate their understanding of flight to the design, construction, and test flight of a shoebox-based glider, and collect measurements to calculate glide-slope and aspect ratios | Evaluate | TLW present their results to the NASA Education Specialist during the second connection through visual and oral summaries of their design and test solutions
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Pre-Conference Activities: |
The link below is a preview of the activity only. For the complete module and event information, please see the Complete Educator Guide. "Design and Fly a Shoebox" Activity:
Students will work individually or in teams to
design, build and test their own shoebox glider.
+ Detailed activity information
+ Complete Educator Guide
Prior to the event, students should take the pre-event assessment quiz. Click the linlk below for the on-line quiz.
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Following the event, students should take the post-event assessment quiz. Click the link below for the on-line quiz.
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| Standards |
NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION STANDARDS (NSES)
Science as Inquiry - Content Standard A:
As a result of activities in grades 5-8 and 9-12,
all students should develop:
• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
• Understandings about scientific inquiry
Science and Technology - Content Standard E:
As a result of activities in grades 5-8 and 9-12,
all students should develop:
• Abilities of technological design
• Understandings about science and technology
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS (NCTM)
Standard 4 - Measurement
• In all grades students should apply a variety of
techniques, tools, and formulas for determining
measurement
Standard 8 - Communication
• In all grades students should organize and consolidate
their mathematical thinking to communicate with others
• Express mathematical ideas coherently and clearly to
peers, teachers and others
INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (ITEA)
Design - Standard 10
• Students will develop an understanding of the role of
troubleshooting, research and development, invention and
innovation, and experimentation in problem solving
The Designed World - Standard 17
• Students will develop an understanding of and be able
to select and use information and communication technologies
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