Wind Tunnel
WHY? question_guy
The two principles that govern heavier-than-air flight are the same as those that propel powered vessels - action and reaction, and lift. A wind tunnel affords scientists the opportunity to study the affects of air currents in relationship to the airfoils and tail of an aircraft.
ASSESSMENT: Can the student communicate what they observed?

question_guy
four Student is able to communicate what takes place when a model airplane is held behind a wind tunnel - that the air currents affect the wings and tail of the aircraft to either create a lift, dive, turning, or rolling of the airplane.

three Student is able to communicate most of what takes place when a model airplane is held behind a wind tunnel - that the air currents affect the wings and tail of the aircraft to either create a lift, dive, turning, or rolling of the airplane.

two Student is able to communicate some of what takes place when a model airplane is held behind a wind tunnel - that the air currents affect the wings and tail of the aircraft to either create a lift, dive, turning, or rolling of the airplane.

one Student is able to communicate one of the things that take place when a model airplane is held behind a wind tunnel - that the air currents affect the wings and tail of the aircraft to either create a lift, dive, turning, or rolling of the airplane.

(*Wind tunnel idea taken from the following book: Science Projects and Activities. Author: Helen J. Challand, Ph.D. Publisher: Childrens Press, Chicago, 1985.)


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