Flight Basics
Upon completion of this lesson, the student should know:
• The relationship between Bernoulli's Principle and Newton’s Laws of Motion and how they were used to develop a machine that could fly.
• The coefficient of lift and the parameters involved.
• The parts of an airplane and an airfoil.
• The four forces affecting an airplane in flight.
• The three axes, movement around those axes, and the control surfaces that create the motion.
Lesson Grade Level
9th GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WMPEO6FpzVchq3gA69p0ziKRuQwk-JWS0lpUnca…Related Content
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