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The "O-Wing" Experiment (created by the ABC's Surfing Scientist)

Primary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Teacher

Local copy of Lesson Plan and Student Worksheet (PDF 10 pages)

This lesson focuses on the ‘scientific method’ and can be incorporated into a unit on flight or as a stand alone activity. Students learn that a controlled experiment is a repetitive process in which one variable is incrementally changed while all others are kept constant.

Students build and test several O-Wing gliders to investigate the effect of wing size on flight performance. Next, they design their own experiment to investigate the effect of fuselage (straw) length on the O-Wing’s performance. As a fun closing activity, students can construct multi-winged O-Wing gliders to compete in ‘The Most Bizarre O-Wing Challenge’.

Duration: 60 – 80 minutes
Preparation: 10 minutes

O-Wing Gliders | Easy Science Experiments for Kids | 5 Minute Science | DIY Projects for Kids
https://youtu.be/yUO87iLembQ

Movie - "Paper Planes" (Unit of Work - Created by Wendy Bean)

Primary Middle

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding

Philosophy

Cooperative Learning Activity

Teacher

Suitable for students in Years 5 - 8.

Unit of Work - local copy

Activities within the Unit of Work:

Read the book and watch the movie
Discussion
Rich Task Assessment - students to generate their own high quality question
Write a persuasive text and a procedure for conducting a paper plane competition
Q & A with director Robert Connolly
Think-Pair-Share
Explore the Characters
Character Matches or Bingo
Relationships Writing Activity
Bullying
Explore the Themes - Jigsaw
Journal Writing

Paper Planes Official Trailer #1 (2015) - Sam Worthington, Ed Oxenbould Movie HD
https://youtu.be/h00GHmlFjCs

Optional Extra

Paper Planes: A Movie Review

Follow the steps within "WikiHow - Write a Movie Review"

Don't forget to add the number of stars out of 5 to rate this movie.

Take Flight (from Try Engineering)

Primary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Teacher

Lesson Plan - local copy
This lesson plan is also available under the Air Force Officer

This lesson explores how flight is possible and how engineers have improved glider designs and materials to improve flight accuracy and distance. Students build and test their own gliders out of simple materials.

Learn about the forces that impact flight
Learn about engineering design, testing, and troubleshooting.
Learn how engineering can help solve society’s challenges.
Learn about teamwork and problem solving.

Designing Drones (from Try Engineering)

Primary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Cooperative Learning Activity

Teacher

This lesson explores how helicopter flight is possible and how drones (or quadcopters) have impacted our world. Students explore the forces that make helicopter flight possible, and learn about how material choice and shape can also have an impact on flight. Students work in teams to design, build and fly a simple rotor using basic materials that drops the slowest from a height of ten feet.

Learn about the forces that impact flight.
Learn about engineering design, testing, and troubleshooting.
Learn how engineering can help solve society’s challenges.
Learn about teamwork and problem solving.

Lesson Plan & Student Worksheet - local copy

The Aviation Industry - AMEs, Certification, Governments and Market Pressure - Academic Controversy Strategy

Middle Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Cooperative Learning Activity

Teacher

A. Please read how to conduct at Academic Controversy Strategy with the class.

B. Get the students to read and consider the following articles within the student process below.

Students

1. You are to form groups of 4 students. One pair will investigate the positive and the other pair will research the negative of this situation. You will conduct an Academic Controversy Strategy. Read about this strategy first so you will have an idea of what you are to do.

2. The stimulus materials are

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