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Flight Test Engineers lesson plan 4-7s
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In this Physics-themed lesson plan, students test the flight time of their own paper plane.
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Flight Test Engineers lesson plan 7-11s
In Flight Test Engineers, students will learn how to make, test and fly their paper aeroplanes. The lesson focuses on developing students’ understanding of how to carry out a ‘fair test’ and forces to explain the motion of their paper planes. Students share their ideas about how different wing shapes lead to different forms of flight.
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Completing the activities in this lesson plan will help students meet the following objectives / outcomes:
England
KS2 Science
Working scientifically
Forces
KS2 Mathematics
Measurement
Geometry
Scotland
Sciences
By investigating how friction, including air resistance, affects motion, I can suggest ways to improve efficiency in moving objects. SCN2-07a
Mathematics
- I can carry out practical tasks and investigations involving timed events and can explain which unit of time would be most appropriate to use. MNU2-10b
- I can use the common units of measure, convert between related units of the metric system and carry out calculations when solving problems. MNU2-11b
Wales
KS2 Science
Skills: All.
Range: How things work.
KS2 Mathematics
Skills: All.
Range: Understand and use measures; Shape, position and movement; Handling data.
Northern Ireland
KS2 The world around us
Movement and energy – the causes and effect of forces and movement.
KS2 Mathematics and numeracy
- Processes in mathematics – communicating mathematically, mathematical reasoning.
- Measures – estimating and measuring length and time.
- Handling data – collecting, representing and interpreting data.