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Future Flights: Imagine Your Own Flying Machines!
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Rutkowski, Tom Conner, Alex Hill, Geoffrey Zarske, Malinda Schaefer Yowell, Janet |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Description | Student teams design their own flying machines based on their knowledge of the forces involved in flight, the properties of given materials, and the ways in which their flying machine might benefit society. Students learn first-hand how the brainstorming process contributes to imaginative thinking and inventing—a technique engineers use to come up with new products or alter existing products. As a conclusion to the Airplanes unit, this lesson encourages students to think creatively. After learning about the invention process and reviewing the concepts learned in the unit, they conduct the open-ended associated activity. Student teams design their own flying machines based on their knowledge of the forces involved in flight, the properties of given materials, and the ways in which their flying machine might benefit society. Students learn first-hand how the brainstorming process contributes to imaginative thinking and inventing—a technique engineers use to come up with new products or alter existing products. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Physical Science Flying Machine Brainstorm Airplane Inventing Creativity Generating Ideas Invention Airplanes Brainstorming |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class V Class VI Class VII |
| Resource Type | Notes |
| Subject | Physics |
