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Module 9: What Goes Up?
A Study of Flight and the Atmosphere
Description
In this module students will learn how animals fly and how birds
and insects have adapted to flight. Students will study the physical
principles that make flight possible and how atmospheric conditions
affect flight. Students will also examine the design and construction
of aircraft and will see how some aspects of meteorology are related
to the performance of aircraft.
Investigations
For each investigation, the science or sciences that form the principal
focus of that investigation are noted.
| Investigation
1: Takeoff |
Biology
and Physics |
| Investigation
2: Forces of Flight |
Biology
and Physics |
| Investigation
3: Lightening the Load |
Biology
and Chemistry |
| Investigation
4: Up, Up, and Away |
Physics
and Earth/Space |
| Investigation
5: Free Fall |
Physics |
| Investigation
6: Airplane-Design Contest |
Physics
and Earth/Space |
| Investigation
7: The Light Stuff |
Chemistry
and Physics |
| Investigation
8: Flying Weather |
Physics,
Chemistry and Earth/Space |
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