Technology Design Challenge
Posted on June 24, 2008 by xpatasia
I just read this post from Barbara Braxton on the Oz Teachers list. I remember sending this rather addictive link around myself last year.
Try http://flightsimx.archive.amnesia.com.au/ (but don’t get addicted) and create a league for the students. Have them investigate all the different designs for paper planes and experiment to see if one design flies better than another; if the weight/ type/ colour of paper influences the distance; what factors do influence distance flown.
From an email I sent last October when many of us were hooked on this site …… science looks at the effect of the turbulence created by both fan and chimney and how this might affect the result; more maths as you investigate whether loop-de-loops affect distance travelled; design and technology to see if a real paper plane could be flown that distance, and which type of design is the most efficient and aerodynamic; the effects of drag and résistance; the mechanics of flight; ICT- how is it done?
This is a fabulous thing to do on an Electronic Whiteboard! Good starter maybe??
Photo: Paper Plane by Chrstopher
Filed under: Ideas for Great Lessons | Tagged: challenge, design, LSA_Paul, technology
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Thanks for this!
I already joined this ning some time ago. I do leave comments there from time to time but I have not mastered the art of mashing so that a blog posting here is syndicated there. Is this possible I wonder??
Cheers
Paul