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Lesson: Air-mazing Experiment (Middle School)

Posted on 06/03/2021 at 03:45 PM by Virginia Smith

Air-mazing Experiment In this lesson, students will illustrate the movement of air molecules and explain Bernoulli's principle. In the early...

Posted on 05/20/2021 at 03:23 PM by Virginia Smith

In this lesson, students will identify and define the four forces of flight: weight (or gravity), lift, thrust and drag....

Posted on 05/03/2021 at 03:40 PM by Virginia Smith

In this lesson, students will learn the impact of space technology on their lives because of inventions that originated from...

Posted on 03/03/2021 at 12:01 PM by Virginia Smith

In this lesson, students will learn about animals that have traveled to space in research missions. They will discover why...

Posted on 02/02/2021 at 05:53 PM by Virginia Smith

Students will construct a paper rocket and launch it with a straw. In the process, they will learn about concepts...

Posted on 12/09/2020 at 08:26 AM by Virginia Smith

In this astronomy lesson for young learners, students will make connections with their own experiences looking at a night sky....

Posted on 09/28/2020 at 03:56 PM by Virginia Smith

In this lesson, students will analyze and define the word "astronaut" and also identify purposes of a spacesuit as they...

Posted on 08/13/2020 at 06:18 PM by Virginia Smith

Cadet 2d Lt. Joshua Ling of Hawaii Wing Civil Air Patrol's West Oahu Composite Squadron discusses the Aerodynamics of an...

Posted on 07/16/2020 at 02:56 PM by Virginia Smith

In this lesson, cadets and students will learn about the basics of how flight works by creating a simple foam...

Posted on 06/09/2020 at 02:15 PM by Virginia Smith

In this lesson, students will learn about the physics of helicopter flight. They will conduct test flights of a paper...