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Pitsco’s Foam Wing Glider activity is an investigation into the design of airfoils – that is, airplane wings. Students build foam wing gliders with standard or student-designed airfoils. They cut the wings out of foam using the Pitsco Wing Cutter. The model airplanes are constructed using these . . .
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Construct a Hot-Air Balloon and add mass to the balloon and determine the maximum payload the balloon can transport.
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Pitsco’s KaZoon Kites activity is geometry in motion. Students use straws, string, glue, and tissue paper to construct a very different style of kite – a kite in the shape of a tetrahedron. These kites really do fly, and four of these kites can be tied together to make an even larger flying . . .
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Pitsco’s Model Airplanes activity is uplifting. The four forces of flight are explored as students build rubber band-powered model airplanes, the Delta Darts. After construction, the airplanes are fine-tuned for optimum flight. Students observe the flight characteristics of the models with . . .
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Pitsco’s Parachutes activity is a study of aerodynamic decelerators, or parachutes. Students construct simple parachutes from tissue, glue, and string; then, they observe and record results of several parachute drops. Results of parachute redesigns or modifications can be predicted and then . . .
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Test three gliders with the first being an original glider, the second exactly half of the original glider and the third exactly ¾ those of the original glider. Determine how their sizes affect their flight.
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Test and experiment with several different parachute designs, but you may only have one final design that will safely carry an egg from three meters to the floor without breaking the egg.
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Students construct a model hot-air balloon.
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Construct a Delta Dart model airplane. Over the course of three launches, vary the number of rubber bands and record the effects on initial velocity.
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The materials contained in the KaZoon Kite Kit can be used to create many different types of polyhedrons. Design a kite constructed from polyhedrons with something other than tetrahedrons for at least half of the kite. Your kite should be designed to fly as high as possible in any wind condition.
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