Ever wonder how planes fly? Learn about the science of flight through exciting experiments using simple materials. Put your knowledge to the test: design your own aircraft from scratch, in whichever way you want it, using a computer game called SimplePlanes, then test to see if it really flies!
Objectives
- Describe the ways in which forces may change the motion of an aircraft (thrust, lift, drag, weight.
- Describe how lift is produced in terms of action-reaction force pair.
- Show understanding that the weight of an airplane may be taken as acting at a single point known as its centre of gravity
- Explain the effects of friction (air resistance) to the motion of an aircraft
- Design, build and safely land an aircraft
Duration
1.5 hours
Time
9.30am or 2.30pm
Min Group Size
25 students per class
Max. Capacity
40 students per class
Age Group
13 – 17 years old
