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aerospace
engineering week 2 lesson plan
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| I. |
Identification
- Module: Aerospace Engineering
- Lesson Title: Physics of Flight
- Duration: 5 periods
- Author: JR Hull
- Date: 21 July 2001
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Academic Content
Standards
- CA Physics 1,2,3,5
- CA Algebra I 1,2,4,6,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,23
- CA Algebra II 2,3,4,6,7,12,
- CA Language Arts Reading 1,2; Oral 1;
Listening/Speaking 1,2
- SCANS 1,2,5,6,7,8
- CA Engineering Technology 2,5,6
- CA Drafting Technology 1
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Preparation
- This week is a review of basic physics
and mathematics: Newton's laws, forces, motion,
acceleration. Standard physics texts and problem
sets or online sources may be used to construct lessons appropriate
for the students
- The physics of flight gives a
theoretical and practical basis for the study of
aerospace engineering
- Gather materials to construct Newton
Cars (see resources)
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Lesson Objectives
- Understand basic physical quantities: mass, inertia,
force, moment, position, velocity, and acceleration.
- Know Newton's law of gravity and his three laws of
motion and be able to show how they encompass
- Understand the derivation and importance of Kepler's
empirical laws of planetary motion.
- (For advanced students) Be familiar with the concepts
of linear momentum, mechanical energy, and angular
momentum and examples of their use in describing
aerospace applications
- (For advanced students) Perform demonstrations of
conservation of linear momentum, mechanical energy, and
angular momentum.
- (For advanced students) Understand the concepts and
relevance of Bernoulli's Theorems
- Perform experiments that transform one type of motion
into another.
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Delivery (Teaching
Strategies)
- Use PowerPoint slides as a guide to
basics of physics
- Relate physics fundamentals to aerospace
engineering examples
- Assign homework problems to reinforce
concepts
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Guided Practice
- Laboratory will involve building and
operating Newton Cars. Use laboratory instructions
form the NASA Rockets sources in links.
- Students will conduct experiments per
the lab procedures, including experiment trials, data
collection, graphing, and deducing conclusions.
- Alternative laboratory is to have each
of five or six groups of students design a demonstration
of various physics principles and present their
demonstrations to the class. Students can design
and use a rubric to evaluate their classmates, and
discuss how well the demonstartions convey the
principles.
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Evaluation
- Homework
- Lab reports
- Group and SCANS observations
- Accuracy in experiment data collection
and reports
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