Thursday, January 31, 2008

Bring Your Paper Airplanes to School Day!

Yep, you read that right...bring in your paper airplanes on Monday and after we go over some flying factuals we will test out the aerodynamics of them!
Here is a copy of your homework assignments:

Read page 57-61

Also review pages 6-8 from Lesson 1
We will be performing the glider experiment on page 11 in class.

***Bring in a paper airplane of your own design.
Research how to make the most aerodynamic paper plane possible. We will hold a class contest to see whose goes the furthest, highest and who's is most creative!


***Reminder: Feel free to do the vocabulary at your child's level of readiness! If they need to dictate the definitions to you or use the computer, that is just fine! Also, all of these definitions are found in your text. I usually underline them in pencil to help my children 'find' them.

2nd and 3rd grade vocabulary

thermal
air pressure
aerodynamic
lift
drag

4th and 5th grade vocabulary

upstroke
down stroke
thermal
lift
drag
air pressure
airfoil
thrust
aerodynamic

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