Science: Unit 1- Air and Flight - Lesson 1

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What is a Gas?
New Terms:
Gas:

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Compress:

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Volume:

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Gravity:

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What are some things we use air for?

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If we heat up the air in a garbage bag, what will

happen to it?
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Science: Unit 1- Air and Flight - Lesson 1

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Design a hot Air Balloon!

(Remember the lighter you can make it the better)

What items do you need to make a hot air balloon?

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Draw (and label) What your hot air balloon will look
like?

Did your hot Air Balloon Work?

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What would you do differently next time?

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Science: Unit 1- Air and Flight - Lesson 2

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How do things Glide?

New Terms:
Glide:

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Lift:

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Mass:

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Aerodynamics:

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What are the 4 control principles?

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What is Bernoulli’s Principle?

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 Parts of a Plane
Tail

Fuselage

Wing Flaps

Wing Slats Sloped Wings

Curved Wings
Science: Unit 1- Air and Flight - Lesson 2

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Design a Airplane!
(Remember the more aerodynamic the better)

What items do you need to make an airplane?

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Draw (and label) What your airplane will look like?

How far did your plane go?

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What would you do differently next time?

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Science: Unit 1- Air and Flight - Lesson 2

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Design a Airplane!
How long was the plane What angle was
fly? The plane thrown?
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1. Does thrust change how far something flies?

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2. Does Lift change how far something flies?

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Science: Unit 1- Air and Flight - Lesson 3

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How can things be aerodynamic?

New Terms:
Streamline:

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Angle of Attack:

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How does shape of wings affect flight?

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How does weight Affect flight?

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How does propulsion affect flight?

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 Plane

Angle of Attack

Wind
Science: Unit 1- Air and Flight - Lesson 3

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Design a Kite!
(Try and make it as aerodynamic as possible)

What items do you need to make a Kite?

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Draw (and label) What your kite will look like?

Did your Kite Work?

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What would you do differently next time?

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Science: Unit 1- Air and Flight - Lesson 4

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What else effects the speed of an Aircraft?

New Terms:
Thrust:

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Drag:

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What are some ways that objects can be propelled?

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What are some ways aircraft can steer?

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Science: Unit 1- Air and Flight - Lesson 4

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Design a Balloon rocket!

What items do you need to make a Balloon Rocket?

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Draw (and label) What your Balloon will look like?

How far did your balloon go?

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What would you do differently next time?

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Air and Flight Vocabulary Review

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ACROSS DOWN

1 To push up. 2 To push forward.

4 Something that slows an 3 Having a shape that cuts
object down. through air.
5 To squeeze with pressure. 6 The force pulling things to the
10 The amount something weighs. ground.
11 To have airflow without drag. 7 The lightest form of matter,
which includes air.
8 The amount of space
something take up.
9 To fly over air.

WORD BANK: AERODYNAMIC, COMPRESS, DRAG, GAS, GLIDE, GRAVITY,

LIFT, MASS, STREAMLINE, THRUST, VOLUME
Air and Flight Vocabulary Review

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