Students learn about the Bernoulli Effect. Students practice the engineering process testing paper airplanes and gaining concrete evidence about fight and design.

1. Bernoulli “Effect” Principle Project
NASA Engineering Lesson: Aircraft Design & Flight
Grade 3 (Can be used with Grade 3-12)
EMPHASIS ON:
• SCIENCE INQUIRY
• PEER TO PEER TUTORING
• DATA COLLECTION
• USE OF THE IPAD
Daniel Bernoulli Paper Airplane Design Tests
Developed by Reba Gordon Matthews – PD Free 4 Teachers
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NASA Engineering Lesson: Aircraft Design & Flight
Bernoulli “Effect” Principle Project

3. “The Engineering Design Process”
A Quick Lesson about the Bernoulli Effect
Test & Evaluate
Introduce the students to the Bernoulli Effect via the Bill Nye video, “Flight”
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZpEfqxVvVs
Tell the students that they will be conducting a series of flight experiments in which they
will explore the Bernoulli “Effect” Principle.
Allow each student to select different models of plane from Future Flight Design page:
• To gain a concrete understanding of the Bernoulli Effect
• To test the flying distance between the different paper models
• http://futureflight.arc.nasa.gov/designs/
Students will participate in the engineering design process as they test their planes.
Students will collect data regarding the flight distance.
Students will collect data to see the connection between the plane models and flying
distance.

4. “The Design Process”
Engineering Project
Brainstorm
Identify Problem
Design
Share Solution
Redesign
Build
Test & Evaluate

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Design Change Lesson
from Teacher
1st Flight Test
Unsuccessful – Design Issues
NASA Engineering Lesson: Aircraft Design & Flight

6. I will try this.
So, far this the
8th plane.
Make mine, please.
NASA Engineering Lesson: Aircraft Design & Flight
Redesigning

7. NASA Engineering Lesson: Aircraft Design & Flight
Peer to Peer Help
Why not videotape it?
Students can learn from peer tutorials.
Camera App

8. 2nd Flight Test
Successful with the help from their peers
NASA Engineering Lesson: Aircraft Design & Flight

9. Student Driving
Their Own Learning
After some research the students found additional plane making tutorials:
• http://www.funpaperairplanes.com/index.html
• Students may begin to decide to design their own planes from the data they
will collect.
• Students will develop video tutorials using the camera app from the iPad to
assist their peers in building airplane models.