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Title: Forces on an Airplane
Description: This activity has a powerpoint presentation that explains the main forces on a plane in flight (drag, lift, thrust, and weight). The presentation also explains how these forces affect a plane while in flight. To complete the lesson, students are then insructed to create paper-airplanes while taking the four forces into consideration. Their planes are then flown in a competetion for distance, air time, and also most creative design.  
Key Words: force, motion, bernoulli's principle 
Grade Level: 6th, 7th, 8th 
Subject: Science, Technology 
View File: AirplaneActivity.ppt 
View File: FormattedAirplaneActivity-1.doc 

Teacher's Request: A lesson and activity that covers forces and motion using airplanes as an example
      
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