Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades K-4, Grades 5-8
Subject
Engineering Design, Physical Science, Flight and Aeronautics
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
Students will use engineering design principles to turn a piece of paper into an experimental wing for a new type of aircraft designed to be more economical and efficient than today’s airliners.
Airplanes of the future may look very different from those of today. NASA is developing high-payoff technologies for a new generation of safe, environmentally compatible and highly productive aircraft. Students will construct a ring-winged aircraft, and test and improve on their design.
Next Generation Science Standards: MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-4, MS-ETS1-3, 3-5-ETS1-1, 3-5-ETS1-2, 3-5-ETS1-3