March 2018

S1 Flying Topic Information

All first year pupils will be learning about the science of flight over the next few weeks in their Science Elective.

Pupils will:

• Design paper planes that fly the greatest distance in a straight line.

• Design a paper helicopter or parachute that takes the longest time to reach the ground.

• Design a paper rocket that is propelled the greatest distance.

• Research an area of flight that is of interest to them. This could be about Leonardo DaVinci’s flying machines, How birds fly, Rocket design, Drones or any other relevant aspect of “flight”.

Most of the activities are possible to do at home. So, if you think you can make a “better” paper plane /helicopter / parachute please try at home.

Basic Plane Design

How to improve your plane design

Helicopter design

Helicopter Template

Parachute

Additional Help with Physics

BBC Bitesize Website

Biggest wave ever surfed-YOUTUBE

TSUNAMI – JAPAN – YOUTUBE; Wave animation

Waves video (Physics Minute Series)

Thunder and lightning video;

News clip of biggest wave tank (when introducing ripple tank)

Half Life Experiment