AERONAUTICS
SPACE AGE LAUNCHING
FLY BY THE SEAT OF YOUR COMPUTER
Rocketry Software:
A. Internet - Research
B. PowerPoint
C. iMovie
Hardware:
A. iMac 20” Screen 1G-RAM/250HD
Level I Activities:
Rocketry
A. Construct an air propulsion rocket.
B. Test rocket for performance.
Level I I Activities:
Rocketry
A. Construct 2 different air propulsion rockets.
B. Test rockets for performance.
Elements of Student Learning Outcomes:
Rocketry
1. Understand the principles of flight and aerodynamics.
2. Identify structures of a rocket.
3. Describe the physics and laws of flight.
4. Explore the history of rocketry and space flight.
5. Learn how to construct a paper rocket and launching techniques.
6. Demonstrate the principles of flight by constructing and testing a paper rocket.
7. Understand the limitations of model design such as budget restrictions.
8. Understand material properties.
Flight Simulator Software:
A. Flight Simulator 2004
Hardware:
A. Control Panel (yoke & rudder controls)
B. Dell Computer Windows NT 256/700
Level I Activities:
Flight Simulator
A. Learn the control panel.
B. Takeoff, maneuver, navigate, and land.
Level I I Activities:
Flight Simulator / Flight Unlimited
A. Navigate and land at another airport.
B. Develop a flight plan.
Elements of Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Taking Off, Maneuvering, and Landing.
2. Control Panel: Altimeter, Rate of Climb, Compass, Turn Coordinator, Heading Indicator, Artificial Horizon airspeed, manifold pressure gauge, and engine RPM gauge.
3. Understand aircraft axis of control: Roll, Pitch, & Yaw.
4. Understand Aircraft Controls: Ailerons, Flaps, Rudder, & Elevator.
5. Navigation: Radio Controls, and Map Reading.
6. Understand Bernoulli’s Principle.
7. Understand and read VOR signals and set radio signals.
8. Navigate and maneuver through various weather conditions such as: wind, clouds, rain, and time of day.
9. Calculate the speed of knots to miles per hour.
10. Calculate time of arrival.
11. Understand the ideal ideal density altitudes and standard conditions for flight.
12. Understand differences between private and commercial flying regulations.
13. Understand the differnce between empty weight and payload weight.
14. Understand airport runway lights and symbols.
Aeronautic Standards Met:
* Core concepts of technology.
* Technology characteristics and scope.
* Relationships among technologies and other fields.
* Cultural, social, economical, and political effects.
* Society’s role in Technology development.
* Influence of technology in history.
* Use and maintain technological products and systems.
* Attributes of design.
* Technological effects on the environment.
* Engineering design.
* Experimenting and inventing in problem solving.
* Construction technologies.
* Apply design process.
∞ 1T-E1. Communicate about technology using developmentally appropriate and accurate terminology
∞ 1T-E2. Demonstrate increasingly sophisticated operation of technology components
∞ 1T-E3. When a system is not working properly, demonstrate an understanding of hardware, software and connectivity problem solving processes
∞ 2T-E2. Exhibit legal and ethical behaviors when using technology and information and discuss consequences of misuse
∞ 2T-E3. Demonstrate knowledge of current changes in technologies and the effect those changes have on the workplace and society
∞ 3T-E2. Use a variety of technology tools for data collection and analysis
∞ 3T-E4. Use technology tools to support system analysis and modeling
∞ 6T-E1. Determine when technology is useful and select and use the appropriate tools and technology resources to solve problems
Strand 1: Creativity and Innovation
Concept 1: Knowledge and Ideas
PO 1. Analyze and evaluate information to generate new ideas, processes or products.
Concept 2: Models and Simulations
PO 1. Summarize the relationship amongst interdependent elements of a digital model or simulation.
PO 2. Analyze system processes and outcomes using models or simulations.
PO 3. Analyze and apply understanding of how one system, digital models or simulations operates by comparing it to another system of a different type that operates in a similar manner.
Concept 3: Trends and Possibilities
PO 1. Identify patterns and trends to forecast possibilities from different perspectives.
PO 2. Ask questions and investigate a problem from different perspectives and formulate inferences from known facts.
PO 3. Draw conclusions that reflect clear and logical links between the trends and patterns and the interpretations made from them.
Concept 4: Original Works
PO 1. Create innovative products or projects using digital tools to express original ideas.
PO 2. Use digital tools to collaborate with a group to communicate original ideas, products, or projects effectively in a creative or innovative style.
Strand 2: Communication and Collaboration
Concept 1: Effective Communications and Digital Interactions
PO 1. Collaborate and communicate with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital tools to share findings and/or publish.
PO 2. Explain and demonstrate features, conventions, voice, and etiquette of interactive digital environments to communicate with an appropriate audience.
Concept 2: Digital Solutions
PO 1. Communicate and collaborate for the purpose of producing original works or solving problems.
Concept 3: Global Connections
PO 1. Independently locate and interact with teacher approved global communities.
Strand 3: Research and Information Literacy
Concept 1: Planning
PO 1. Predict the most effective keywords and phrases for use in information searches.
PO 2. Determine which information source will provide the desired data.
Concept 2: Processing
PO 1. Locate and synthesize information utilizing advanced search strategies.
PO 2. Evaluate and use authoritative primary and/or secondary sources.
PO 3. Evaluate between fact and opinion, bias, inaccurate and misleading information by consulting multiple sources.
PO 4. Synthesize research information to create new understanding.
PO 5. Apply ethical use of information and media by respecting copyrights, intellectual property rights, using information and media responsibly, and citing resources appropriately.
Strand 4: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Decision Making
Concept 1: Investigation
PO 1. Write essential questions to investigate a topic or issue using digital tools and resources.
Concept 2: Exploring Solutions
PO 1. Plan, conduct and manage research using appropriate digital resources to develop solutions for a question.
PO 2. Present defendable solutions and make decisions from multiple perspectives using collected resources and data.
Strand 5: Digital Citizenship
Concept 1: Safety and Ethics
PO 1. Assess situations in which it is appropriate and safe to use a personal digital device in the home, school, community, and in the work place.
PO 2. Describe strategies to deal with cyber-bullying situations.
PO 3. Articulate and practice the school and district rules governing the use of digital tools as defined by school board policy and procedures.
PO 4. Demonstrate safe online communication practices regarding personal information.
PO 5. Analyze and compare various aspects of e-commerce.
PO 6. Exhibit legal and ethical behavior when using technology.
Concept 2: Leadership for Digital Citizenship
PO 1. Promote digital citizenship by consistently leading by example and advocating social and civic responsibility to others.
Concept 3: Impact of Technology
PO 1. Analyze current economic, environmental, health, political, scientific, or social problems that have technological solutions and propose potential solutions for the problems.
Strand 6: Technology Operations and Concepts
Concept 1: Understanding
PO 1. Explain how systems are integrated detailing input, output, and network devices.
PO 2. Define and apply knowledge of various technical process terms.
PO 3. Choose technology applications appropriate for the audience and task.
PO 4. Recognize and demonstrate ergonomically safe and sound use of equipment.
PO 5. Analyze and evaluate physical risks of using digital technology.
Concept 2: Applications
PO 1. Demonstrate speed and accuracy with appropriate data entry tools with at least 30 wpm and 80% accuracy.
PO 2. Compose a multiple section document using advanced formatting.
PO 3. Apply formatting features while using spreadsheet programs to customize tables, charts, and graphs.
PO 4. Create a simple database for a content area.
PO 5. Create and edit visual and audio material to generate a stand-alone multimedia product.
PO 6. Identify criteria for evaluating technical and design qualities of a web site and then create web-based content from the identified criteria.
PO 7. Identify and use network protocols for moving files and secure web access.
Concept 3: Problem Solving
PO 1. Generate and apply solutions to troubleshoot hardware and software issues and problems.
Concept 4: Transfer of Knowledge
PO 1. Transfer understanding of current technologies to new and novel learning situations.
Critical Thinking, Decision Making, and Problem Solving :
Students:
* Collect and analyze relevant information to identify solutions and make informed decisions about complex problems.
* Identify and define authentic problems and vital questions for investigation and interpret with well-reasoned conclusions and
alternative solutions.
* Collaborate open mindedly with alternative perspectives and systems of thought.
* Communicates effectively to multiple audiences utilizing a variety of media and formats to generate new ideas and products.
* Develop a cultural understanding and global awareness while identifying trends, assumptions, implications, practical consequences, and forecasting possibilities.
* Transfer current knowledge to learning new technologies, generating new ideas and products, and employing a variety of sources, digital media, and formats.
Aeronautics Related Careers:
Aeronautics Analytical Engineers
Aeronautics Design Engineers
Aeronautics Materials and Processes Engineers
Aeronautics Manufacturing Engineers
Aeronautics Field Service Engineers
Aeronautics Flight Research Engineers
Aerospace Engineer
Crash Site Investigator
Failure Analysis Engineer
Flight Safety Research Specialist
Military Missil Systems Specialist
Performance Engineer
Propulsion Engineer
Scientists and Technicians
Test Engineer
Weight and Balance Engineer
This lab is directly related to the Science Standards which include:
Concept 1: Observations, Questions, and Hypotheses
Concept 2: Scientific Testing (Investigating and Modeling)
Concept 3: Analysis and Conclusions
Concept 4: Communication
Concept 1: History of Science as a Human Endeavor
Concept 2: Nature of Scientific Knowledge
Concept 1: Changes in Environments
Concept 2: Science and Technology in Society
Concept 2: Reproduction and Heredity
Concept 3: Organisms and Environments
Concept 4: Diversity, Adaptation and Behavior
Concept 1: Properties and Changes of Properties in Matter
Concept 2: Motion and Forces
Concept 1: Structure of the Earth
Concept 2: Earth’s Processes and Systems
Concept 3: Earth in the Solar System
Related Web Sites:
NASA Rocketry
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Rockets.html
NASA Space Quest
http://quest.nasa.gov/space/teachers/rockets/
Allstar Network - Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology, and Research
http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/
AOPA - Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
http://www.aopa.org/
Virtual Skies - Explore exciting worlds of aviation.
http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov/
Virtual Pilot - Europe destinations.
http://www.lufthansa-usa.com/useugame2007/html/play.html
Pearl Harbor - Online simulation
http://www.gieson.com/Library/projects/games/carrier/
