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PARACHUTES AND PARAFOILS

OBJECTIVES: Students will learn about deceleration devices like parachutes and parafoils. Students will build two models to learn about the differences and experiment with different sizes and weights. Students learn about engineering diagrams and flat patterns. There is a fun quiz to check your knowledge!.

NATIONAL SCIENCE STANDARDS:
Physical Science:

  • Motions And Forces

  • Science And Technology Standard:
  • Abilities Of Technological Design
  • Understanding About Science And Technology
  • MATH STANDARDS: Measurement:

  • Scale Factors

  • Geometry:
  • Relationships Between 2- and 3-dimensional objects
  • STANDARDS FOR TECHNOLOGY LITERACY: Abilities of a Technological World:

  • Students will develop abilities to apply the design process.

  • Design:
  • Students will develop an understanding of engineering design.
  • Students will develop an understanding of the role of troubleshooting, research and development, invention and innovation, and experimentation in problem solving.
  • LECTURE AND PREPARATION TIME:


    15 minutes

    LESSON TIME:


    90 minutes

    WORDS TO KNOW:

    • acceleration
    • Computer Aided Design (CAD, pronounced cad))
    • force
    • gravity
    • mass
    • Newton's Second Law
    • orthogonal
    • parachute
    • parafoil
    • ratio
    • terminal velocity
    • vent


    This activity and the Internet Activities Center was created by Prof. F. Carroll Dougherty (MAL D), Dr. Jani Macari Pallis and Chad Okamoto through a grant from the ExxonMobil Education Foundation.

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