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Bio-Inspired Flight. Melissa Burns; Amy Jameson Sharpsburg Elementary, Norwood, Ohio; Gilbert A. Dater High School, Cincinnati, Ohio. 6 th grade students. 12 th grade physics students. Ohio Standards: Science Inquiry, Scientific Ways of Knowing, Science and Technology, Physical Science.
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Bio-Inspired Flight Melissa Burns; Amy Jameson Sharpsburg Elementary, Norwood, Ohio; Gilbert A. Dater High School, Cincinnati, Ohio 6th grade students 12th grade physics students Ohio Standards: Science Inquiry, Scientific Ways of Knowing, Science and Technology, Physical Science • Misconceptions addressed: • The motion of an object is always in the direction of the net force applied to the object. • Acceleration always means that an object is speeding up. • Acceleration is always in a straight line. • Engineers and scientists use the same models of experimentation References: http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html Acknowledgements: Dr. Kelly Cohen, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Cody Lafountain, Curtis Fox, Andrea Burrows, Dr. Anant Kukreti, Philip Grosvenor Project RET/REU is funded through NSF Grant # EEC 0808696 1