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Air, Aerodynamics, and Flight

Air, Aerodynamics, and Flight. By Jaclyn Schmitz. Aerodynamics. Definition: the study of the dynamics of gases, especially of the forces acting on a body passing through air

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Air, Aerodynamics, and Flight

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  1. Air, Aerodynamics, and Flight By Jaclyn Schmitz

  2. Aerodynamics Definition: the study of the dynamics of gases, especially of the forces acting on a body passing through air Instead of reinventing the wheel, I will be using an extremely helpful website as we travel through this topic. It can be found here: http://www.fi.edu/flight/own2/forces.html Inspiration: Leonardo da Vinci’s Journal of Inventions, the Wright Brothers

  3. The idea of Flight We take flying for granted now with our modern day aircrafts and space crafts, but it was once only dreamed of and deemed to be impossible Innovation, experimentation, and risk taking has led us to the point that we are now

  4. Four forces of Flight

  5. Flying – Day 1 • Create a list of things that fly. • Choose one. • Draw a diagram of your chosen flier (with labels) • Research: how does it fly? Explain. Draw a diagram of it in flight. • Four forces of flight: Research on the website • Define the four forces of flight • Label the 4 forces of flight on your picture. How does this impact your flier? How does it overcome obstacles? • Choose a totally different type of flier. Explain how the four forces of flight affect this flier? How does it overcome obstacles?

  6. Challenge • You have 10 minutes • Your task is to push a ping pong ball to the bottom of a jug that is filled with water without touching the ball or removing any of the water • Materials I will provide you with: • Ping pong ball • Jug • Water • Tissue • 3 Straws • Cup • Tape • Scissors

  7. Results

  8. Air We talk about “air” all of the time, but what really is it? Air is a gas that is made up of a combination of other gases We can’t see it with our naked eye, but it is all around us on earth It does not exist in space because there is no gravitational pull keeping it together

  9. Air – take note • Dry air is made up of the following gases: • Nitrogen (the largest part, around 78%) • Oxygen (21%) • Argon, Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor (all help make up the last 1%) there are other gases present that we will not cover • There is more water vapor present in certain parts of the world than others.

  10. 3 Properties of air • 1. Air takes up space – what does this mean? • How can you PROVE this is true? • Must include a detailed diagram as well as an explanation

  11. 3 Properties • Air exerts pressure – what does this mean? • How can you PROVE this is true? • Must include a detailed diagram as well as an explanation http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/air_pressure/

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