WORLD IN MOTION

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WORLD IN MOTION

• INFORMATION
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• Information and applications are online!!

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World in Motion

• The Design Experience
• Challenge 3

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World in Motion

• A Hands-On Project Based method of teaching
  science
• This project provides students the opportunity to
  investigate and inquire about concepts in
  science.
• Students work cooperatively to develop skills in
  problem solving, creative thinking and critical
  analysis.

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LET THE PROJECT BEGIN!
LET THE PROJECT BEGIN!
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Let the investigation begin! Students explore
concepts in design, and develop skills in
measurement and analysis.
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Students collaborate and cooperate as team
members during the project.
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Everyone having a great time
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The project helps to develop skills in
measurement and construction. Students develop
critical thinking skills as the project unfolds.
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Everyone on a team gets to contribute ideas and
effort to the project.
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Is this right? Am I getting the results I need?
Developing critical thinking skills is one
outcome of the project.
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What is the Next Step?
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Being detailed orientated helps to ensure success
in the project.
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The effort is paying off as the airplane begins
to take shape.
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The launcher is ready!
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The tools for measurement are in place.
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Now is the time to test our hypothesis with an
experiment on the flight of the airplane.
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Students are controlling the variables as they
methodically change and test one independent
variable and record the results.
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Ready for launch!
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testing
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testing
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more testing
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Recording your observations
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But testing CAN BE FUN!!!!!!
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Team members work hard to get good data.
Accurate measurements are critical and students
repeat test flights and average the results.
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The questions still remains. Which plane design
is the best?
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Now we can assess the data we have collected from
the flights of the prototypes.
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How good are our results?
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Solving the data puzzle. What do our results
indicate? Did we solve the problem?
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Using Microsoft Excel as a tool for critical
analysis of data.
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The collaboration never stops!!
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The scientific inquiry now has computer power to
help critically assess the data and begin to draw
conclusions.
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Graphical analysis of data turns numbers into
images.
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These images become food for the mind as students
work the problem and discover new insights to
aerodynamics of flight.
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The results speak for themselves. The problem is
solved and the final stage of the project can
begin.
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The sweet smiles of success!!
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Final prototype designs that are based on
scientific inquiry.
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Geometry, proportions and functionality are the
basis for new airplane wing designs. Students
use these as building blocks for creative
thinking and critical analysis.
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The learning process has been a team effort. The
success is infectious!