Curriculum Source
Curriculum Series: Event-Based Science (EBS)
Unit Title: First Flight!
Content Area of Unit: Physical Science
Developer: Montgomery County Public Schools at http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/eventscience
Publisher: Pearson at http://www.pearsonschool.com/
View a [pdf] profile of the EBS
curriculum.
View a brief [pdf] overview of the First
Flight! unit.
Purpose of this "Diagram"
To check students’ emerging understandings of how various structural changes impact the flight of a paper airplane, and to inform future instruction.
View the Assessment
Student Materials [pdf]
Next Steps
Following the assessment, a teacher might:
- Select additional investigations to address difficulties and/or help deepen student understanding of structural features that influence flight.
- Encourage students to revise papers according to teacher feedback.
Excerpts from the EBS curriculum reprinted with permission from Pearson Learning/Dale Seymour.
