While we can’t fly ourselves, for years we have been studying and copying bird flight principles to create airplanes. Our War of the Wingalings lesson will focus on biomimicry, airplane flight, and bird flight. This is a great STEAM lesson for kids who are interested in flight.
So what are all these flight principles you speak of oh wise one? If you missed the first flight lesson in this unit go check out the lesson “Flight Time”.
In this lesson kids will:
- Observe birds in their natural habitat!
- Compare bird and airplane flight
- Learn about biomimicry and how it effects us every day
Time to Complete
1 hour lesson time
Concepts
Bird Vs. Airplane Biomimicry
Vocabulary
Biomimicry, high-lift wings, high-speed wings, high-aspect-ratio wings, elliptical wings
Next Generation Science Standards
NGSS 3-PS2-1, 5-PS2-1
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