Goal 1

To use the Scientific Method to answer a question or solve a problem.

Objectives

The Learner will be able to:

• recite the steps of the scientific method;
• develop each part of the scientific method:
  • identify a question,
  • identify a hypothesis,
  • construct an experiment;
• list procedures which will complete the experiment:
  • list materials needed to perform experiment,
  • perform experiment;
• record results of experiment:
  • write a conclusion;
• observe and record the observations;
• identify a new question generated by the experiment.

Goal 2

To understand that there are different types of aircraft which have been designed to fly for specific purposes and in specific ways.

Objectives

The Learner will be able to:

• identify and describe the different regimes in which aircraft fly;
• compare aircraft types based upon their flight characteristics.

Goal 3

To understand the speed of sound and its effects on aircraft.

Objectives

The Learner will be able to:

• define the speed of sound;
• describe the phenomenon of flight at the speed of sound;
• identify and describe how sound travels in waves