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What Makes Airplanes Fly? History, Science and Applications ofAerodynamics

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 90.07.09

Unit Guide

The Science of Flight in Relationship to Birds and Gliders

Joe Lewis

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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE UNIT

I. Introduction
II. Teaching Outline and Unit Objectives
III. BIRD FLIGHT
____ (A) Function and Formation of Feathers
____ (B) The Wings
____ (C) The Four Different Types of Wings
____ (D) The Bird’s Tail
____ (E) Aerodynamics of Bird Flight
____ (F) The Five Different Types of Bird Flight
____ (G) Lesson Plans for Bird Flight
IV. GLIDERS
____ (A) History of Gliders
____ (B) Parts of a Glider
____ (C) Launching a Glider
____ (D) How Gliders Fly
____ (E) Lesson Plan for Gliders

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