Journeyman Inspirements

*Da Vinci observed birds and the movements they make during flight.  He made sketches and wrote down his ideas about how a man might fly.  Read a book from home or from the library about how birds fly.  Is this information interesting to you?

*Read about Daniel Bernoulli and Bernoulli's principle here or on Wikipedia, or from a science book or other website of your choice.  How do his discoveries affect you or increase your understanding?

*Read this short article regarding lift, airplanes, and a modern problem to be solved.  

*"He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust:  his truth shall be thy shield and buckler." Psalms 91:4.  Choose a word from this verse that is meaningful to you and do a word study on it.

*Record your thoughts, things you've learned, and what you still want to learn about.

 Do one of these:

*Choose a principle of flight (lift, drag, air pressure, thrust, airfoil, Bernoulli's principle, etc.) and prepare a simple experiment that illustrates that principle.  Bring your materials to class and perform the experiment for us.  Tell us all the what's, why's, and how's so we can all better understand that principle.  I will bring a card table for you to use.  Please let me know if you need other materials or help.  Just reply to this post.

*Make a poster illustrating one of the principles of flight and then teach us about it while you display it.

*If you have an experiment that is more complicated than what we can do during class time, do it at home and make a short video to share it with us.  Make sure and tell us all the in's and out's of it and why it's important.

*Prepare a report on one of these subjects (or one of your choice) to share with the class:  birds, a specific bird, bird migration, bird anatomy, feathers, flight, airplanes, hydrodynamics, Daniel Bernoulli, helicopters, gliders, air currents, Da Vinci's flying machines, or the Wright brothers.

and FOR SURE do this!

COME ONE, COME ALL!!  PAPER AIRPLANE CONTEST!!   
PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED!!

    *Da Vinci was fascinated with flight and he made some pretty neat and useful designs.  Search and experiment with different paper airplane designs.
    Here is one website,  that has 50 designs for different purposes, or you can find your own sources (there are plenty).
    We will be testing out our planes for speed, distance, and spin, so figure out a design that does what you want it to do (you can design more than one).
    {We'll also be impressed with fancy, artistic, and cool designs, so put on your creative cap and have some fun with this!}