Students from all over the country in grades 3 - 8,
participated in a live Web cast straight from
the Smithsonian
Institution's National Air and Space Museum.
The National Air and Space Museum includes the largest
collection of historic air and spacecraft in the
world. It is also the center of research into
history, science, and the technology of aviation and
space flight.
Millions of
students tuned into an actual real-time
videoconference broadcast
that explored the physics of flight and linked
students to museum scientists. Dr. Blake Reid
answered phone calls and e-mails relating to the
lesson during the broadcast.
Within the
framework of an interdisciplinary curriculum, Woodlawn
Elementary School's
Project
Team has
been learning and exploring the physics of
flight. Teachers have been exploring the
concepts of air, Bernoulli, wings, and airplane design
with museum scientists and specialists. Teachers have
developed complete lesson
plans and projects
that include pre-broadcast, post-broadcast,
developmental and investigative activities.
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