Flight and Aerodynamics Summer Camp Kit for Grades 4-6

Soaring into Science: Hands-On Flight Adventures!

Whether students are designing experiments to investigate history’s most iconic flying machines or observing abstract physics concepts like energy conservation and buoyancy, this multi-subject approach to flight investigation provides endless opportunities for students to develop and nurture the foundations of scientific inquiry and their critical thinking skills.

Students take to the skies and explore the thrills of life at 30,000 feet with dynamic, hands-on flightbased activities. They pilot hot air balloons, parachutes, gliders, planes, helicopters, and rockets while examining abstract physics concepts such as energy conservation, buoyancy, and the four forces of flight. Learners fly alongside aviation experts, examine the history of flight, and follow the footsteps of the Wright Brothers, creating their extraordinary flying machines!

Lessons:

• Introduction to Flight
• Kites Day
• How to Get Off the Ground - Hot Air Balloons Day
• Drag and Weight - Parachutes Day
• Drag and Lift - Gliders Day
• Aerodynamics - Paper Airplanes
• Paper Airplane Design Challenge
• Thrust and Energy Conservation - Propellers
• Thrust and Lift - Helicopters Day
• Pioneers of Aviation
• Thrust and Energy Conservation
• Rocket Design Challenge

Review a Lesson Sample Here!

Components:

Flight & Aerodynamics comes with all the supplies needed for 30 students to complete 12 one-hour activities:

• Instructor Guide: 1
• Printed Student Pages: 8 sets
• Storage Tub: 1
• #2 Pencils (12 pack): 2
• Alka Seltzer Tablets: 16
• Bag of Rubberbands: 1
• Balloon Helicopters: 12
• Balloons: 100
• Balls of String: 8
• Beads: 400
• Bottles of Glue: 8
• Boxes of Paper Clips: 3
• Colored Pencils (12 pack): 8
• Dry Erase Page Pockets: 16
• Dry Erase Markers: 16
• Electric Tea Kettle: 1
• Film Canisters: 8
• Glue Gun (with 15 glue sticks): 1
• Grocery Bags: 8
• Hairdryer: 1
• Hole Punches: 8
• Modeling Clay (1 lb): 1
• Plastic Bins: 16
• Plastic Bottles: 8
• Rolls of Duct Tape: 2
• Rolls of Masking Tape: 1
• Rubberband Airplanes: 8
• Scissors: 16
• Sheets of Cardboard: 8
• Sheets of Construction Paper: 50
• Sheets of Newsprint: 30
• Sheets of White Paper: 500
• Stopwatches: 8
• Straws: 125
• Tape Measures: 8
• Transparent Tape Dispensers: 8
• Tissue Paper (24 pack): 2
• Wooden Dowels (9" x 1/8"): 30
• Wooden Dowels (12" x 1/8"): 30
• Ziplock Bag (1 gallon): 1
• Access to the Digital Resource Portal

Curriculum Print & Digital Copy Includes:

• Instructor Guide: 1
• Printed Student Pages: 8 sets
• Envelope for Student Pages: 1
• Access to the Digital Resource Portal

Refill Kit Available:

• #2 Pencils (12 pack): 2
• Alka Seltzer Tablets: 16
• Bag of Rubberbands: 1
• Balloon Helicopters: 12
• Balloons: 100
• Balls of String: 8
• Bottles of Glue: 8
• Boxes of Paper Clips: 3
• Glue Gun Sticks: 15
• Grocery Bags: 8
• Rolls of Duct Tape: 2
• Rolls of Masking Tape: 2
• Sheets of Cardboard: 8
• Sheets of Construction Paper: 50
• Sheets of Newsprint: 30
• Sheets of White Paper: 500
• Straws: 125
• Tissue Paper (24 pack): 2
• Transparent Tape Dispensers: 8
• Wooden Dowels (9" x 1/8"): 30
• Wooden Dowels (12" x 1/8"): 30