Scintillating Science
Fierce Forces
Airplane Antics
Delightful Destinations
Cool Careers
100
Video 2 - What is the white trail behind this airplane called?
What is a Contrail
100
Name the 4 forces acting on an airplane.
What is Life, Drag, Thrust, Gravity
100
What is the place where the pilots sit in an airplane called?
What is the cockpit
100
Picture 2 -What city, also known as "the City of Lights" is shown in this picture?
What is Las Vegas
100
Teachers choose Education as their career field. Who is the best 5th grade teacher you know?
Who is Mrs. Leach
200
Which falls faster when dropped from an airplane, a bowling ball or a golf ball?
What is neither, they arrive at the same time
200
What does Bernoulli's principle state?
What is faster moving fluid (or air) creates LOWER pressure like on the top of a wing
200
SEE Picture 1 - Shown in this picture, what kind of airplane does Capt. Buzz fly?
What is ________________________
200
What city on the shore of Lake Michigan is referred to as the "Windy City"?
What is Chicago
200
If you choose to be an athlete, do you need good grades?
What is Yes!
300
Picture 7 - When air or a fluid moves faster over a surface (like an airplane wing) or between surfaces, does it create higher or lower pressure?
What is _______________ pressure
300
DAILY DOUBLE - See Video 1
This airplane is deicing to reduce which force?
300
What can a pilot do in the cockpit to make a plane go up?
What is _________________
300
Name at least 5 of the original Thirteen Colonies that you can visit by flying a Southwest Airlines plane?
What is Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware
300
What can you do now to improve your chances for a successful career?
What is do well in school, study, and make good grades.
400
DAILY DOUBLE!
Name one of Newton's Laws of Motion and describe it.
400
On THRUST DAY when we had many examples of thrust, what item did we demonstrate that is similar to a jet engine where high pressure exits a small opening?
What is ___________________
400
What are the 3 axes of movement on an airplane?
What is ROLL, PITCH, and YAW
400
DAILY DOUBLE!
Name the 5 Great Lakes!
400
Does a Doctor go to school after four years of college?
What is YES!
500
How does the Bernoulli principle work to keep a ball suspended in a column of air (like the ping pong ball and the hair dryer)?
What is ______________________
500
On GRAVITY DAY, we found out that an apple made a louder sound, each time we dropped it from a higher height. What does this tell us about a falling object?
What is ______________________
500
What control surfaces on the wings cause an airplane to ROLL?
What is "ailerons" on the wings make a plane ROLL
500
Name a food "indigenous" to Florida.
What are oranges?
500
Do you have to pursue a career in the field of your college degree?
What is No!