This week, I continued working on the Build-A-Drone lesson plan and began working on a Physics Behind Flight lesson plan.
CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE BUILD-A-DRONE LESSON PLAN
During our meeting last week, my mentor suggested adding a section to the Build-A-Drone lesson plan that shows some examples of jobs that drones can do, as well as what kinds of technologies (such as sensors and cameras) they use to do those jobs. This is to provide students with some real-life examples of drones being used to solve problems and the kinds of technologies that drones can use, which can give them inspiration for the drones that they make later during the workshop. After adding this content to the English version of the student packet, I also translated it and added it to the Spanish version of the student packet.
BEGINNING TO WORK ON A PHYSICS BEHIND FLIGHT LESSON PLAN
This week, I also began working on a lesson plan on the Physics Behind Flight. I started working on the lesson plan, and I also started working on a student worksheet. In this lesson plan, students get to learn about some of the physics that allow aircraft to fly. Afterwards, they get to decorate their own balsa gliders or paper airplanes that they can fly. I was able to get started on the lesson plan document and make progress on the student worksheet.
GOALS FOR NEXT WEEK
Next week, I would like to continue working on the Physics Behind Flight lesson plan. I still need to add the education standards to the lesson plan, add extra notes for instructors, and finish the worksheet. I would also like to translate the worksheet into Spanish.
In addition, during this coming week, I plan to work on submitting my registration for the Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence (CUE) Showcase so that I can present what I have been working on during this URSA Engage project in May 2022.
I will also meet with my mentor again next week. During the meeting, I would like to share the progress that I have made on both lesson plans. I would especially like to talk to my mentor about the Physics Behind Flight lesson plan. I did my best to research the topics (aerodynamic forces and principal axes), but since I do not have much background knowledge in physics, I would like to double-check that the information that I put on the worksheet is correct. I would also like to ask for some feedback from my mentor on how the worksheet looks so far.
