WEEK #7

How does a hot air balloon take advantage of the properties of air?

WEEK #6

What are the benefits and costs of aviation technology for society and the environment, while taking different social and economic perspectives into account?

WEEK #5

What are ways in which the four forces of flight alter flying devices (consider how the four forces act on athletes competing in the Olympics)?

WEEK #4

What are ways in which the four forces of flight alter flying devices?

WEEK #3

How is flight related to the adaptations of living things in the Biodiversity Classification System?

WEEK #2

What role does aviation play in our world?

WEEK #1

What might be examples of properties of air in the world around us?

Students in our Grade 6 classes will be engaged in a variety of learning opportunities as they will investigate ways in which flying devices make use of properties of air; assess the societal and environmental impacts of flying devices that make use of properties of air; and explain ways in which properties of air can be applied to the principles of flight and flying devices throughout the Flight unit of study.