STIIX Glider Project

• Grades: 3-8
• Number of Students: 8-24, 15-45
• Hours of Content: 2-4
• Additional resources: Lesson Plan

Highlights:

Explore Concepts &Careers around AIRPLANES before building/ testing one of your own!

Objective: 

Students will apply principles of aerodynamics and engineering design to build, modify, and test a functioning glider plane using a templated design.

Tasked with supporting the launch of STIIX-Ville’s new airport, 'STX', students will explore how forces like lift, drag, and weight impact flight. Through creative enhancements and iterative testing, they will evaluate how their design modifications affect flight distance, stability, and control.

Be sure to check out the STIIX-Ville app as well, which serves as a very powerful, yet optional, extension to this project!

What's Included:

• Wings
• Tail
• Rudder
• Small Squares
• Plane Bodies
  
• Pens
• Rubber Bands
• Practice Breaking Pieces
• Paper Clips
  
• Hot Glue
• Markers
• Newspaper Sheets
• Sandpaper Sheets
• Step-by-Step Sheets