 | Hargraves' cylinder glider
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 | | This activity is about inquiry learning. You can make your own glider model, made from loops of paper attached to a drinking straw. The construction of the glider allows the smaller (tail) loop to be moved along the straw. Please investigate carefully what the best glider parameters are.
According to:
Ainley, J., Jarvis, T. and McKeon, F. (2011). Designing pedagogic opportunities for statistical thinking within inquirybased science, The Seventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME). University of Rzeszów, Poland
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Lawrence Hargrave (1850-1915) was an australian aviation pioneer, inventor, explorer, mason and astronomer.
One of his glider models is:
You can make you own model, made from loops of paper attached to a drinking straw. The construction of the glider allows the smaller (tail) loop to be moved along the straw.
After an opportunity to observe the behaviour of the gliders in an unstructured way, a question is posed
about what affects the way in which the gliders fly. A discussion framework is used to identify variables, and then design experiments to explore the affects of changes to the design.
For example, you can focus on the distance between the larger and smaller loops.
For this investigation you can use TinkerPlots software.
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Information| Abstract | This activity is about inquiry learning. You can make your own glider model, made from loops of paper attached to a drinking straw. The construction of the glider allows the smaller (tail) loop to be moved along the straw. Please investigate carefully what the best glider parameters are. |
| Keywords | Problem solving, Onderzoekend leren |
| Target group | Voortgezet Onderwijs |
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