Bio-Inspired Flight

References: http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html

Ohio Standards: Science Inquiry, Scientific Ways of Knowing, Science and Technology, Physical Science

Misconceptions addressed:• The motion of an object is always in the direction of the net force applied to the object.• Acceleration always means that an object is speeding up.•Acceleration is always in a straight line.•Engineers and scientists use the same models of experimentation

Acknowledgements: Dr. Kelly Cohen, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Cody Lafountain, Curtis Fox, Andrea Burrows, Dr. Anant Kukreti, Philip Grosvenor Project RET/REU is funded through NSF Grant # EEC 0808696

Melissa Burns; Amy Jameson Sharpsburg Elementary, Norwood, Ohio; Gilbert A. Dater High School, Cincinnati, Ohio

6th grade students 12th grade physics students