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Publication Date: 2005-Jan
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Celebrating 100 Years of Flight: Testing Wing Designs in Aircraft
Pugalee, David K.; Nusinov, Chuck; Giersch, Chris; Royster, David; Pinelli, Thomas E.
Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, v10 n5 p212-217 Jan 2005
This article describes an investigation involving several designs of airplane wings in trial flight simulations based on a NASA CONNECT program. Students' experiences with data collection and interpretation are highlighted. (Contains 5 figures.)
Descriptors: Aviation Technology, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Science Instruction, Technology Education, Integrated Curriculum, Computation, Algebra, Geometry
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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