Appendix B: Man-Made Vehicles and Living Things Examples, Teacher’s Guide Living System Design feature/ capability Man-made Air Vehicle Albatross High aspect ratio- glide U2 glider Condor and sparrow High and low wing areas Bomber and 2-seater planes corresponding to high and low carrying weight Dragonfly High wing area through Bi-plane vs. monoplane multiple so don't need as could take off at lower much speed to get lift speeds) Hawk flying then diving Wing sweep to reduce drag Variable plane to speed up Bird flying showing curved Camber needed to produce Any plane wing wing lift Bird taking off Angle of attack to increase or taking off (nose and decrease lift wing up) or plane descending (nose and wing down) Bird wing tips Winglets (reduce drag and Plane with winglets control flight) Video of bird in flight with tail Elevator (for pitch control) Basic plane using elevator moving up or down Bird tilting tail for turning Rudder (for turning control) Any rudder on plane picture- better if video Bird taking off and flying with Center of mass and weight Planes with fuselage below prey wings Flying squirrel Flight suit Man trying to fly Maple seed- can only go Capability to go directly Helicopter down, not up upward
Appendix B: Man-Made Vehicles and Living Things Examples, Teacher’s Guide Living System Design feature/ capability Man-made Air Vehicle Albatross High aspect ratio- glide U2 glider Condor and sparrow High and low wing areas corresponding to high and low carrying weight Bomber and 2-seater planes Dragonfly High wing area through multiple so don't need as much speed to get lift Bi-plane vs. monoplane could take off at lower speeds) Hawk flying then diving Wing sweep to reduce drag to speed up Variable plane Bird flying showing curved wing Camber needed to produce lift Any plane wing Bird taking off Angle of attack to increase or decrease lift taking off (nose and wing up) or plane descending (nose and wing down) Bird wing tips Winglets (reduce drag and control flight) Plane with winglets Video of bird in flight with tail moving up or down Elevator (for pitch control) Basic plane using elevator Bird tilting tail for turning Rudder (for turning control) Any rudder on plane picture- better if video Bird taking off and flying with prey Center of mass and weight Planes with fuselage below wings Flying squirrel Flight suit Man trying to fly Maple seed- can only go down, not up Capability to go directly upward Helicopter
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