Homework Questions

1) If....1 nautical mile =1.15 statute mile
5000 nautical miles= ?
5000x1.15=5750 statute miles

2) Reflect on this past week...
What did you learn, like, love, hate, want to change?
I actually learned a lot this past week. I learned how to read a flight chart by using latitude and longitude. I also learned about the different controls in a plane and where they were placed. We also learned about the different parts of a plane such as the tail, elevators, ailerons, etc. I learned about different famous flyers throughout history such as the Wright Brothers and Da Vinci. Lastly, I learned about the Bernoulli, Newtonian, and Circulation theories. Some of the stuff I really liked doing was creating the model planes and launching them off of the third story of High Tech Middle Media Arts. I also liked making modifications to the model planes and making them our own. I also liked reading the flight charts because I learned a lot. Some of the stuff I didn't enjoy was sitting through the long lectures that the guest speaker (mr. ross) talked about. SOme of it was interesting, but I would try to make them a little more interesting and active. I also think some of the handouts (the lift one) were kind of weird. I think they were trying to be funny, but being an eigth grader I thought it was cheesy. Overall just make the lectures more interesting and a bit easier to understand.