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- Author:
- William Allred, Carrie Robledo
- Subject:
- Science
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Level:
- Upper Primary
- Grade:
- 4
- Tags:
- License:
- Creative Commons Attribution
- Language:
- English
4th Grade: The Candy Bomber
Overview
After learning about Gail Halvorsen, the World War II pilot who created tiny parachutes from handkerchiefs and string to deliver chocolates and other candy to the children of Berlin, students will engineer parachutes to deliver their own packages using Parrot Mambo Drones.
Instructor Directions
4th Grade: The Candy Bomber
| Driving Question / Scenario | Can you engineer a parachute to deliver candy to the children of Berlin? |
| Project Summary | After learning about Gail Halvorsen, the World War II pilot who created tiny parachutes from handkerchiefs and string to deliver chocolates and other candy to the children of Berlin, students will engineer parachutes to deliver their own packages using Parrot Mambo Drones. |
| Estimated Time | 1.5 hours |
| Materials / Resources |
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| Standards | NC.4.NF.3: Understand and justify decompositions of fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100. • Understand addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating parts referring to the same whole.• Add and subtract fractions, including mixed numbers with like denominators, by replacing each mixed number with an equivalent fraction, and/or by using properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction. • Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions, including mixed numbers by writing equations from a visual representation of the problem. |
| Project Outline | |
| Ask | Working in groups of 2-3, can your team engineer a parachute to deliver candy to the children of Berlin? |
| Imagine | What does a parachute look like? What are the main functions of a parachute? What will you need to consider when building a parachute to be attached to your drone? |
| Plan | Students will create a plan for how they will create their parachutes using the supplies provided. Students have a $10.00 budget to purchase materials. |
| Create | Following the plans created by your team, build your parachute. After building the parachute, it’s time to test! One at a time (or more, depending on the size of the space available), groups will test their parachutes by attaching to the grabber, and dropping the candy on the map. |
| Improve | As students drop their parachutes, they should make improvements and continue testing if time allows. |
| Closure / Student Reflections |
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| Possible Modifications / Extensions | Students share out their successes and failures of their parachute build and drop. |
| Tags (Subject, robot used, literature) | 4th grade, math, fractions, Parrot drones, Valentine’s Day |
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