
Planes, Gliders and Paper Rockets
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Do helicopters need more or less energy to stay in the sky than an airplane? What pushes a rocket to leave the atmosphere? Why can airplanes have smaller motors than helicopters?
Help your students learn the answers to these and other questions!
Written for educators, homeschoolers, parents--and kids!--this fully illustrated book provides a fun mix of projects, discussion materials, instructions, and subjects for deeper investigation around the basics of homemade flying objects. With the projects in this book, you can spend more time learning and experimenting, and less time planning and preparing.
Complete with download links to PDF templates that expand your teaching, this is your one-stop manual for learning about, interacting with, and being curious about airflow, gravity, torque, power, ballistics, pressure, and force.
In Make: Planes, Gliders, and Paper Rockets, you''ll make and experiment with:
- Paper catapult helicopter--add an LED light for night launches!
- Pull-string stick helicopter
- Rubber band airplane
- Simple sled kite
- 25-cent quick-build kite
- Air rockets with a parachute or a glider
- Foam air rocket
- Rocket stands
- Bounce rocket
- Low- and high-pressure rocket launchers
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Content
- Intro
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Overview
- Chapter 1, Helicopters
- Chapter 2, Rockets
- Chapter 3, Airplanes and Gliders
- Chapter 4, Rockets Revisited
- Chapter 5, Kites!
- Tools and Supplies
- Tools
- Supplies for Paper Catapult Helicopter
- Supplies for Pull-Cord Stick Helicopter
- Supplies for Low-Pressure Rocket Launcher and Rockets
- Supplies for High-Pressure Rocket Launcher and Rockets
- Supplies for Rubber Band Airplane
- Supplies for Air Rocket Glider
- Supplies for Foam Air Rocket
- Supplies for Rocket Building Stand
- Supplies for Bounce Rocket
- Supplies for Air Rocket with Parachute (ARP)
- Supplies for Quick-Build Kite for $0.25
- Supplies for Simple Sled Kite
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Safari® Books Online
- How to Contact Us
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Helicopters
- Paper Catapult Helicopter
- Build the Paper Catapult Helicopter
- Build the Helicopter Launcher
- Add an LED for Night Launch
- Pull-String Stick Helicopter
- Build the Pull-String Stick Helicopter
- Going Further
- Chapter 2. Rockets
- Low-Pressure Rocket Launcher
- Build the Low-Pressure Rocket Launcher
- Build the Low-Pressure Paper Rocket
- High-Pressure Rocket Launcher for Super High Flights!
- Build the High-Pressure Rocket Launcher
- Storing the High-Pressure Rocket Launcher
- Build the High-Pressure Rockets
- Launching Rockets!
- Going Further
- Chapter 3. Airplanes and Gliders
- Rubber Band Airplane
- Build the Rubber Band Airplane
- Air Rocket Glider Kit
- Build the Air Rocket Glider
- Going Further
- Chapter 4. Rockets Revisited
- Foam Air Rocket
- Build the Foam Air Rocket
- Rocket Stands
- Build the Rocket Stand
- Bounce Rocket
- Build the Bounce Rocket
- Air Rocket with Parachute (ARP)
- Build the Air Rocket with Parachute
- Going Further
- Chapter 5. Kites!
- Quick-Build Kite for $0.25
- Build the Quick-Build Kite
- Simple Sled Kite
- Build the Simple Sled Kite
- Going Further
- Index
- About the Authors
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