March 4 - 8

 I can provide evidence that air takes up space, has mass, is capable of being compressed, and exerts pressure, and identify examples of these properties in everyday applications (Grade 6 Science)

I can use vocabulary in referring to control surfaces of an aircraft, such as: wing, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, elevators, ailerons, rudder (Grade 6 Science)

This week we started our unit on Aerodynamics and Flight! We learned 4 important properties of air: 

1. Air takes up space: blowing up a balloon

2. Air has mass: the full balloon was heavier than the empty one

3. Air exerts pressure: a piece of paper is hard to lift with a flat ruler laying underneath because the pressure of the air over the paper creates resistance (ask your grade sixer to show you a demo of this!)

4. Air can be compressed: the air in a scuba tanks is compressed to fit more

We also learned about the control surfaces of an airplane: aileron, rudder, and elevator. We learned what yaw, pitch, and roll meant as well. We drew a diagram of an airplane and watched a video and read a website to label our picture and explain each.