All Categories (1-7 of 7)

1. 2006-G_Ashline-J_Ellis-Monaghan-How high-fast-long-Modeling water rocket flight with calculus

   05 Apr 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By George Ashline¹, Joanna Ellis-Monaghan¹

   NA

   We describe an easy and fun project using water rockets to demonstrate applications of single variable calculus concepts.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3982/?v=1

2. 1-128-RocketFlight-ModelingScenario

   19 Jul 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Brian Winkel

   SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations

   We offer an opportunity to build a mathematical model using Newton's Second Law of Motion and a Free Body Diagram to analyze the forces acting on the rocket of changing mass in its upward flight...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3469/?v=1

3. 6-024-DronePackageDelivery-ModelingScenario

   17 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Robert Krueger, Eric Stachura¹

   Kennesaw State University

   Students will derive a system of first order differential equations which describe the flight path of a drone delivering a package.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3088/?v=1

4. Science Behind the Lesson: It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Biomechanics!

   29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Danielle Ingle*¹, Ryan Bruellman¹, Erick Espana¹, Katherine Galloway¹, Tanner Anderson¹, Tricia L. Meredith¹, Marianne E. Porter¹

   Florida Atlantic University

   Active flight is a specialized mode of movement found in insects, birds, and mammals. The anatomy, morphology, physiology, and ecology of flying taxa has changed over evolutionary time. Researchers...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2733/?v=1

5. It's a bird! It's a plane! It's biomechanics!

   29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Danielle Ingle*¹, Ryan Bruellman¹, Erick Espana¹, Katherine Galloway¹, Tanner Anderson¹, Tricia L. Meredith¹, Marianne E. Porter¹

   Florida Atlantic University

   Biomechanics is a discipline that draws from physics and engineering principles to understand the movement and structure of living organisms. It is highly interdisciplinary in nature and can be...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2658/?v=1

6. Movement: Nature's Flying Machines (Online)

   25 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Debra Linton

   Central Michigan University

   Adapted for online learning: In this lab, you will explore the physics of flight, the adaptations that make powered flight possible, and the evolution of powered flight in vertebrates and...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1788/?v=1

7. Movement: Nature's Flying Machines

   23 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Blake Cahill¹, Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹

   Central Michigan University

   In this lab, you will explore the physics of flight, the adaptations that make powered flight possible, and the evolution of powered flight in vertebrates and invertebrates.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1228/?v=1