IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

 

 

 

 

Our friend Zacharyah walking like an airplane.

Landing gear down and flaps up!

We have begun talking about different parts of an airplane and what they do. We watched a great video online that had an interactive game at http://www.avkids.com/hangar/smartparts/ . After watching the interactive video and game, we tried acting out some of the plane parts with our bodies. Our pictures today are two friends who tried walking to their seat with their arms out like wings and then tilted their flap to “break” when they saw their seat. The kids also had a chance to try the game on their own during arrival and explore. We decided that we wanted to share our new airplane part knowledge with others who may be interested and discussed writing a class book on airplanes. We voted on our title, How to Fly an Airplane, and have begun writing together.  Each page is about a different part of an airplane and what it contributes to flight. So far we have a page for wing flaps, wings, the rudder, and landing gear. We are learning so much and the kids still seem so interested in flight- I wonder if we have any future pilots in our classroom.

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