Navy Core Values

How did the Wright Brothers display the Naval Core characteristics: Honor, Courage and Commitment?

• Write an opinion piece supported by facts and details from the Wright Brothers videos below.
• Write a letter to Orville and Wilbur Wright regarding their courage and commitment in their quest to promote aviation.

Standards:

5.RI.KID.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text

4.RI.KID.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text

4.RI.KID.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly; refer to details and examples in the text when drawing inferences from the text

4.W.TTP.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting point of view with reasons and information.

5.W.TTP.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting point of view with reasons and information.

Students will explore potential energy using a simulation of an aircraft launching from an aircraft carrier.

Standards:

4.PS3.1 Energy

1) Use evidence to explain the cause and effect relationship between the speed of an object and the energy of an object.

4.PS3.2 Energy

2) Observe and explain the relationship between potential and kinetic energy.

Students will use web link to research the history of aviation. Use the information gathered to write an informative essay.

Standards:

5.W.RBPK.8 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work and provide a list of sources.

4.W.RBPK.7 Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

Students will use the engineering design process to create a tumble-wing glider.

Standards:

5. ETS1 Engineering Design

1) Research, test, retest, and communicate a design to solve a problem.

Sonar is an important resource the Navy uses on all carriers and submarines. Students will explore echolocation using this engaging STEM activity.

Standards:

4.PS4.1 Waves and Their Application in Technologies for Information Transfer

1) Use a model of a simple wave to explain regular patterns of amplitude, wave length, and direction.

4.PS4.3 Waves and Their Application in Technologies for Information Transfer

3) Investigate how lenses and digital devices, like computers or cell phones, use waves to enhance human senses.

4.ETS2.3 Links among Engineering, Technology, Science, and Society

3) Explain how engineers have improved existing technologies to increase their benefits, decrease known risks, and to meet societal demands (artificial limbs, seat belts, cell phones).