Sixth Graders Soar High at the Geauga County Airport
Sixth grade students from Burton Elementary worked in pairs to design (with scaled blueprints), build, and modify a model plane which culminated in a field trip to the Geauga County Airport on September 29th.
Each pair was required to start with a 2 liter bottle fuselage, which then served as the control in the experiment. In addition, students fulfilled requirements in terms of the parts of a plane they had to include on their model.
The students were successful with their designs and did a great job overall on this project which resulted in a contest which had two categories: distance and air time.
Congrats to these students who won the categories:
Distance (In Feet)
First Place: Michael Romask and Jeffrey Wilson (33′ 4″)
Second Place: Gabby Keating and Isaac Hutchinson (28′ 0″)
Third Place: Joey Czekaj and Chelsey Hare (27′ 9″)
Air Time (In Seconds)
First Place: Eric Hotchkiss and Sophia Laudato (1.47 sec)
Second Place: Fannie Mae Wengerd and John Cooper (1.31 sec)
Third Place: Maxwell Janssen and Jarret Long (1.25 sec)
Besides the contest, the students visited other stations at the airport. They toured and learned about the MedEvac; they went inside the “Sky Hawk” plane which is a Cessna 172; and they witnessed a plane take off and land with sixth grader Ryan Williams’ dad as the pilot.
The students visited the workshop where they learned about coding the planes, and how they cut and weld steel for the planes. They also saw how they sewed cloth material for the vertical and horizontal stabilizers and wings.
The volunteers from the Geauga County Airport, Glider Club, and Experimental Aircraft Association complimented the students on their awesome questions, and strong basic knowledge of a plane and its parts as well as their wonderful behavior! Many thanks to all who presented, shared and demonstrated for our students! We LOVED it!
Pictured In Top Right Photo: Burton Elementary sixth graders compete and extend their learning at the Geauga County Airport.
