Flight of Fancy Curriculum Overview

In Flight of Fancy, students pose as engineering consultants specializing in aircraft design.  They have been hired by a new airline company to redesign airplanes to be more comfortable, profitable, and environmentally friendly.  They will accomplish this through a series of challenges, starting with designing and testing different Styrofoam gliders. Students then examine the interior layout of airplanes, learn to use 3D modeling software, and finally, re-design a plane using a balsa glider as a model.  During Flight of Fancy, students incorporate and practice multiple math and science skills, including measurement, experimental design, data analysis, and profit calculations.