Champions Create Gliders

Today students made and modified gliders while trying to hit a target!
We used the following site for our functional reading of directions:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Simple-Glider

First we had a VTS discussion on the following image:

Next we read the following article using our AVID critical reading skills:
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blearlyflight2.htm

After reading the article, each student was given the following set of materials:
paper, tape, a ruler, two straws, and 4 small paper clips. Following the wikihow directions above using their netbook, they engineered their glider. After several modifications, they were able to hit a target.

Our last step was writing a summary of what we learned and taking a picture of the glider using pixect.com. The summary and picture was uploaded in their Quater 2 Powerpoint.
Well Done Champions!