From personal experience in exactly that situation you can't go
wrong with Denny Darts, see:
http://www.maxconrad.com/buildingscratch.htm
There are others that should work as well, but I've had the most
success introducing free flight to kids that age with this model.
Jeff Anderson
Livonia, MI
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "greekhokie36"
<stselide_at_...> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I just joined the group. I'm a middle school technology education
> teacher in N.Virginia. I've been doing Team America Rocket
Challenge
> for the past few years with students after school. I took this
year
> off due to health reasons. Students were not very successful so I
> want to do something different (more fun and successful) for this
> coming next school year.
>
> I built a stick flyer in college (18 yrs ago) and haven't built
one
> since. I have been teaching aerodynamic and used the Delta Dart
with
> my students.
>
> My first question is what would be a good starting stick plan to
> build with 6-8 grade (11 – 13 years old) middle school students.
>
> Second. Is there any national or local contest available for
students?
>
> Thank you for any help.
>
> Steve
>
Received on Tue Feb 03 2009 - 15:16:26 CET