Grouping: Individual
Take-home: Magnus glider/flyer
Key ideas: Spin, airflow, Magnus force, lift, trajectory, fair testing.
Start with: Show a spinning ball/flyer curving through air and compare with no-spin release.
Success check: Flyer travels consistently; students compare spin direction or construction variables.
Try changing: Spin rate; cylinder size; spacing; launch angle.
Preparation: Build and test a reliable Magnus glider first.
Lesson flow: Day 1: Magnus demo → build flyer → repeated launches → change one variable
Video:
What Is The Magnus Force?
Safety and cleanup: Launch only in a marked direction; no hard/heavy projectiles.
https://www.instructables.com/Magnus-Glider/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23f1jvGUWJs