Drop it!

Design a system to drop emergency aid pallets from an aircraft.

In this activity learners will make use of the theme of the future of flight to design a method or system of getting emergency aid from an aircraft to the ground safely.

They will analyse existing methods of achieving this. Then use that information to create sketches of their initial ideas, before producing a developed and completed final design.

All activity sheets and supporting resources are free to download, and all the documents are fully editable, so you can tailor them to your students’ and your schools’ needs.

The activity sheet includes teacher notes, guidance, useful web links, and links (where appropriate) to the national curriculum in each of the four devolved UK nations; England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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