Planes help teach Plains science students
Plains Science teacher Brooks Sanford during a teaching moment with senior Trystan Larsen. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
High School Senior Lily Cheuvront at the controls of an RC plane with Mike Reistroffer as flight support. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Plains teacher Brooks Sanford points in the direction where the RC planes go. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Physics classes are not just about math problems.
Students recently explored that idea during a hands-on science class led by Brooks Sanford. The lesson focused on class-built remote-controlled planes — each one bearing the scars of past flights.
Gathered near the school’s football field, students arrived with three well-worn RC planes in tow. With clear skies and minimal obstacles, it was the perfect setting for a trial by flight. According to Sanford, the day’s lessons went far beyond aeronautics. Students practiced hand-eye coordination, explored basic principles of flight and, most importantly, stepped outside their comfort zones.
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