Strand D — Structures and Mechanisms

This strand asks students to assess the environmental impacts of flying machines, and to understand how properties of air apply to the principles of flight. The museum's records here concern the reported winged flight of Ibn Firnas, set beside a modern account of the forces of flight, and what al-Jahiz says of creatures that fly; the lesson on society and the environment says plainly that the museum holds nothing for it yet. ¹