Students explore Bernoulli s Principle and the basic forces of flight lift, gravity, thrust and drag. Students demonstrate their understanding of these forces using simple paper models. A series of demonstrations and hands-on activities illustrate Newton s Laws of Motion. Students learn how the second law and third law apply to air and space travel. Highlights include Newton cart experiments performed by the students.
Students learn about the forces that affect weather, including how and why weather changes.
The impact of weather on air transportation is highlighted. From concepts learned in the workshop, the students will predict the outcome of an experiment performed by the educator. Through hands-on activities, students apply the simple principles that govern the construction of aircraft and spacecraft structures. Students compare the relative strengths of selected structures and work in teams to design and build one or more model structures. This workshop also is available as a stand-alone program.