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Four Facts about Aerodynamics! 1. The four forces of flight are lift, weight, thrust and drag. These forces make an object move up and down, and faster or slower. How much of each force there is changes how the object moves through the air. 2. Isaac Newton was one of the famous first aerodynamicists in the modern world. In 1726, he tried to define theory of air resistance. 3. The Wright Brothers created the first successful aircraft in the world. 4. Igor Sikorsky designed the first successful helicopter in the late 1930s. His inspiration came from drawings of an Super Science Kids Aerodynamics Science Kit Doodle and write your observations here: What is aerodynamics? Aerodynamics is the way air moves around things. The rules of aerodynamics explain how an airplane is able to fly. Anything that moves through air reacts to aerodynamics. A rocket blasting off the launch pad and a kite in the sky react to aerodynamics. Aerodynamics even acts on cars,
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Four Facts about Aerodynamics!
1. The four forces of flight are lift, weight, thrust and drag. These forces make an object move up and down, and faster or slower. How much of each force there is changes how the object moves through the air.
2. Isaac Newton was one of the famous first aerodynamicists in the modern world. In 1726, he tried to define theory of air resistance.
3. The Wright Brothers created the first successful aircraft in the world.
4. Igor Sikorsky designed the first successful helicopter in the late 1930s. His inspiration came from drawings of an aircraft with a spinning wing, drawn by Leonardo da Vinci nearly five hundred years before.
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Super Science Kids
Aerodynamics Science Kit
Doodle and write your observations here:
What is aerodynamics?Aerodynamics is the way air moves around things. The rules of aerodynamics explain how an airplane is able to fly. Anything that moves through air reacts to aerodynamics. A rocket blasting off the launch pad and a kite in the sky react to aerodynamics. Aerodynamics even acts on cars, since air flows around cars.
Straw Glider1. Find large helicopter
printout. Fold A toward you. Fold B away from you.
2. Fold C and D over each other so they overlap.
3. Fold the bottom up and put a paperclip on it.
4. Hold the helicopter by the paper clip. Throw it like a baseball, as high and far as you can. It will spin to the floor.
5. Fold the smaller helicopter the same way, repeating steps 1-4. Does a big helicopter spin differently than a little one?
Challenge: Next time you drop your helicopter, notice which direction it spins as it falls. Is it clockwise or counterclockwise? Now bend the blades in opposite directions-if blade A was bent toward you and blade B was bent away, bend B toward you and A away. Drop the helicopter again. Now which way does it spin?
Kids Can Do
Great Things!
Paper Helicopter 1. Tape 3 straws together at
four points. (Guidelines have been drawn for you on one of the straws.)
2. Decorate wing and the two tail pieces using marker. Use words or patterns.
3. Insert the foam pieces in between the three straws.
4. Hold the glider in one hand, then throw it in the air and watch it fly!
Challenge: Try removing the triangle tail piece and see if it changes how the glider flies.
