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In this activity, learners build their own rockets from paper, coffee stirrers, and tape. Learners discover that when anything flies, air pressure is always involved.

In this activity, learners engineer a paper helicopter that spins to the ground when dropped.

This is an activity about lung capacity. Learners will measure their own lung capacity using a homemade spirometer.

This is an activity about motion, power, air and Newton’s Third Law of Motion, which states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Learners follow the template to build and fly a paper helicopter.

In this activity, learners construct paper airplanes that twist and turn.

Learners cut and fold a paper helicopter from the template in this PDF. They practice twirling the helicopter and observe what happens as they modify their tries.

This is a great activity for investigating the basics of lift and drag as they pertain to flight. Learners will discover how to avoid "taking a nosedive" by building their own paper airplane.

In this fun physics activity (page 9 of the pdf), learners take part in a paper airplane design challenge.

In "Exploring the Solar System: Stomp Rockets," participants learn about how some rockets carry science tools—not scientists—into space, and how a special kind of rocket called "sounding rockets" can