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In this activity, learners explore the properties of paper by constructing and modifying paper airplanes.

Conduct a simple experiment to explore how temperature changes can make things expand or contract.

In this inquiry-based activity, learners investigate the basic forces of flight as they construct their own paper glider that represents a rainforest creature from Borneo (large, tropical island in So

The goal of this activity is to design the fastest sailboat or one that carries the most treasure.

In this activity, learners explore moving air and the physics of lift and drag by constructing homemade wind tunnels.

In this design challenge activity, learners make a balloon hover at eye level for five seconds, and then make it move by creating air currents.

Working in small teams, learners try to build a satellite that can float for at least five seconds in the marked area of a vertical wind tube.

In this physics activity (page 2 of the PDF), learners will construct their own walkalong glider. They will explore how air, though invisible, surrounds and affects other objects.

In this experiment, learners investigate how the size of a wing affects lift. Learners count the number of pennies an egg crate plane wing can hold until the plane will no longer fly.

In this activity, learners explore the concept of how aerospace engineering has impacted sports, specifically exploring the design of golf balls.

In this activity, learners work in NASA teams to build balloon-powered rockets using identical parts and compete to launch the greatest number of paper clips to "space" (the ceiling).

This activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Balloon Fiesta Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into Bernoulli’s principle and airplane wings.