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Learners conduct four simple experiments to demonstrate the effects of air pressure.

In this activity, learners build a hovercraft using a paper plate, cup, and simple motor.

In this activity related to flight, learners build a tiny stream channel to investigate how fluids (air and water) change speed as they flow between and around objects.

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

In this activity, learners construct a paper glider to experiment with aerodynamic forces.

In this activity related to flight, learners conduct two simple tests to explore how lift works.

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

Learners explore the Bernoulli effect by building an airfoil (airplane wing) and making it fly.

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

In this activity, learners explore rocketry and the principals of space flight.

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

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

In this environmental engineering activity, learners build windmills using everyday items. The first challenge is to build windmills that spin when placed in front of a fan.

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.