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Flowing Air | Curious Crew| Ep. 205

Leaping ping, sticky spool and stubborn cards? WATCH NOW

Explore how air affects things, and how Bernoulli explains how we can fly. Then try the STEM Challenge and make a hoop glider. 

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  1. Leaping Ping-Pong Balls (pdf): Astonish your friends! Move a ball from one container into anotherwithout touching it!
  2. Floating Paper (pdf): Change air pressure and watch what happens!
  3. Stubborn Cards (pdf): Challenge your friend in this demonstration of air pressure.
  4. Sticky Spool (pdf): Mystify your friends with this demonstration of Bernoulli’s Principle.
  5. Crashing Cans (pdf): Can you harness air power to make the cans crash? 
  6. Airfoil Wing (pdf): Make an airfoil wing to learn more about how Bernoulli’s Principle helpsairplanes to fly.
  7. Straw Sprayer (pdf): Make a cool tool out of two straws and a little air pressure.
  8. Air Tube (pdf): Wow your friend with how quickly you can get air into a long plastic-bag
    tube! 
  9. Air Glider (pdf): Make and fly a lightweight glider! Find out how updrafts work! Air Glider Template

STEM Challenge - Making a Hoop Glider (pdf): Can you make a hoop glider that is a great flyer?

first air 1/18/16 Ep. 205

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