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Flight

Stream Premise

In pursuing their quest for flight, humans expand both their world and their intellectual abilities.

Simulation Descriptions

  • Learn and apply the Principles of Flight to paper airplanes, birds and insects, kites, hot air balloons, and planes.

  • Discover how insects and birds use their wings for flight and create an electronic presentation to share.

  • Build kites and fly them; adjusting weight, surface area and angle to improve your flying.

  • Construct hot air balloons and launch them; calculating maximum height, volume, mass and density. 

  • Visit the Flight Adventure Deck at Naval Aviation Museum and use Flight Simulators.