November is Aviation History Month. Bring aviation history to life this month with a focus on the science behind flight with hands-on activities that combine STEM, problem solving, and critical thinking. How can something as heavy as an airplane stay in the air? There are three laws of flight that allow planes to fly. Learn and experiment with them below. Bernoulli’s Law of Pressure: The faster air flows, the less pressure it has. When air is moving, it creates areas of high pressure and areas of low pressure. Fast moving air creates an area of low pressure because the particles are spread further apart while high pressure air has particles packed closer together. Show and Tell: Hold two spoons by their handles, with their rounded backs facing each other and a small gap between them. Hold the spoons upside down under a sink tap. Turn on the tap so that a thin, steady stream of water flows. Hold the spoons close together and place them in the stream of water. The spoons will tend ...
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