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Top: Kids and Teens: School Time: Science: Physics: Flight (8)
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How to Go and Fly a Kite - History, stories, plans, tips, and the physics of kite flying.
Paper Airplanes - Patterns for folding, aerodynamics, records, history, links, and contests.
Physics of Flight - Articles include airfoils and lift, forces acting on airplanes, flight control surfaces, and the swept wing.
Science Fun with Airplanes - Learn about the principles of flight and how pilots control airplanes with this Ohio State University program. Includes a feature allowing the user to build his or her own glider.
Air Travelers - An introduction to the basic principles of buoyancy, properties of gases, temperature, and the technology involved in hot air ballooning. Includes movies and pictures, related links, activities and lesson plans.
Kites and Kite Flying - Includes history, modern kites, pictures, tips for beginning flyers, and the science of kite flying.
Polar First - Follow the pilots of this world record breaking adventure as they fly 30,000 miles around the world, via the South and North Pole, witness volcanic eruptions, experience the coldest temperatures on earthand help preserve the planet with WWF scientists.
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