Kites

Violet was on vacation with her parents in California. While they were traveling Violet saw a beautiful display of kites. While watching the kites float gracefully through the air, she began to think about all the things she knew of that were able to fly. She thought of birds, planes, helicopters, kites and butterflies and she wondered....

**Challenge** media type="youtube" key="QorTojBjG3U" height="279" width="344" align="left"

**How do things fly?**

**Thoughts** **Make a list of things that can fly. How are each of these things alike? How are they different?** **Have you ever made and thrown a paper airplane or flown a kite?**  **Who discovered the reason why things fly?**  **Do you need wind to fly?**  **Would it really be possible for a person, like Superman, to fly?** **Resources** [|Who is this Bernoulli guy???]  Bernoulli's Principle Interactive Activity  O  Bernoulli Effect In Action! media type="youtube" key="olVJzVadiFs?rel=0" height="255" width="320" align="left"

**Assessment** Choose one of the following experiments and complete the activity with your group. <span style="color: #2c76e2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Experiment #1: <span style="color: #2c76e2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> <span style="color: #2c76e2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Experiment #2 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">[|(click here)] <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">**Wrap-Up**  <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Who was Bernoulli? <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">What is lift? <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Describe the difference between high and low pressure? <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">What was Bernoulli's principle?