Flight: From Butterflies to Boeing A Student Research Program Funded by the

What science and engineering is required for animals to fly? How do the laws of physics apply to flight? How does the biology of the birds and the bees allow them to fly? How have humans figured out how to do the same with aluminum and titanium wings and jet engines?

On Monday, January 25, 1999, eighteen high school students gathered at The Science House for the first of ten weeks of hands-on exploration of flight to address these questions. These students built portable manometers to measure wind speed, performed experiments on lift force, visited the Mars Mission Research Center and laboratories in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at NC State, and ultimately performed their own investigations into the nature of flight.

Instructions on How to Build a Manometer	An Experiment with Wind Speed and Lift Force

Science of Flight Links:

Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science Technology
Aero Design Team Online
Build the Best Paper Airplane