Curated OER
Brown Bag Kites
Students observe and discuss kites and how they function. They apply recycled materials to kite making. They utilize and develop self-expression. They appreciate art made by others and themselves. They fly their kites.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Insulation Fact Sheet
Several well-written pages using easy-to-understand language. Explains about every detail concerning insulation and its installation or replacement. Discusses R values, heat loss, insulation types, etc.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: How Things Fly: Activities for Teaching Flight
Through this series of three lessons, students will gain an understanding of the basics of flight. They will learn about the four forces of flight and practice their observation skills through a number of fun experiments. In addition,...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Go With the Flow
This lesson plan is a great way to observe the flow of water. Kids can do this experiment at home by following this easy procedure, complete with pictures.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Vanished: Inside the Jet Stream: Giving Rise to the Jet Stream
Explore what generates a jet stream, and discover why they flow from west to east. A link is offered in this site to a helpful animation describing the jet stream process.
Bill Nye
Bill Nye: Blow Out
This tutorial by Bill Nye explains an experiment that demonstrates how the shape of a funnel can affect how air flows through it.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: A Global Look at Moving Air: Atmospheric Circulation
Even with disruptions like weather fronts and storms, there is a consistent pattern to how air moves around our planet's atmosphere. This pattern, called atmospheric circulation, is caused because the Sun heats the Earth more at the...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Modeling How Air Moves
In this activity, students use models to observe that air is a fluid that flows due to temperature-driven density differences.
Michigan Reach Out
Nasa Trc: Flying Wing
In this lesson plan students can make a flying wing and trouble-shoot until the wing glides smoothly.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Balancing Ball: Suspend a Ball in a Stream of Air
In this lesson plan students learn about air flow using a suspended ball in an air stream.
University of Minnesota
The Physics of Flight: Bernoulli's Principle
Discusses air flow around the wing of a plane and its effect upon the lift and drag forces. Focuses on the application of Bernoulli's principle to wing design and the subsequent airfoil shapes.
MadSci Network
How Come When You Open a Window the Door Is Pulled In?
From the Mad Scientist Network. Using a question and answer format, this page explains the answer to the question "How come when you open a window the door is pulled in?" This intriguing everyday phenomenon is explained in terms of air...