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A One-Day Workshop on Flight and Air Resistance

You can’t see air, but it’s real. It takes up space, it pushes on everything, and it can slow things down or hold them up. In Air, Air Everywhere!, young engineers learn the four forces of flight (lift, weight, thrust, and drag) by building, testing, and improving things that fly.

Every activity is hands-on and follows the engineering cycle that real engineers use: Ask, Imagine, Build, Test, Improve. Kids make predictions, run their own tests, change one thing at a time, and cheer as their designs take off.

Here’s what young engineers will do:

• The Great Falling Race: Catch air in a bag, then race flat paper against crumpled paper to see how air slows things down.

• Parachute Drop Lab: Design a parachute and test which canopy gives a toy paratrooper the softest landing.

• Whirling Paper Helicopters: Build paper helicopters and watch them spin to the ground.

• Paper Airplane Flight School: Fold, fly, and improve airplanes to see whose design flies farthest.

• Balloon Rocket Racers: Power a racer with balloon air and see thrust in action.

• Straw Rocket Launch: Build and launch straw rockets on the “3-2-1… LAUNCH!” countdown.

Every child goes home with:

• A Pilot’s License certificate

• Their own parachute, helicopter, paper airplane, and straw rocket

• A take-home bag and a flight challenge to try with the family

Groups are small, so every child gets attention, and everyone wears safety goggles for every launch and drop. In morning circle, we’ll also thank the veterans who served in the air and on the ground.