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Educators
Grade Levels
Grades K-4
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Lesson Plans / Activities
In this activity, students will do the following:
- Observe how unequal pressure creates power.
- Explain that air power can help airplanes fly.
- Construct a working model of an air engine.
This activity challenges students to build and demonstrate a source of thrust found in some research aircraft – the rocket engine. A straw represents the fuselage and a balloon represents the aircraft engine.
Air Engines [138KB PDF file]
This activity is part of the Aeronautics Educator Guide.