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Bernoulli’s Principle

Scale aircraft in a wind tunnel

Pre-flight Testing

Backgrounders

Learn about some of the ways Aerospace engineers test new designs.

Otto Lilienthal's flying machine

A History of How Humans Learned to Fly

Backgrounders

Learn how aviation pioneers from the world learned how to make humans fly!

Four forces acting on an aircraft

Four Forces of Flight

Backgrounders

Learn about the four forces of flight.

Eric makes art with a straw, thanks to the Bernoulli principle

ScienceXplosion - Painting at the Bernoulli

Interactives

On this episode of ScienceXplosion, Eric makes his own airbrush and learns more about the Bernoulli Principle. It's not magic, it's science!

AeroVelo's winning flight

The Hovering Human

STEM Explained

Learn how a team of Canadian engineers used Bernoulli’s Principle to design a human-powered helicopter. It set a world record for human-powered hovering flight!

How can I make a Vortex Cannon?

How can I make a Vortex Cannon?

Hands-on Activities

Build a vortex cannon and discover how fluids (liquids and gases) can move in unique ways due to their physical properties.