Whirly Twirly Flying Birds

Skip to content Skip to primary sidebar Whirly Twirly Flying Birds There’s something magical about flight.  It’s the power of science and engineering mixed with the magic of nature.   These  Whirly Twirly Flying Birds  can help kids learn the principles behind how birds (and airplanes!) fly. Save How do Birds Fly? Birds use two things to make themselves fly.   The first is  lift .  When air quickly moves across a bird’s wings, it creates a difference in pressure between the top of the wing and the bottom of the wing.  The slow moving air under the wing wins out in the high pressure war, causing the wing (and the bird!) to rise or lift. The second thing that makes birds fly is  thrust .  In order to get that fast moving air on the top of their wings, birds flap them.  As they push their wings down creating thrust, the air speeds up and lift takes place. Whirly Twirly Flying Birds Left Brain Cr...