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Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Flying High: Bird Man

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Investigate and demonstrate principles of flight with the Flying Tim Bird. Draw a hypothetical model of the mechanism inside the toy bird that makes the wings flap, then experiment with and videotape its flight to explain how lift works on the wings.

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Concepts
ornithology, leonardo da vinci, flight
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bird flight, ornithologists, ornithopter, starlings, gustav trouve, pbs teachers: scientific american: flying high: bird man, cineradiographics
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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