Flying Start Science: ActionA fascinating introduction to the scientific principles of movement, from the leaping of a frog to the flight of an airplane. Simple experiments are included. |
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20 yards Action experiment air resistance apple ball balloon bend better than wheels blows bowl brick candle cardboard carton cheetah craft knife crawl crawler curve distance ever walked distance of 20 Dragonfly elastic band experiment shows fast faster feathers feet fingers fins flap float Flying fish Fold force trying forward frog gannet gently glide gravity ground hairpin hammer hang glider Hold hour hovercraft Hoverers Jet boats Jumping spider kangaroos lean leaps long matchstick longest side Loop the elastic lot of energy marble Modeling clay move muscle power needle number of strides Oak-bush cricket paddle paper clip pencils piece of string plastic polystyrene tile pulls push against stones react to danger rotor sand Scissors skimmer skimming slow snail snake spin stops suddenly straight line streamlined stretch strides you take sucking in water surface skin Swatting swim tail tendons trajectory turn whirl yards or 20 yogurt