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Airplane Storm Chaser Simulation
Steer the plane to safety using vectors.

Australian Kiteflyers Society
Tips for safe and courteous kite flying.

Balloons
Learn how buoyancy affects a hot-air balloon.

Buoyancy Game Show
Test your knowledge with this online game.

Classroom Antarctica: Climate
Assists students to discover the enormous influence and importance of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in global processes.

Confessions of a Backyard Submarine Builder
At 15, Karl Stanley began building a sub from a length of steel pipe. Here's the crazy part: It worked.

Creek Rescue Game
Help Freckles the Frog save a creek by playing the Creek Rescue Game.

Dave Culp Speed Sailing
Site about kite-powered sailing.

Exploratorium: Buoyancy
Learn why things are lighter underwater.

First Flight
Learn about the history of flight.

Flight Field Trip
Travel on this virtual flight.

Floating Log
Manipulate the length, radius and mass of a log floating in a pond. Add additional blocks of mass to the log, and study the log as it sinks and floats under different conditions.

How Does a Kite Fly?
Explanation of lift and drag and how these concepts relate to flying a kite.

How Does A Sailboat Move Upwind?
Since the early days of sailing, ships have undergone a continuous improvement in design.

How To Go Fly A Kite
Basic tips on kite flying and information on The physics, history, and myths.

Japanese Kite Collection
Images of original kite designs from Japan.

Kite Buggy and Land Yacht Page
This site is focused on kites, kite technology, buggys and land sailing.

Paper Planes
Collection of paper plane designs.

Ray Bethell - Kite World Champion
Latest news from the world champion and flying tips.

Submarines Quick Flick
Movie and quiz about submarines.

Submarines: How They Work
Learn about the different functions of various parts of a submarine.

The EPA Climate Change Kids Site
Learn all about Climate Change and how you can make a difference.

The Murray-Darling Basin
Learn some important stats about the Murray-Darling Basin.

The Wright Bros Online
Multimedia presentation on the Wright Brothers contribution to aviation history.

Trishna and The Dream of Water
Story of the importance of water and protecting the environment.

Water School
Learn where water comes from and how to save it.

Why Boats Float
How does a boat or ship carrying hundreds of pounds worth of stuff float while that same stuff would sink to the bottom of the ocean if dumped overboard?

Wright Brothers Aeronautical
Listing of the articles and photos from the Wright Brothers Aeronautical Engineering Collection that are currently accessible online.

Lessons (28)

Aeronautics Unit
Unit of work includes many hands on activities related to flight.

Air Pollution Quiz
Information and quiz about Air Pollution

Boats Afloat
Making boats using recycled materials.

Build an Kite Instructions
How to build a traditional newspaper kite.

Build and Maneuver a Submarine
Students build a model submarine from an empty drink bottle.

Buoyancy Experiments
Provides several hands-on experiments with detailed instructions and notes on the outcome of each.

Buoyant Boats
To design and construct a boat that takes into account factors such as buoyancy, the properties of materials, and design constraints..

Climate Challenge
A game where you are president of the European Nations. You must tackle climate change and stay popular enough with the voters to remain in office.

Dancing Raisins
Watch how raisins sink and then float up in a glass of soft drink.

Does Soap Float?
In this lesson students will form hypotheses and carry out an investigation in order to discover whether or not soap floats.

Egg Boat
Build a boat to make eggs float.

Grand Designs and Great Failures
To apply what students have learned in the first two lessons of this series to develop explanations of why two famous historical ships sank on their maiden voyages.

How Do We Save 0ur Waterways?
The unit focuses on both conservation of freshwater resources, and protection of freshwater from pollution.

Learn2 Make a Kite
Instructions for making a simple kite.

Make Your Own Kite
Instructions for a simple kite.

Maverick 's Paper Boats
Free instructions are given below for making simple paper boats.

Murder Under The Microscope
Murder under the Microscope is an online environmental game for school students in years 5 to 10, typically children aged 9 to 14 years.

Paper Plate Planes
Make flying machines uning drink cups and paper plates.

Reading and Writing About Pollution
In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students access prior knowledge about water pollution before exploring the topic further using read-alouds.

Simple Sailboat Craft
Make these simple boats in just a few minutes.

Sink It
These experiments can serve as a precursor to exploration of density of solids and liquids.

Sink or Float Word Search
Word search related to buoyancy.

Solutions to Pollution
In this activity students are asked to plan an hypothetical innovative method to prevent stormwater pollution in their local waterway.

The EPA Climate Change Kids Site
Learn all about Climate Change and how you can make a difference.

The K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook
Lessons and activities on flight, aerodynamics and the Wright Bros.

Waterways Health Check
Form teams and choose an activity to assess your waterway, then combine your scores to come up with the overall health of your local creek, stream, lake or wetland.

Weight of Water
How to make an impressive piece of engineering like that called the Falkirk Wheel, which is basically an elevator for boats.

What Floats Your Boat?
The overall lesson series is designed to allow students to extend their understanding of floating, sinking, density, and buoyancy and apply it to the design and testing of boats.

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