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5 December 2006
Take Flight, an upcoming exhibit at the Sciencenter, is a dynamic interactive exploration into the creative process of flight. This exhibition combines historical information with hands-on activities to engage visitors in creating their own flying experience while learning the fundamental principles of flight.
Visitors first learn about the evolution of flight and man, then begin their own journey of discovery with a series of building activities that help them to create different forms of flying machines. By using the physical characteristics of lift, thrust, drag, rotation, and gravity, paper becomes a medium to achieve flight.
East Hill Flying Club will be sponsoring this presentation, and it will be available at the Sciencenter from January 26th through May 7th. Download a printable flyer for the exhibition to help spread the word.
Related events
You can see the Take Flight exhibition any time the Sciencenter is open. But be sure to come on the weekend of April 14 to see a presentation by NASA Astronaut Don Thomas! More details to come.
Also in connection with this event, East Hill Flying Club will sponsor a "Young Eagles Day" on Saturday, May 12th, offering free flights for young people 8-17!
Exhibition details
Take Flight is a hands-on science exhibition developed by ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum in Ashland, OR. It contains the following features:
- Evolution of Flight - DVD-based video kiosk that tells the story behind man and his dreams of flight
- Hover Port - By building one of three rotating flyer designs at the Make It Fly-Copter station, visitors learn the importance of the principles of lift and rotation. The blower unit is used by the visitors to create an air stream current. This air stream can be manipulated to change direction, volume, height, and speed of the personalized flyers. Visitors can also experiment with changes to the center of gravity and watch their flyers hover.
- Paper Airplane Launchers - At the Make It Fly station, the differences in shape, weight, and design can show the visitor how their paper airplane is affected by gravity, thrust, and drag. The rotating wheels of the Launcher propel their creation skyward. The visitor can make changes to the direction and angle of the launch platform to see different effects on the same flying design.
- Rocket Launcher - At the Make It Fly Station, visitors create a rocket with all their own personal design touches. The rocket is then loaded onto the Launcher to be blasted into space. The Launcher uses air pressure created by a bicycle pump. Visitors can experiment with the effects of projectile motion and their rockets.
- Go with the Flow - Go With the Flow explores the Coanda effect by using a water stream passing over a variety of surfaces.
- Action Reaction - Action & Reaction allows the visitor to drop a ball down a tube and observe the action of the tube as the ball exits one direction and the tube moves the other direction.
Comments or questions? or call us at (607) 257-1313.
This page last updatedWednesday, January 31, 2007 .
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