Using Math to Fly
Using Math to Fly
Educators discuss the experimentation and data collection that the Wright brothers used to develop their flying machines... Read more
27 Mar 2013
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Pressure Suits and Boiling Blood
Pressure Suits and Boiling Blood
Student experiment to understand how air pressure effects the human body in high altitude flight. Also explains how pre... Read more
27 Mar 2013
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