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published by the Public Broadcasting Service and the WGBH Educational Foundation
This interactive tutorial examines the aerodynamic forces of lift and drag. Students explore the two principles that combine to produce lift: the Bernoulli Effect and Newton's Third Law. The tutorial discusses why wing shape alone cannot create lift.  Airplanes stay aloft because the wing pushes air down; the corresponding reaction occurs as air pushes the wing up. This paired action/reaction, along with wing shape and airspeed, interact to produce flight.

This resource is part of the NOVA digital collection on space and flight.

Please note that this resource requires Flash.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Applications of Newton's Laws
= Pressure
- Motion in Two Dimensions
= 2D Acceleration
- Newton's Second Law
= Force, Acceleration
- Newton's Third Law
= Action/Reaction
Fluid Mechanics
- Dynamics of Fluids
= Bernoulli's Principle
- High School
- Middle School
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
= Tutorial
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- application/flash
- image/jpeg
- text/html
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