After a quick flight review, we headed outside to play Bernoulli frisbee! What is Bernoulli frisbee? It's SUPER easy and fun, too! Each time you toss a frisbee to a friend, you yell out "Bernoulli!" or "high pressure!" or "lift!" or any other word related to Bernoulli's Principle.
Where's the Science in that? A frisbee is a great example of a flying "aircraft" that shows how having a rounded upper edge produces faster moving air which in turn creates an area of low pressure. The slower-moving air underneath the disc creates a zone of high pressure. High pressure will always move to a zone of low pressure, thus pushing the frisbee up.
This is how LIFT - the force responsible for flight - is created!
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