Local children learned about wind tunnel engineering at Shoreline Library January 8, 2025
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
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Alexis from the Imagine Children's Museum explains what keeps an airplane in the air |
By Diane Hettrick
Photos by Claudia Meadows
Shoreline sits in the middle of a hotbed of libraries. You don't have to travel more than a few miles to visit libraries from three different systems: King County, Sno-Isle, Seattle.
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Alexis demonstrates his wind tunnel |
Over the years I have used the services of Richmond Beach, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Kenmore, Lake City, Broadview, downtown Seattle, Brier, Lynnwood, Edmonds, and Mountlake Terrace.
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The participants used these materials to make their own flying craft |
They all offer program and events for all ages and those offerings are always free.
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They constructed their crafts carefully |
King County libraries have strong Friends of the Library groups who regularly sponsor interesting programs. Check out their events and library sponsored events here.
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Each had the opportunity to see their craft fly in the wind tunnel |
Photographer Claudia Meadows visited a children's program this month at the Shoreline Library.
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The aircraft were all different, but followed the principles Alexis shared with the group |
Alexis from Imagine Children's Museum in Everett conducted a session on Wind Tunnel Engineering for an eager group of 5 to 10 year olds.
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This boy is watching his aircraft fly |
The goal? Attempt to balance forces by engineering and testing flying craft in a vertical wind tunnel!
1 comments:
Nice work... Given a chance children love science and engineering.
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