About Forces of Flight Welcome to "Forces of Flight," a new Boeing program created to help classroom teachers to excite and engage students about science. The project was designed to meet and promote the National Science Education Standards for grades 5 through 8, but also to be flexible enough to meet a variety of other needs and interests. We hope that you will find this program helpful and interesting. We are proud to partner with teachers who are making the effort to inspire the next generation of scientists. In addition to being informative, this program is intended to promote student inquiry by linking the information on the posters and web site to a series of classic hands-on physics experiments that demonstrate how the forces of flight actually work. Many of these experiments have been used by Boeing engineers in classroom visits, teacher training seminars, and science camps over the years. We selected them for this project because they (1) clearly demonstrate the concepts being studied, (2) can be performed without incurring significant cost, (3) make excellent small group activities, and (4) are fun to do. We have also developed a teacher's guide to round out this project. It is available in the Resources section of the Forces of Flight web site.		This is an illustration of one of the full-sized posters in the Forces of Flight program. Click any of the topics listed in the menu bar above to see online versions of these posters or to download printable versions of the posters.
				Each section of Forces of Flight contains downloadable files of great experiments that demonstrate the four forces in fun and interesting ways. Click here to see a complete list of downloadable experiments, or download the experiments from the pages that explain each force.
Begin to learn about the forces of flight. GO!		Download Adobe Acrobat® versions of all six posters, try out the forces of flight for yourself with easy-to-do, fun experiments, and find teacher resources for getting the most out of Forces of Flight! GO!		Find out how to get more information about Forces of Flight. GO!
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