DONATED THEIR BLOOD AND PLASMA
FOR RESEARCH. WELL, WHAT'S YOUR
FAMILY STILL LOOKING FOR SOME
FUN ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS WHILE
YOU'RE AT HOME. WE MIGHT HAVE
JUST THE TRICK. MUNCIE BASED
ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS IS
HERE TO HELP YOU. THEY'RE
OFFERING UP NEARLY 20 FUN
FAMILY FRIENDLY PROJECTS. YOU
CAN PUT TOGETHER AND PLAY WITH
USING SIMPLE HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES
LIKE PAPER, SCISSORS, TAPE GLUE
AND EVEN FOAM PLATES. THERE ARE
TUTORIAL VIDEOS THEY PROVIDED
TO HELP GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE
BUILDING PROCESS. I SPOKE WITH
OUR DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION KYLE
JEFFRIES WHO TELLS ME THE BEST
PART IS WHILE YOU'RE HAVING FUN
YOU'RE ALSO TEACHING KIDS OF
ALL AGES ABOUT THE SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING INVOLVED IN
AERONAUTICS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THIS FROM AN EDUCATIONAL
PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, I THINK
THE BEST WAY TO TEACH KIDS IS
TO TRICK THEM INTO LEARNING.
RIGHT. THEY'RE HAVING A GREAT
TIME BUT THEY'RE ALSO LEARNING
SOME AERODYNAMIC PRINCIPLES. SO
EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, THE
FORCE OF THE FLIGHT WHICH HAS
LEFT THRUST DRAG AND GRAVITY.
RIGHT. AND UNDERSTANDING HOW
THOSE THINGS IN. IN REALITY,
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
CREATE THRUST WITH A KITE AND
WIND AND FIGHT GRAVITY AND MAKE
THIS THING GO UP IN THE AIR.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THESE PLANES
KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE
FOR INSTANCE, A HOME PLATE
STRAP ON A PENNY. THIS IS JUST
CUT OUT OF A COMPLETE BUT
YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE CONTROL
SURFACE TO PLAY WITH. AND
REALLY IT'S A LOT OF FUN. SO
THESE THINGS WENT GREAT. AND
THEY WORKED PRETTY WELL WITH
PAPER PLATES BUT NOT AS WELL AS
THE FOAM. YOU'VE GOT SOME FOAM
LAYING AROUND. YOU SEE HOW IT'S
CUT OUT THERE? ONE IN 10 PUTS.
THEY'RE GREAT TO USE. YOU SEE
HOW WELL IT WORKS. PARENTS
THESE PROJECTS WILL PROBABLY
TAKE YOU RIGHT BACK. AND THAT'S
THE POINT. FINE FAMILY
EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS AND IT'S
NOT JUST PLANES, BY THE WAY.
THERE'S TYPES OF HELICOPTERS,
ROCKETS AND EVEN KITES MOST OF
WHICH YOU CAN MAKE USING RIGHT.
WHAT YOU HAVE AT HOME. NOW EACH
PDA AVAILABLE THAT KYLE
MENTIONED TELLS YOU WHAT
SUPPLIES YOU'LL NEED FROM
AROUND THE HOUSE. THE
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE IT
AND EVEN A LITTLE HISTORY
LESSON ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE
BUILDING. WE'RE GOING TO LINK
YOU TO THE ACADEMY OF
AERONAUTICS WEB SITE WITH THE
LINKS YOU'LL NEED TO DOWNLOAD
AND MAKE THOSE WITH YOUR KIDS
ON THE WEB SITE. IT WTA JAR DOT
COM IT WAS LIKE GOING BACK IN
TIME THE BEST WAY JULIA THAT
KIND OF SEEING THOSE PAPER
MODELS THAT YOU CAN BUILD AND
HOW OFTEN DO PARENTS ENCOURAGE
KIDS TO MAKE PAPER AIRPLANES?
KIDS HERE'S YOUR CHANCE. YOU'RE
RIGHT. NOW'S THE TIME. AND IT'S
SO SIMPLE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT
