How to Make a Paper Airplane
Channel: SciShow Kids
This video teaches young children the steps to fold a paper airplane while explaining the basic physics principles that keep it airborne.
Concrete, curiosity-driven science at a steady pace. Perfect for the 'why?' age.
- →Pause — what does YOUR child think?
- →Try a related experiment at home.
- →Draw what you learned.
Co-viewing with discussion significantly improves learning outcomes from video (Strouse et al., 2013; Mendelsohn et al., 2010).
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