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    • Girl throwing stones by lake, hot-air balloon, and a hang-glider
    Rights: Child with stones, morrbyte and hot air balloon, mattkaz. All licensed from 123RF Ltd Published 9 September 2011, Updated 28 October 2021 Size: 90 KB Referencing Hub media

    Which things fly? Sometimes it’s hard to decide whether some things are flying or not. A stone ‘flying’ through the air? A hot-air balloon? A hang-glider? How do we decide?

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      What flies?

      In this activity, students discuss what things can fly and how this happens. They work towards identifying some key characteristics of flight. By the end of this activity, students should be able ...

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      Falling, floating, flying

      All flying objects have some things in common. For some things, it is easy to decide if they are flying or not – a bird, a plane, Superman… But for some things it is not as easy to decide – a ...

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