So full disclosure I personally understand Bernoulli’s principle and understand how a wing works due to it.
Here’ is what I need. My 5 year old son loves planes, and loves watching birds fly. As such he is asking questions of how a bird’s wing works vs how an airplane’s wing works. I can’t seem to simplify down Bernoulli’s to the extent that he can understand how a wing works. So I’m coming to you all for advice.
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Fill a box or bath with water and get him to try and drag a playing card through it.
Help him realise that it will naturally want to travel parallel to its direction.
If it’s forced to travel on an angle, then it will push to try and stay parallel, which is generating lift.
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