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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You can use a piece of paper to demonstrate the concept, hold a piece of paper just below your lip and blow over the top of it and the far end will rise up and flap about a bit because the faster moving air from your breath exerts less static pressure on the top of the paper than the slower moving air below it.
If nothing else it will give the kid something to do even if they don’t understand the details.
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