how does a wing work?

Question

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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Answer 1

So you can get lift with symmetrical wings. You can even get lift where the path length on the lower part of the wing is larger than the upper part. Also BP would actually predict lower lift than what is actually seen