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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A bird (and it’s wings) fly by using its muscles to push down air, which push it (the bird) back up. Point out how when jumping (on the ground), you push down on the ground with your muscles, and that moves you up (makes you jump).
For airplanes, the shape of the wing makes the air push the wing up from the bottom, and pull it from the top. This pulls the wings upwards, which (because they’re attached), pulls the plane up as well.
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