Planes

We created planes tonight. We used colored paper to create all kinds of planes to fly. Some flew straight and some flew in a curve. They wanted to build planes with a sharp tip. I said yes and warned them to not fly them at people because this could poke a person's eye. I wanted to explain to the kids the aerodynamics of flight, but realized I did not have the energy at night to fully elaborate on gravity, high and low pressure areas around the wings, and other related issues. So we just made the planes and flew them and enjoyed the experience of paper-plane flying despite not understanding the mechanisms of flight.