Wings

On Tuesday 02 August 2005 between 11:00am and 12:00pm, join our videoconference with

Te Papa Educators – Tim McKellar and Emma Best

Join Tim and Emma to learn more about wings, plus get the chance to do some simple scientific experiments with your class to help explain some of the principles of flight.

Find out about:

• How animals fly?
• How wings work?
• What has wings?
• How many wings do they have?
• What were the first creatures to have wings?
• Can humans fly?
• Why do animals loose the ability to fly?
• What wings resources does Te Papa have?

Resources that your class will need so that they can complete some of the simple scientific experiments during the VC are:

• 2x Balloons
• 1x 1 meter ruler
• 2x 50 cm string
• A4 Paper
• Scissors

Tim and Emma will also bring along education collection items such as a penguin and images of various forms of wings. This should be a fun hands-on video conference so make sure you register soon!

TO REGISTER FOR THIS VIDEO-CONFERENCE, CONTACT digitalconversations@cwa.co.nz BY 29 JULY 2005
Telephone: (04) 382 6506