| Flying is always a fascinating subject for young | | | | diagonally, and meet at a center that is about five |
| children. The idea of being able to fly is a notion many | | | | inches down from the base of the lantern. It will look |
| of us entertained while we were younger. Though age | | | | like an upside down pyramid. Glue a candle to where |
| brings us the wisdom of knowing that we can only | | | | the strips meet. |
| take flight with the help of a plane or glider or balloon, it | | | | Wrap the paper around the lantern frame, securing it |
| doesn't lessen the magic involved with the subject of | | | | well, but leaving an opening for the side that connects |
| flying. There are several fun hands on science | | | | to the candle. On a windless night, light your candle and |
| experiments that involve aerodynamics and flight. This | | | | hold the lantern by its frame. After a few minutes, the |
| one is really simple, and it explains how hot air balloons | | | | lantern will begin to rise up and into the air. This is |
| are able to fly. Do this with your child on a cool, almost | | | | because this fun hands on science experiment uses |
| windless evening, and watch them have a really fun | | | | the knowledge that hot air rises. As the hot air inside |
| time. | | | | the lantern builds up, it slowly takes the light weight |
| Take some Japanese paper and spray it with some | | | | lantern with it, making it fly! Explain this to your child, and |
| fireproofing liquid made specially for paper. Be sure | | | | tell him that this fun hands on science experiment |
| that you don't over soak the paper, and try not to | | | | demonstrates one of the principles of flight! They will |
| spray the corners. Dry the sheets of paper on the | | | | surely be amazed! |
| ground or wherever they won't be destroyed. This will | | | | There are many other fun hands on science |
| serve as the outside of your lantern. | | | | experiments you can do with your child to help them |
| Next, take some pieces of ply wood or bamboo (note | | | | cultivate a genuine interest in the world of science. |
| that there are many fun hands on science | | | | Based on their interests, choose science topics that |
| experiments that can be done with wood) and cut it | | | | you know will fascinate them and encourage them to |
| into thirty strips of about one centimeter wide. These | | | | do more projects. Doing fun hands on science |
| strips will serve as the frame of your paper lantern. | | | | experiments with your kids is also a great way for you |
| Fashion these strips into a square or rectangular cube. | | | | to spend time with them while encouraging their |
| Place two strips in an "X" shape on five sides of the | | | | learning. |
| cube. On the sixth side, attach four strips going down | | | | |