Air

What sort of challenge can you think of for your Air Badge?  You could try, create, investigate, construct, learn, share, record...
Here are some example challenges:

• Keep a log of the weather in your area.
• Investigate different types of clouds.
• Construct a kite and fly it at a local park.
• Find out about different styles of kites
• Investigate kite festivals around the world
• Learn about air pollution and the problems it causes.
• You could discover what causes a storm.
• Investigate why trees are important to the air we breathe.
• Investigate air pressure and how it changes with altitude and the effects it can have.
• Research Asthma, it's causes, symptoms, treatment, and why it adds an extra danger to scuba diving.
• Investigate 'The Bends' (decompression sickness), what causes it and how to avoid it.
• Name three main gases in the air and discover:
  • Which one is essential for our life?
  • When we breathe out there is more of one gas than another - which one is it?
  • What is the main gas that is produced when things are burnt?
• Explain the ozone layer, why it is important, what happens when it gets a hole and what gases cause these holes to form.
• Investigate different airlines and the services they offer (eg. domestic, international, Europe, Asia-Pacific etc)
• Find out the difference between domestic and international flights.
• Compare 3 different sorts of planes
• Build a model aeroplane.
• Investigate different types of paper aeroplanes and see what the furthest you can get one to go

   

Or any other challenge or group of challenges that relate to air and mean you are achieving your personal best.

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