NOTE: Before your visit, please review our Visitor Guidelines, as well as recent guidance from the State of Vermont.Read More
In accordance with new guidance from the State of Vermont, visitor groups must be limited to a single household and should stay together in the Museum.
If you plan to visit the Montshire from outside Vermont, please review the State of Vermont’s cross-state travel guidance. Visitors from outside Vermont must quarantine for 14 days prior to visiting.
Air is amazing! It’s a mix of gases that is too thin to see, but thick enough to feel and to do some useful work.
By speeding through air, we can make helicopters and airplanes fly. By heating air, we can make balloons rise. By cupping air in a parachute, we can slow down a falling object.
Check out Montshire’s videos and downloads about air-powered activities, including helicopters, spinners, floaters, flyers, slow-fallers, and air-blown show-offs. Each day you’ll get to make several air-propelled projects from materials you can find right at home.
Air is amazing! It's a mix of gases that is too thin to see, but thick enough to feel and to do some useful work.
Make Paper Spinning Helicopters, Fish, and Octopuses
Experiment with your own Montshire paper spinning helicopters, fish, and octopuses at home!
Turn your summer time fan into a wind tube or sail boat exhibit, just like the ones at the Montshire! Watch Montshire educator Rebecca explain, then download the activity guide to get started.
