Is cage full of birds heavier or lighter if the birds are flying?
Physics educator and regular guest expert Jack Netland solves a brain teaser about the how much a flock of birds in flight actually weighs, experimenting with a helicopter, a scale, and a little help from a hovercraft.
AIR DATE 10/31/87
Award-winning TPT series of science episodes produced from 1983-1998.
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