26 February 2025
What if you could teach your class to fly? Not just in a plane, but give them the chance to float through the air like Superman? Well, thanks to the goosebump-inducing rush of indoor skydiving here at iFLY Indoor Skydiving, you can! It's not just an adrenaline ride – there’s some incredible science going on behind the scenes, too.
With British Science Week around the corner, it’s a great time for our School Exclusive Sessions – they blend STEM learning (science, technology, engineering, and maths) with flying for a one-off educational experience, and right now, you could save up to 58%!
Keep reading to discover more about our school STEM program that explores science, demonstrating real-world physics, and how we make you fly (yes, for real) at iFLY.
On this airborne STEM school trip, your students will float on air - and we’re not kidding. Here’s what each session includes:
As for teachers and activity leaders, they can kick back and watch while our certified instructors take charge, offering a safe and educational setting for every child.
Organising a day out can be a hassle, can’t it? Thankfully, we make it easy. Booking is a breeze - just book online here. Simply add the number of children, pick your location (London, Basingstoke, Manchester, or Milton Keynes), and then choose a date and time to fly. To make your experience super special, you can even add photos, movies, and other add-ons like a superhero flight suit, or even a full high flight experience where the instructor can take the children high up into the flight chamber.
Here are just some of the reasons why our STEM program is brilliant for schools:
So, what’s the secret? It's all down to our immense wind tunnels for skydiving. These giant fans are marvels of engineering. They create streams of air strong enough to lift you right off your feet. They’re a bit like a massive vacuum cleaner in reverse – air is sucked up through the flight chamber at speeds of over 120 mph! This creates a smooth, stable column of air that allows you to hover, dip, and soar as if you were in a freefall, without having to leave the solidity of the earth.
Want to know the science of soaring in our vertical wind tunnels? Aerodynamics is crucial in indoor skydiving. It examines how air moves around solid objects. When you’re in the tunnel, your body acts like an aeroplane wing. Change your shape slightly, and you change the way air moves around you, enabling you to control your flight. For instance, if you spread your arms or lean forward, these alter your movement direction and stability. Want to go up? Flatten out. Spin right? Dip a shoulder. It’s physics in action.
Air resistance, or drag, is the force you battle against as you float on the air. This force counters the motion of an object through the air, influencing how fast or freely you can move. But in the air tunnel, you use it to your advantage to stabilise and steer. When you adjust your body’s position, you can manage the drag, master your movements, and feel first-hand how changes in body shape and surface area can affect your glide through the air column. It’s a bit like adjusting a parachute but far more immediate and, dare we say, more elating.
Aside from a lot of airborne antics, our STEM sessions involve real learning, too. Before taking flight, students get access to a crash course (not literally!) in the physics of flight. They learn about forces, energy, motion, and yes, even a bit about how to fly! Then on the day, it's suits on, goggles down, and into the tunnel they go to see theory put into breathtaking practice. Textbooks simply can’t match this way of learning.
Plumping for our STEM sessions gives the children a guaranteed good time as they set off on an immersive educational experience that’ll no doubt stick in their minds. It’s an opportunity to touch the tangible side of science in the almighty wind tunnel. What could be better than learning about forces and motion than experiencing and feeling them in action? It’s a high-octane learning space (okay, wind tunnel) where children see and understand the laws of physics through a very real dose of aerial adrenaline.
Just in time for British Science Week*, we’re offering our School Exclusive Session for only £249.99 per package. It’s a deal that lets up to 13 students experience the ultimate interactive science exhibit. Not just that, teachers get to fly free, too! Science has never been this exciting, and with our fully-equipped sessions, educational value flies as high as your students will.
Keen to turn a lesson plan into an action-packed, gravity-defying experience? Book your session now and watch classroom concepts soar high at iFLY. Hurry, this British Science Week offer won’t last long!
*Not affiliated with British Science Week
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