Paper Helicopters

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Description

Make simple helicopters from paper and investigate what affects their rate of fall.


Resources

Helicopter Templates 1 per Child - pre printed
Paperclips
Blue Tak
Scissors
Bin

Instructions

The leader demonstrates making a helicopter and asks the kids what could affect the time taken for the helicopter to fall to the ground. The importance of making a fair experiment is discussed (change only one thing at a time). Each Member is then challenged to make a helicopter. Add weight to the base if wanted and test to see which takes the longest time to fall.


Tags

  • air acivities
  • Creative
  • experiement
  • Helicopters
  • Make things
  • Team challenges

Badge Links

  • Air Activities - Paper
  • Experiment - Experiment
  • Skills - Creative