We had great fun on our helicopter project!

We talked about which helicopter would be best -
a slow landing one or a faster landing one.
We decided a slow landing was safer

Ashley if folding the wings in the opposite direction would change it.
We tried it and she was right.
Now it spins in an anti-clockwise direction.

Michael added paper clips to one helicopter to make it heavier.
It fell faster.

Elaine dropped a flat piece of paper and a curled up ball of paper.

 

We cut out paper helicopters using a template.
When Cian dropped it, it spun in a clockwise direction.

 

Would a helicopter fall slower or faster if its wings were curled up?
Beckie tried it out and it turned upside down and crash landed.

Dara rolled the wings, while
Aoife and
Stacey tried other experiments.

We cut the wings of one helicopter lenthwise,
so it has 4 wings.
We guessed it might go slower.
Yes!

 

We tested a card helicopter and a paper one to see which would land the slowest.
We guessed it might be the paper one and we were right.