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Build Helicoptre From Paper

This document outlines a student project on paper helicopters. It discusses how the shape and size of rotor blades, as well as the weight of the helicopter, affect how it spins when dropped. Students will build paper helicopters with varying rotor designs and collect data on how many times they spin. They will then analyze the results by creating graphs and diagrams. The objectives are for students to explain how helicopters work, investigate how rotor blade length and weight impact spinning, and interpret experimental data. Materials needed include paper, paper clips, rulers and scissors.

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Build Helicoptre From Paper

This document outlines a student project on paper helicopters. It discusses how the shape and size of rotor blades, as well as the weight of the helicopter, affect how it spins when dropped. Students will build paper helicopters with varying rotor designs and collect data on how many times they spin. They will then analyze the results by creating graphs and diagrams. The objectives are for students to explain how helicopters work, investigate how rotor blade length and weight impact spinning, and interpret experimental data. Materials needed include paper, paper clips, rulers and scissors.

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1.

0 The background of project

Do you know that that gravity is a force? In this activity students explore how some
things fall and how varying the size of the rotor blades, the shape of the rotor blades and the
weight of a paper helicopter affect the way a helicopter spins.

Students should know how things fall (i.e. the weight of the object is not a factor –
Galileo and the Leaning Tower of Pisa) would help understanding of this activity, but not
essential.

The shape of the helicopter rotor blades make it spin when dropped from a height.
Gravity pulls the helicopter down. The air resists the movement and pushes up each rotor
separately, causing the helicopter to spin.

2.0 Objectives of project

Students will be able to:-

 build their own rotor blades and explain how it works.


 investigate how the length of rotor blades or number of paper clips.
 interpret the raw data in experiment to graph .

3.0 Design of activities and materials

3.1 Materials

 paper
 paper clips
 ruler
 scissors

3.2 Procedures

1. Draw the design for your helicopter on the paper.


2. Fold your paper in half lengthwise
3. Cut a little less than halfway down the crease that you folded down the length of
your paper
4. Make two small cuts in toward the centre line halfway down the length of the
paper
5. Fold both of the bottom sections.

4.0 Questionnaire

Based on their observation, students will required to answer the questions below:-

 The students could draw annotated diagrams showing how their different
helicopters fell. They could be given other helicopters and asked to predict how
they would fall.
 Concept-mapping could be used as means of the teacher building up an
understanding of how and what the students understand about ‘forces’.
 The students draw a various graph.

5.0 Integration of STEM activities


 Science
- Discuss aeroplanes – how they have to keep moving in order to stay in the
air. So how do helicopters stay still in the air? (The spin of the rotor blades
keeps them up.)
 Technology
- Make a stop motion video of your paper helicopter. Research how
hovercrafts are used in different industries and applications.
 Engineering
- Try to alter design to make the best spinning helicopter.
 Math
- Ask pupils to draw various graph based on:-
- Number of paper-clips/number of spins (length of rotor blades kept
constant)
6..0 Pictures
7..0 References

https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/elibrary/resource/34163/paper-helicopters-
science#&gid=undefined&pid=1

https://kiarasampoerna.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/stemprojecttheleaningtowerofpisa.pdf

https://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/roto-copter.html

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