Away This activity allows students to investigate and apply the laws of physics that govern the flight of helicopters and airplanes.
Students build and launch a model rotor, simulating rotors used on helicopters to provide lift.
Students then collect, share, and analyze data about the flight of their rotors. It provides students with an opportunity for hands-on learning by doing. Discuss the forces acting on things that fly. Discuss Bernoulli's Principle. Test their model rotor.