Students take two paper plates and cut a small hole in the center of them. Next, face the tops of the paper plates together and staple together around the edges. Group 3 will make paper helicopter. Students will cut a 2 inch wide strip of paper 12 inches long and tear it in the middle at the top of the strip as far down as they would like without tearing the paper strip in half. Next, students will fold the bottom of the paper strip to add weight.
Students then fold the torn part of the helicopter down in opposite directions.
Group 4 will make paper airplanes in any design of their choice. Ask presenters of the flying objects to verbally state how they were able to get the object to fly and how it reacted in the air. Then have 3 to 4 students fly their object from the same place and compare and contrast the distance the objects flew. Following the above have each student make the paper helicopters and measure the time it takes to fly a distance of your choice by clap timing. The class will clap the same beat and count the number of claps it take the paper helicopters to hit the ground when launched from a specific spot.