🚁 Part 1: What Did You See?

1. Circle what your paper helicopter did when you dropped it:

It spun around

It fell straight down

It moved slowly

It moved fast

2. What pulls your helicopter down to the ground?

Wind

Gravity

Your hand

3. Draw your paper helicopter in the box below:

4. Which helicopter fell the slowest in your group?

The helicopter that belonged to: ___________________

🔬 Part 2: Forces and Movement

5. What pushes against the helicopter blades to slow it down?

Water

Air

The ground

6. Circle the words that describe how your helicopter moved:

Spinning

Falling

Flying up

Twirling

7. What would happen if you made the helicopter blades longer?

I think it would fall _____________ because _________________________

8. Complete this sentence:

Gravity _________ the helicopter down, but air _________ against the blades.

Word bank: pulls, pushes

🤔 Part 3: Think Like a Scientist

9. If you could change one thing about your helicopter to make it fall slower, what would you do?

10. Draw what you observed when you dropped your helicopter:

Show the helicopter spinning or falling with arrows!

Paper Helicopter Forces

Paper Helicopter Forces

🚁 Part 1: What Did You See?

🔬 Part 2: Forces and Movement

🤔 Part 3: Think Like a Scientist

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