Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8
Subject
Engineering Design, Physical Science, Flight and Aeronautics, Forces and Motion
Type
Educator Guides, Hands-on Activities, Lesson Plans / Activities
In this Rubber Band Powered Helicopter Engineering Challenge, students build a rubber band powered helicopter and use it to explore Newton’s third law and how it’s seen with the torque caused by rotating propellers. Using the engineering design process, students will experiment with, test, and modify their helicopter to achieve a goal.