https://motivate.maths.org/content/taxonomy/term/563/all en https://motivate.maths.org/content/helicopters <p><strong>Jim Flood</strong>, </p> <p><img src="../conferences/conf15/images/helicopter_final.gif" alt="" hspace="7" vspace="7" align="right" /></p> <p>This resource involves making some very simple (but effective) working paper models that provide opportunities for exploring proportion and scale. Children will need to make changes to their models, guess what effect these changes will have.</p> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-pwork"><legend>Project Work</legend><div class="field field-type-link field-field-plink"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/content/Helicopters/Construction-helicopter">Construction of a helicopter</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/content/Helicopters/Helicopter-activity">Helicopter activity</a> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/content/helicopters/transcript-talk">Transcript of Jim Flood&#039;s talk</a> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-add-mat"><legend>Addition Material</legend><div class="field field-type-link field-field-alink"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="http://motivate.maths.org/conferences/conf15/helicopters.ppt">Jim Flood&#039;s powerpoint presentation</a> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="https://motivate.maths.org/content/helicopters" target="_blank">read more</a></p> 11-13 years old Accurate drawing or construction Following instructions Mathematical investigation Mathematical modelling Recording maths Collecting data Accurate construction Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:50:35 +0000 motivateadmin 635 at https://motivate.maths.org/content