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Propeller Investigation

This maths activity will give children the opportunity to explore thrust by creating windmills and recording data from test flights. Pupils will accurately measure, compare and record numbers in a group activity and further their understanding through key questions. This resource is part of a series of STEAM activities produced by Rolls Royce and it provides content for the place value, addition and subtraction, measurement, properties of shapes, position and direction and statistics part of the Year 4 Maths curriculum.

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