Thursday, April 22, 2010

nature's whirligigs

Step one: Plant maple seed.

Step two: Wait.

Step three: Obtain copious amounts of maple seeds in springtime.

Step four: Fling in air.

Step five: Repeat steps three, four and five.

[Make an autorotating helicopter out of paper, based on a maple seed](http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/Aeronautics/Maple_Seed.html)



4 comments:

  1. We call them helicopters. They can be deadly when you unexpectedly get hit by them! Good fun for the kids, though. Aren't God's designs amazing.

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  2. We played with those yesterday outside :). We call them helicopter seeds :)

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  3. I love those and gum tree balls.

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  4. We call em helicopter seeds too. Thanks for the link~! :)

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