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Build a Paper Plane
Students study the history of the paper plane. In this design lesson students create several types of paper planes and determine if there is a difference in mean flight distances.
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The Selection and Variation in the Egyptian Origami Bird
Students participate in a contrived natural selection simulation in which they build and modify simple paper airplanes. They study divergent and convergent evolution and how it is isolated in sub-populations.
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Origami Flight: The Physical Setting
Sixth graders investigate the forces that move certain objects. In this physics instructional activity, 6th graders design and create paper flying objects using origami methods, which they practice flying in different conditions....
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The Wright Stuff
In this lesson, young scholars design an exhibition on the history of aviation for a science museum. For homework, they write short stories envisioning the future of flight in the year 2014.