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Building-Testing-Improving Paper Airplanes: Head's Up! ActivityBuilding-Testing-Improving Paper Airplanes: Head's Up! Activity
Publisher
Teach Engineering
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Grade
5th - 7th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Activities & Projects
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategy
Hands-on Activity
Technology
Projection
Year
2004
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Building-Testing-Improving Paper Airplanes: Head's Up!

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This Building-Testing-Improving Paper Airplanes: Head's Up! activity also includes:
  • Flight Distances Worksheet
  • Plane Design Instructions
  • Plane Patterns Handout
  • Blank Plane Diagram (overhead transparency)
  • Distance/Time Table (overhead template for class data)
  • Flight Distances Worksheet
  • Plane Design Instructions
  • Plane Patterns Handout
  • Blank Plane Diagram (overhead transparency)
  • Distance/Time Table (overhead template for class data)
  • Activity
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Take foldables to all new heights. Pupils build and fly different types of paper airplanes in the 14th portion of a 22-part unit on aviation. Groups collect data on distance and flight time for each plane and compare the data from the class.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

design, aerodynamics, paper airplanes, aviation, airplanes, distance, time, averages, technology resources

Additional Tags

aerodynamics, airplanes, design, model, paper airplanes, stability

Instructional Ideas

  • Collect the data by plane design and create an appropriate data display

Classroom Considerations

  • Assumes class members understand the forces on planes
  • Requires a large area to test fly the planes

Pros

  • Provides a table to use to collect and average data
  • Contains templates for different plane designs

Cons

  • None

Common Core

6.NS.B.2 6.SP.B.4

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