Paper Airplane Activity

A career in aeronautics might be calling your class members. Building from the previous two lessons in the series, learners continue analyzing the mathematics of aeronautics. Groups create a paper airplane using paperclips for balance....

Students explore the concept of flight.  In this flight lesson plan, students make paper airplanes with different designs.  Students change the angle of launch and thrust and record the distances and time spent in air for each flight. ...

High school physicists demonstrate Bernoulli's Principle by blowing on different items and finding that they do not move in the expected direction! They apply Bernoulli's equation to the flight of an airplane. This well-organized lesson...

Students construct various types of paper airplanes, exploring action and reaction forces by conducting a paper airplane rodeo. Students then discuss how Newton's Third Law of Motion affected their planes.

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.

Students examine the aerodynamics of a wing and how it generates lift.  In this flight lesson plan students complete several experiments including how to build a paper plane and how airfoils affect performance.

Students explain the steps of the scientific method.  In this paper airplane lesson students design and test their own paper airplane. 

Students demonstrate the effects of aerodynamics. In this aerodynamics lesson students name parts of the helicopter and construct a device that can fly. Students works to  build their own paper helicopter.

How are raptors and airplanes alike? Combine science and language arts in this fun and interactive project. Young scientists research the animal in order to design their own aircraft, and compete in a contest for farthest, fastest, and...

Students  define terms, explain Bernoulli's principle and identify the control surfaces of an airplane.  In this investigative lesson students complete a lab activity.