Day 1

Day One:

Over the next couple of days you will be building different types of paper airplanes to learn about what factors influence their flight. Safety rules are always in effect and you should be on your best behavior in the halls at all times. Flight testing must be approved by your teacher before scheduling a flight test. 

No flying should take place in the classroom since there is not adequate space.

Step 1: Prediction

Create a Flight Journal- this can be in a composition notebook, or a separate place in your Science binder.

Make a prediction about how far your airplane will travel, and how fast.

Step 2: Plan

Write in your science notebook which materials you would like to use to build your first airplane and give an explanation as to why you think these will be the best materials to use.

Step 3: Build

Build your 1st paper airplane using the materials you listed in your written plans and predictions.

http://paperairplaneshq.com/ Links to an external site.

Step 4: Test

Once your teacher has given you the OK- Test your first paper airplane and measure the distance of each flight. You should record distance of flight along with any other observations in your data table.

You should test your paper airplane at least three times. 

Sample record sheet:

Test Flight	Distance traveled in feet and inches	Time it took to travel in seconds	observations

 

Step 5: Reflection

Reflect upon the flight of your airplane, why you believe it flew the way it did, what changes you want to make and why, and what you want to keep the same and why?