Our Experiment

Grades: K-3

Question:  Which paper makes paper airplanes that fly the furthest?

Materials: 

• copy paper

• drawing paper 

• newsprint

• pattern for paper airplane

• ruler for measuring distance on floor

• tape for marking distance on floor

• chart for recording distance

Procedure: 

• Choose paper to create airplane

• Fold paper following pattern. (We were lucky. Our eight grade was studying aerodynamics and came to our class to help us fold our planes.)

• Mark the floor of a long open hallway in the school if feet

• Stand behind the start line and fly your plane

• Record distance on chart

• Graph distances after all planes have flown

Chart:  (this is a sample of one class's graph)

Graph:

Conclusion:  In our experiment, paper planes made of drawing paper averaged the furthest distance.

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