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Paper Airplanes: Building, Testing, & Improving. Heads Up!
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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| Author | Rutkowski, Tom Conner, Alex Hill, Geoffrey Zarske, Malinda Schaefer Yowell, Janet |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Description | Students learn the different airplane parts, including wing, flap, aileron, fuselage, cockpit, propeller, spinner, engine, tail, rudder, elevator. Then they each build one of four different (provided) paper airplane (really, glider) designs with instructions, which they test in three trials, measuring flight distance and time. T Students learn the different airplane parts, including wing, flap, aileron, fuselage, cockpit, propeller, spinner, engine, tail, rudder, elevator. Then they each build one of four different (provided) paper airplane (really, glider) designs with instructions, which they test in three trials, measuring flight distance and time. Then they design and build (fold, cut) a second paper airplane design of their own creation, which they also test for flight distance and time. They graph the collected class data. Analysis of these experiments with "model" airplanes and their results help them see and figure out what makes airplanes fly and what can be changed to influence the flying characteristics and performance of airplanes. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Physical Science Paper Airplanes Aerodynamics Stability Airplanes |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class V Class VI Class VII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Physics |
