1. Do Now: Draw a picture of a paper airplane
Do Now: Draw a picture of a paper airplane. How do you think airplanes work?

2. Paper Airplane Challenge
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Paper Airplane Challenge

3. Paper Airplane Challenge
You will be given 1 sheet of paper!
Your task is to design a paper airplane that you think will fly the farthest!
You may choose from a design or create your own design.

4. Paper Airplane Challenge
Purpose/Testable Question:
What do we want to know about paper airplanes?
What are we going to test?

5. Paper Airplane Challenge
Testable Question: How does the design of an airplane affect how far it flies?
Prediction: Draw a picture of the design you think will work best.
If I design my plane like this _____________, then it will go farthest.

6. Paper Airplane Challenge
Testable Question: How does the design of an airplane affect how far it flies?
Prediction: Draw a picture of the design you think will work best.
If I design my plane like this _____________, then it will go farthest.
Variable:

7. Average (Total distance/3)
Paper Airplane Challenge
Data Table:
Trial
Distance
Average (Total distance/3) 1 2 3

8. Paper Airplane Challenge
Put data in graph form
Distance plane traveled

9. Paper airplane challenge
Results: What did you observe?
The ____________ design went the farthest. It travelled an average of __________ cm.
The _____________ design went the least far. It travelled an average of _________ cm.
Our team’s design went an average of _________ cm.

10. Paper airplane challenge
Conclusion:
I think ________ design was the best because________.
I used to think ___________, but this experiment helped me learn _____________.
I wonder what would happen if _______________.

11. Exit Ticket: In today's experiment, our variable was ______________?