1. Welcome to the Flight Olympics!

2. Purpose of the Flight Olympics
To promote innovative designs of paper “airplanes” (gliders) that are able to perform various tricks

3. Important Events
We have decided that our gliders will compete in the following events:
Distance
Height
Turn left/right
Roll left/right
Flip
Longest time in air
Speed
Aesthetics
Safe Landing
These are important because…

4. The Variables Controlled variables: Manipulated variables:
Must resemble flier
Must be made of paper (fuselage)
Amount of time at school
Way craft is thrown
Thrown from same spot
Made by yourself
Manipulated variables:
Size
Small manageable materials added on
Removable parts
Time spent at home
Fuselage
Moving parts of plane
Responding variables:

5. Your Task
Design (one/more than one?) glider to compete in the flight Olympics
The Olympics will take place on…
April 7&8

6. Inventor’s Journal Requirements
You must include the following in your inventor’s journal:
Sketches of each glider that you will build
Labelling - You MUST accurately label the following at least one time each in your journal
Rudder
Ailerons
Elevators
Fuselage
You must have a minimum two sentence explanation of why you designed your glider the way you did. Somewhere in these explanations you must accurately include the following terms:
Roll
Pitch
Yaw