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Paper Airplanes

Grade 5

Objective: Students will demonstrate the ability to read and follow written instructions for building a paper airplane. The student will collect and compile their data. The student will demonstrate the ability to generate a spreadsheet and create a bar graph from that data.

Paper Airplane Spreadsheet Instructions

Here is your statement: Will the number of paper clips on the nose of a paper airplane affect the distance that it can fly?

1. Students will be working in pairs of 2. Give students instructions on building a Basic Dart paper airplane.

http://koolpaperairplanes.hypermart.net/Simple.html

2. Make 4 test flights. Open Excel and make the table below. Insert your data.

3. After entering data, formulate your average.

4. Select data and make a bar graph.

5. Enter your name in the title of the graph. (ex: Mike's Paper airplane Experiment.)

X axis: independent variable

Y axis: meters

7. SAVE AS: Your Name Airplane Test

8. Print

Airplane Rubric

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

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