Paper Airplane Math

Students make paper airplanes in this hands on STEM high interest activity. Students design, edit, revise and test their designs. They then enter two contests the distance challenge and the target challenge. Students measure how far their plane flies as well as find the area, perimeter and surface area of their planes. Teachers set up the area for the target challenge and students see if they can land their planes in it. Students also collect data and determine the mean and median.