STEM Challenge Paper Airplanes Experiment Problem-Solving Easy Prep Activity
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If you are ready for a highly engaging STEM challenge, this Airplane Challenge is for you! You know students love to throw paper airplanes so take advantage of that energy with this STEM project! Students will experiment and use test results to design the ultimate paper plane.
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What is the challenge?
- This SUPER resource contains a complete STEM lesson, using the Engineering Design Process, covering 3-5 class sessions.
- The lesson focuses on creating an aerodynamic paper plane by testing and modifying it.
- Students create a paper airplane and fly it five times- keeping a data table of the measurements.
- This plane is modified two times and flight data is recorded. The data table also has the students determine an average flight distance.
- After comparing flight distances and modifications students are challenged to build the ultimate paper plane!
- This was tested with 4th-5th graders and works perfectly with this age!
What is your prep?
You will need materials for this activity: paper, tape, measuring tools, calculators, and a large space for flying planes! You will need a large space for flying the planes and a tape reel to mark landing spots and measure distances. Use plastic bins to store materials for this multi-day activity!
This product specifically includes
- Cover Sheet
- Table of Contents
- Teacher Overview
- 9 pages of Step by step-by-step procedures using the Engineering Design Process format
- Plane folding directions
- Vocabulary sheet
- Lab sheets for use with each step of the design process
- Sample Answer Key for lab sheets
- Scoring rubrics in 2 formats
- All forms are provided in an editable format.
What are teachers saying?
- "This resource was absolutely amazing and so much fun! There was little to prep and my students were so excited to be able to make and fly some airplanes! Thank you so much!"
- "Thank you, TAT, for creating and sharing this engaging and complete project-based learning experience. My students last year were my guinea pigs - but no animals were harmed! It is very rewarding when they ended up calling each other engineers!"
- "A+++ Very well organized! The kids had so much fun constructing the airplanes and testing them. It was awesome for me to hear them use vocabulary such as "variables" in their normal group conversations!"
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