paper plane unit

Paper Plane Unit

https://nzmaths.co.nz/resource/paper-planes

Click on the following links and make at least 3 different paper planes.

Take a photo of each one.

http://www.paperairplanes.co.uk/planes.php

https://www.zurqui.co.cr/crinfocus/paper/airplane.html

http://bestpaperairplanes.com/

Investigation Steps

1. Make an assertion (a thoughtful statement) on a variable that will affect flight distance.
2. Choose a basic design for your paper plane; then modify (change features of) this design to provide a variety of different models, based on your assertion.
3. Collect data by trialling each plane and recording the distance it travels alongside the variable you are testing.
4. Plot data on a graph to establish whether there is a relationship between the variables you are investigating. This can easily be done on Google Sheets. Whaea Rob will show you how to do this.
5. Check your assertion. Was your original idea correct?

For two weeks room 3 have been doing a paperplane experiment.

Assertation: Making the plane’s tip pointy, not curved will help it go further. my first plane has a curved tip, second a little pointier and the 3rd is really pointy.

Planes...	Variable… Measure	Flight distance #1	Flight distance #2	Flight distance #3	Average
Photo 1	Curved tip	7.5	7.9	6.4	21.8
Photo 2	Little bit pointy	14.0	9.7	4.6	28.3
Photo 3	Very pointy	15.8	14.1	16.2	32.1

Coclusion: my assertation was right. I made the planes tip pointy not curved which made it go further.