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Paper Airplane Experiment

Paper Airplane Experiment. Research. Have you flown a paper airplane before? (Hopefully not in this class) Do you always use the same type of paper? Do you always use the same design? Do you want it to fly straight or do tricks?. Introduction:.

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Paper Airplane Experiment

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  1. Paper Airplane Experiment

  2. Research • Have you flown a paper airplane before? (Hopefully not in this class) • Do you always use the same type of paper? • Do you always use the same design? • Do you want it to fly straight or do tricks?

  3. Introduction: • We are going to design an experiment to test paper airplane flight distance. • We want the planes to fly as far as they can. • We need to think about how we are going to design and perform the experiment. • What things do we need to think about? (Think about the steps of the Scientific Method)

  4. Problem: • What question are we trying to answer? • We want to design an experiment to test how the addition of paper clips will affect the flight distance of the paper airplane. • How does adding paper clips to a paper airplane affect its flight?

  5. Hypothesis: • What do you think is going to happen? • How do you think the addition of paper clips to the paper airplane affect its flight distance? • Does the placement of the clips matter? • If paper clips are added to the (location)_ of the paper airplane, then ___________ _________________________________.

  6. Materials: • What do we need to perform this experiment? • Make a list of materials: • Paper • Measuring tape • Meter Stick • Paper clips • Pen/Pencil

  7. Procedure: • How are we going to perform the experiment? • What do we need to do? • What needs to be kept constant? • What is our control? • What is our independent variable going to be? • Where are we going to perform the experiment? • What are we going to observe? How? • This should be written as a list of numbered steps.

  8. Procedure • Get paper clips, lab notebook and a meter stick. • Make the paper airplane. • Gather materials and head out to your assigned runway. • Fly your airplane, measure flight distance, and record your data in your notebook.

  9. Procedure • Throw plane from behind the starting line each time. Launch at same angle and with same speed each time. • Add a paper clip for each new launch. Record data • Clean up and return to classroom

  10. Observations: • Data Table with measurements from the experiment. • Include headings and labels.

  11. Lab Report Write Up • Must include: • Title page: Title, name, class, date • Introduction: one paragraph about why we did this experiment • Problem: What question did we want to answer? • Hypothesis: What you think will happen and why? • Materials: A list of materials used • Procedure: Step by step explanation of what you did to perform the experiment. • Data Table and Graph: Include labels • Conclusion: Explain your results • Questions: Answer the questions about the lab in complete sentences. Click on the lab notebook to see a sample lab report

  12. Making a graph of your data • Let’s review independent and dependent variables. • The independent variable is what the scientist changes during an experiment. • The dependent variable is what happens due to what is changed. • Remember: The growth of the flower is dependent upon the amount of water it receives.

  13. 10 8 6 Flight Distance (meters) 4 2 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Number of paper clips Making the graph How adding paper clips affects paper airplane flight distance. 1. Create a title. 3. Determine interval and label for y-axis. 4. Plot your data. 5. Connect the data points. 2. Determine interval and label for x-axis.

  14. Conclusion: • What did you learn during the experiment? • Does your data make sense? • Was your hypothesis correct? Explain why or why not? • Did you do anything wrong? • Is there anything that you would have or should have done differently? • Your conclusion should be 3 to 4 paragraphs long.

  15. Questions: • What is a control? What was the control in this experiment? • What is a constant? What were the constants in this experiment? • What is an independent variable? What was the independent variable in this experiment? • What is a dependent variable? What was the dependent variable in this experiment? • Should your results be the same as others? Why or why not? The answers to the questions must be in complete sentences!

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