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Paper Plane Challenge

Engineering⏱ 25 minAge 5+
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Do this with a grown-up. Throw away from faces and pets.

🧰 You need

  • 📄3 sheets of paper
  • 📏a measuring tape or a long string
  • ✏️a pencil and notebook

👣 Let’s do it

  1. 1Fold three different paper planes.
  2. 2Stand on the same spot for every throw.
  3. 3Throw each plane the same way.
  4. 4Measure how far each plane flew and write it down.
  5. 5Change one thing to make your best plane fly further.

👀 What will you see?

Different folds fly different distances.