paper balloon Airplanes
About
With our third project, the kids got more comfortable with idea of the scientific method. They came up with a theory and hypothesis of how they wanted to go about building their airplane, i.e. which design they wanted to do, and then they did some trial and error to figure out which design they liked best. Once they got their main design for the paper airplane, they attached a balloon to it to give it some more lift and speed. Although, we learned that sometimes the addition of the balloon didn't help if placed improperly.
Details
Materials
- 1 regular paper
- 1 balloon
- few inches of tape
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How to:
First you can start by choosing a paper plane design. You can do trial and error by seeing which air plane design works best/which airplane you can create the best. Take a look at the picture on the left to see some options of what paper planes designs you could use. Then, once finished, attach a piece of tape, making sure that you can attach something to the other side of the tape, on the paper plane. Lastly, blow up your balloon and attach it to the tape, making sure you don't have the open end of the balloon tied but pinch it with your fingers to make sure it's still inflated.
Once everyone's ready, it's competition time! Make sure you have a stop watch handy. Have each individual take their balloon paper plane and once they're ready, have one person let the balloon paper plane go and time it to see how long it can stay in the air. Whoever's stays in the air the longest, wins!