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STEM Challenge Paper Airplanes
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STEM Challenge Paper Airplanes

$3.50

Ready for a highly engaging STEM challenge? The Airplane STEM Challenge is the perfect activity! Students love throwing paper airplanes, so why not channel that energy into a hands-on STEM project?

In this activity, students will experiment, test, and redesign to create the ultimate paper plane. It’s a fun way to teach key STEM skills like problem-solving, experimentation, and design iteration. Perfect for STEM elementary classrooms, this challenge is guaranteed to keep your students engaged!

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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
  • Reading Passage and Worksheet
  • Sample Answer Key for lab sheets
  • Scoring rubrics in 2 formats
  • All forms are provided in an editable format.

 

 

STEM Project/Teachers are Terrific

  • Categories: STEM projects, Flight
  • Copyright: Teachers are Terrific
  • Grades: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
  • Subjects: Engineering, Science, Math
  • Resource format: PDF, Editable PowerPoint
  • Delivery: Immediate Digital Download
  • Contact: Terms of Use page includes contact information

This STEM resource is also available at my shop at TPT!