The other day we each made paper airplanes, the aim was to see whose could fly the furthest. We worked out what made them fly better and the measurements of the wing span, which we wrote down in our maths books.
If you throw a paper plane towards the wind, it would throw it back like a boomerang. We needed to make sure it's not too windy or rainy to fly paper planes.
A good paper plane was the one with the biggest wing span. This will help it to glide further, this is because the wind can get right under the wings and hold it up for longer. It also needs a flat nose, to help control flight. For example passenger airplanes have flatter noses than fighter jets, so they are easier to control.
In the end Foster's paper plane flew the furthest.
(This piece of writing was co-constructed by all of the students in Room 3)
Hi Room 3 - we liked your post about the paper planes. We made paper planes last term and Williams went the furthest....but when William threw Billys that went the furthest. So we decided that to make it a fair test the same person had to throw all the planes (as some people can throw further). Did you make yours a 'fair test'? Do you think Fosters would go furthest if someone else threw it?
ReplyDeleteWe still think Foster's design was the best because his was bigger and had big wings, so it caught more wind.
DeleteThat looks like so much fun ! Icarus and his dad invented a way of flying but he made a big mistake. I wonder if his way of flying is really possible ?
ReplyDeleteGrace thinks if she put her mind to it that it could work. She might try this with chicken feathers and her brother's hair wax.
DeleteSeth thinks it would work.
Some of the rest of us aren't so sure. We liked reading about Icarus though. This has got us thinking about flying.