Fly Like An Eagle

Paper Airplane Design

“Working with Others”, is an Essential Skill that is important to practice to be successful in the world of work. Brainstorming and being supportive of thoughts, opinions and contributions of others in a group are part of “Working with Others”. Practice this Essential Skill while you and your partner(s), develop a graphic organizer similar to the one shown in Figure 1.

1. Brainstorm and identify as many factors that may affect the results of your paper airplane designs. In other words, what could you do to the paper airplane to make it go further or faster. Example, the type of paper. In each of the surrounding circles, name this factor.
2. Draw straight lines off the circles representing how the factor can be changed. For example, the type of paper could be cardstock.
3. Add as many circles and branches as necessary.
4. Once the graphic organizer is complete, start creating three designs of paper airplanes and proceed with the experiment.
5. Provide a sketch of your three designs on a piece of paper.
6. Create a name for each plane.

Graphic Organizer
(Factors that Influence Paper Airplane Design)

Figure 1: