STEM Fair Project

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STEM Fair Project

• FARTHEST FLYING PAPER AIRPLANE
• Jeremiah Fuller Mrs. Wilson NorthvieW
  Elementary

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Statement of the Problem

• My question is which paper airplane can fly the
  farthest?

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Project Overview

• My stem project is about paper airplanes. I
  wanted to find out which airplane can fly the
  farthest. I went in my paper airplane book and
  research on paper airplanes. I picked three paper
  airplanes from the book and there names was the
  Long-Distance Glider, Avro Canada CF-105 and the
  Super Tiger Moth.

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Research

• Summary
• Mostly the best paper airplanes came from Japan.
• Some paper airplanes have three pieces of paper
  to make the whole thing.
• Paper airplanes must not only look good but must
  be able to do long glides, great loops, or barrel
  rolls, and all kinds of other stunts.

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Variables

• Independent Variable - What changed on purpose is
  the type of airplane.
• Dependent Variable - I hope the distance would go
  farther than before.
• Controlled Variable - The way the paper airplane
  was made.

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Hypothesis

• My prediction was that I thought the long
  distance glider can fly the farthest because the
  way it was made.

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Materials

• 8 ½ x 11 inch paper
• Stapler
• Staples
• Tape Measure

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Procedure

• Get materials together.
• Make airplanes.
• Throw airplanes.
• Measure how far the planes were.
• Record the results.
• Repeat 3 times.

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Data/Observations
Plane Type Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3 Average
Long Distance Glider 10 feet 12 feet 13 feet 11.7 feet
Avro-Canada CF-105 14 feet 17 feet 24 feet 18.3 feet
Super Tiger Moth 16 feet 20 feet 12 feet 16 feet
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Conclusion

• My prediction was wrong because the airplane that
  I thought would be the farthest was the shortest.
  The data says that the Avro Canada CF-105 flies
  the farthest.

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Works Cited

• Botermans, Jack. High-Flying Paper Airplanes. New
  York Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2005
• Wikipedia. Last updated 11 September 2012. Date
  of access 23 September 2012 http//en.wikipedia.o
  rg/wiki/Paper_plane