What happened with our Paper Planes?By Miss Meadows

Paper Airplane Data

1.653

0 1 0.52

0.88

4.25 54

68 7.5

6.38

72.57

2 2 1.5 1.5 2 1.75

0

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30

40

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60

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80

Weight (InGrams)

Prediction (InFeet)

1st Throw 2nd Throw 3rd Throw 4th Throw Avg. Distance(In Feet)

Tissue

Copy

Construction

What did we learn?

Gravity pulls everything towards the EarthThat made the planes curve down in their

flight pathThe harder the plane was thrown, the

shorter distance it flewThe heavier plane had more gravitational

force acting on it

Conclusions

Gravity dictates the shape of the flight path of each plane

Force dictates how far the plane can goMass and shape are also major factors in

how a plane will fly Inertia even played a part! If we didn’t

throw the planes, they never would have flown!