Measurement with Paper Airplanes

Here's a MATH MEASUREMENT ACTIVITY that involves Paper Airplanes and  Measurement Tools.

Materials

• paper airplane
• ruler/yardstick/meter stick/measuring wheel
• painter's tape (optional)
• pencil and paper for recording results

There are several different resources to use that have directions for making paper airplanes.

***You could use a plain piece of paper and view the You Tube video (below), then follow the directions. 






***You could purchase an inexpensive paper airplane kit(s). I found these at a Dollar
      Store. Each kit comes with 8 planes to construct and directions.

*** You could purchase or borrow a book from the library that has instructions.


Directions for the Activity

• Use a piece of painters tape and mark a starting line on the floor.
• Have students take turns standing at the starting line.
• Give each student a turn to make their plane fly the farthest.
• Have students use measuring tools (rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, measuring wheels, etc.) to measure and record all turns.
• Students could have several turns then compute their averages. 

 Click here for directions to make a measuring wheel.

Have fun with math!