Fair Testing:
Use a variety of materials to make paper aeroplanes.
Use card, newspaper, tinfoil orA4 white paper and fold into an aeroplane shape. The teacher can model how to fold the paper into an aeroplane shape.
Each child makes their own aeroplane using a material of their choosing.
In pairs the children test how far their aeroplane flies and use a metre stick to measure the distance.
In a whole class discussion, we give feedback on how far each aeroplane flew and record the distance each type to aeroplane flew.
By looking at this data the children will be able to see which material works best.
As an extension to this lesson, the pupils will create paper aeroplanes of different sizes and fly them from both a standing and sitting position.