Paper Airplane Design Challenge

The second project of third quarter Math Literacy was the Paper Airplane Design Challenge.  Using materials from a generic engineering design challenge, students quickly began designing their own planes or researching online for simple to challenging plane designs.  Students had to build their paper airplane within specific constraints and their designs had to perform in a distance competition.  Students had to share their design process, designs, and competition results with their peers as a culminating presentation.  Students also kept an engineering notebook to record their process.  A few students also submitted a how-to guide or video separate from their engineering notebook.

Thank you to the National Museum of World War II Aviation for donating FREE passes to the top two teams!

Paper Airplane Design Challenge 2015 Rubric
Exemplar Presentation