The student conducted an experiment to test how alterations to a paper airplane's design affected its flight. The airplane was launched six times with different combinations of a paper clip added to the nose and the elevator flaps positioned up or down. Observations showed the airplane with a paper clip on the nose traveled farthest, while one with just lowered flaps went the shortest distance. The student concluded the paper clip helped drag the airplane farther after landing, while lowered flaps kept one airplane aloft longer without other changes to assist its travel distance.

1. The Fight of The Dart Nose Airplane By Jasmine B.

2. S.L.O.F(Science Lab Observation Form)Procedure and Prediction Procedure: I launched my Dart Nose airplane six times in the air. Five of the times the airplane was altered. Prediction: I predicted the airplane will fly a shorter distance away from me when it doesn’t have a paper clip then when it does, and that the elevators will have no effect on the airplane’s flight other than height.

3. Changes Made During my test I altered my airplane 5 out of 6 times. These are my alterations. 1st Throw: No changes made 2nd Throw: 1 paper clip added to nose 3rd Throw: Elevators down with no paper clip 4th Throw: Elevators down with 1 paper clip 5th Throw: Elevators up with no paper clip 6th Throw: Elevators up with 1 paper clip

4. S.L.O.F(Science Lab Observation Form)Observation Observation: The 2nd Throw went the farthest and the 3rd Throw went the shortest. The 5th Throw stayed up the longest and the 4th Throw stayed up the shortest.

5. Distance Traveled(Observation)

6. Time Aloft(Observation)

7. S.L.O.F(Science Lab Observation Form)Evaluation Evaluation: I noticed that the 2nd Throw went the farthest. I think it went farther because of the paper clip at the end. It added more weight to the nose of the plane and might have dragged it most of the way after the plane landed. I also noticed that the 3rd Throw went the least amount of distance. Since it had no paper clip there was nothing to drag the plane, but since it went up because of the elevators, the plane stayed in the air longer.