Test Flights Take Place in Paper Plane Project
- Chula Bishop
- Feb 14, 2025
- 1 min read
In Science, Ash and Elm classes have been working on a project about paper-planes. They finished their project with a series of test flights at the Herongate Club auditorium and outside in the school playground. The furthest distance flown was 23 metres (a monster plane made using A2 paper) and the longest duration was 4.3 seconds (a smaller plane made from A3 paper). One plane became stuck in a tree so technically hasn't landed yet. The project will resume next year, with even bigger ambitions!
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This is such a delightful update! I love the detail about the "monster plane" made from A2 paper reaching 23 meters—that is seriously impressive engineering. The hands-on nature of this project, combining creativity with physics, is exactly the kind of learning that sticks with students. And the one stuck in the tree adds a perfect touch of reality to the experiment!
Projects like this really highlight the value of diverse learning styles. Often, students who might struggle with abstract concepts in a classroom setting thrive when given concrete, visual-spatial tasks like this. It reminds us that "engineering brains" often process the world differently.
For adults reading this who perhaps see a bit of themselves in that intense focus on mechanics…