I find it really interesting the way paper planes fly. Do you know how they fly? When the air under the wing is pushing up harder than the air over it is pushing down, the plane goes up and stays up. It is this difference in pressure that makes the paper plane fly and it works the same for real planes too!
I found it very tricky to throw these in the very strong winds here in Gisborne today. I am going to try doing this task again when the weather is nicer another day to see if I get different results!
Here are my slides with my hypothesis and results:
Kia ora Kylah!
ReplyDeleteCharlotte here from SLJ!
FANTASTIC work thinking of thinking of a hypothesis about which plane will fly best! Were you surprised about the results? Great work creating a plane that won!!
Wow, you have taught me something today, thank you! I did not fully know how planes flew! But now I do know, thanks to you! Do you know when the first plane was made? And who by? Maybe that can be some fun research to complete!
Please try the experiment again when it is not so windy, and then include another comment onto this post with your findings! I’m very intrigued to find out!
Because of your video you included, your hypothesis, AND your extra research you have included into your post, I am labelling this as an OUTSTANDING blog post!!! Another one, ka pai Kylah!
Ngā mihi nui,
Charlotte :)