1. The Flight Project
Power Point S.T.E.M Fair Project

2. Question
Does the weight of paper a paper airplane is made out of affect the distance it flies?

3. Purpose
The purpose of my investigation is to determine if the weight of paper a paper airplane is created out of affects the distance it flies. This is important because if I wanted a paper airplane to carry something or to free fly, I would know what resource to use.

4. Hypothesis
I hypothesize that the weight of paper used to make a paper airplane will affect how far it flies . I think that because construction paper is heavy. The plane made of construction paper will not fly the farthest distance across the measurement. Lets Find Out…

5. Procedure

6. Materials
-Tin foil
-Loose Leaf Paper
-Construction Paper

7. Variable Manipulated Variable -Type Of Paper
Responding variable - Flight Distance
Constant Variables - The Design and The Person Throwing The Airplane

8. Directions
1.Gather Materials 2.Mark Start With Visible Tape 3.Weigh each type of paper. Record Weight. 4.Construct One Plane From Tin Foil 5.Fly The Plane. Record Distance 6.Reapeat Step 5 Four More times 7.Repeat Steps 4-6 Using Newspaper 8.Repeat Steps 4-6 Using Loose Leaf Paper 9.Repeat Steps 4-6 Using Construction Paper 10.Repeat Steps 4-6 Using Copy Paper

9. Photograph

10. Data FLIGHT DISTANCE (cm) 749.4 586.8 1036.8 TYPE OF PAPER TRIAL 1
AVERAGE
TIN FOIL
797 Cm
740 Cm
1190 Cm
495 Cm 
525 Cm
749.4
CONSTRUCTION
PAPER
690 Cm
1030 Cm
1135 Cm
544 Cm
635 Cm
586.8
LOOSE LEAF
950 Cm
1080 Cm
787 Cm
1262 Cm
1105 Cm
1036.8

11. Graph

12. Conclusion
My hypothesis was correct. The weight of paper used to make a paper airplane does affect how the plane flies. The average flight distance of the tinfoil plane was cm. The average distance of the construction paper airplane was cm. The average of the loose leaf paper was If I could change something I previously had done I would use high tech robots to build my planes so they could be very precise and would all be the exact same model. The other thing I would do is use more trials and more resources .