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Making A Paper Airplane Research

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Mid-term exam
Paper Airplane
This project was a test to show if we could follow directions. We had to follow a list of steps in order to create a well flying airplane. The steps were very precise and only little error could occur to allow the airplane to fly good. This way, we could make sure we were focusing on the steps to make sure we did perfect on the project. There was a measure of the distance the airplane travelled and a measure of how long the airplane was aloft.

Engineering was applied by having to have precise calculations. We had to plan out the plane before even creating it. We had to use rulers and calculators in order to measure the lengths of each side on the plane and then get the area of the plane. This honed our skills …show more content…

As long as the plane flew, we had done our job. It was to see if we had the ability of making the certain observations and measurements in order to create a well effective airplane.

I liked that we each had partners. We could work with them in case we needed any help. I also liked how the steps were set up. They would carefully direct us to success. The last thing I liked was how each of the students subconsciously made the project into a contest and we all started to do our best. This gave us motivation to have the best paper airplane in the class.

One thing I would change about the Paper Airplane project would be the amount of supervision we had to conduct the project. I understand that we all need supervision but we must have space and we must be able to do the project by ourselves. I also would change that instead of doing the average of the best three measurements, we should have averaged all five measurements to get a more in depth result. One last thing I would change about the project would be the Airplane design we had to use. There are much more designs out there that could be much more effective to this type of …show more content…

In this case, the device was a bridge. The bridge must be created to hold large amounts of weight until it broke and could not hold anymore. There were certain requirements for the bridge to be. The most distinct requirements to me included that the bridge must be longer than 46 in, each piece must be shorter than 15 in and the only materials usable were glue and wood.

This used engineering because we had to design a scale drawing of each piece and measurement in the design. There was only little room for human error for it could have been fatal for the design. This was a much harder project than the rest and it took a substantial amount of skill to develop a good plan for the bridge. This made the students think and perform precise (as always) measurements. Lots of math was involved in the building in the bridge.

The purpose of the project was to make us better at following designs and measurements. There was a lot of work done into each project but if it held no weight, there was something wrong with the design and that was not good. This is why we must have a specific design to go

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