Each student needs:

• 1 of the 4 paper airplane designs in the Plane Patterns Handout and its associated Plane Design Instructions; vary designs among students
• Flight Distances Worksheet
• 1-2 sheets of 8.5 x 11" copy paper
• scissors

For the class to share:

• tape measure and/or meter sticks, and/or use cones to mark every five feet
• stopwatch, or a watch with a second hand
• tape
• glue
• paperclips
• completed examples of each of the 4 paper airplane designs
• overhead projector to show the Plane Overhead Transparency and Distance/Time Table.
• (optional) calculators