5th Grade
Step 1 - Define the Problem
Alex has challenged Steve to make a paper airplane that can fly as far as possible. Steve tried his best but his airplane wouldn’t fly very far. Since Steve is made of blocks and his world is all made of blocks, all he knows how to do is stuff with block shapes! He built the best paper airplane that he could, but since it’s made of block shapes it doesn’t work very well.
You are an engineer, and it is your job to help improve things and solve problems. Let’s do some work and see if we can help Steve build the best paper airplane that we can!
Step 2 - Learn about the Problem
First - we learned about the original design of the paper airplane. Next, we need to learn as much as we can about things that fly in order to help us build the best paper airplane possible! Use these resources to help you learn about things that have wings.