Lesson Plan
Paper Airplane Challenge
Students will conduct timed practice trials to fold and test paper airplanes, record their practice durations and flight distances, graph the data, and analyze how effort impacts performance.
This lesson helps students understand the link between effort and improvement by collecting and interpreting their own data. It builds perseverance, measurement skills, and confidence in using graphs to visualize results.
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Prepare Materials
5 minutes
Step 1
Introduction
5 minutes
Step 2
Practice Trials
10 minutes
Step 3
Record & Graph
7 minutes
Step 4
Analyze Results
5 minutes
Step 5
Connect to Mindset
3 minutes

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