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Paper Airplanes Activity

The building can be indoors while the flying should be done outside or a big gym. Have them build an airplane out of construction paper. Then, with each race, they must add additional items you give them, so in the end, their airplane is more like 3 or 4 airplanes all into one.
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Goal: Built extra large airplanes and use them in several competitive races to get a winner.
Long tape measure
Score Chart
Scissors
Stickers
Pens
Tape
Items Needed:
First Flight is the first attempt at the measuring station with their first basic airplane.

Color Flight is an additional piece of colored construction paper that must be added

Oversize Flight is an even bigger paper than the previous 2 sheets.

Hodgepodge Flight is where they must add a set number of stickers or whatever.

Weight Flight they must have 8 pennies taped on their airplanes. They pick locations.

Oversize Load they must put yet another airplane onto the existing one.
Competitive Races, these are just examples:
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