Audience
Students
Grade Levels
Grades K-4, Grades 5-8
Subject
Physical Science, Flight and Aeronautics
Type
Hands-on Activities
Cut out and assemble a paper airplane, and then learn the three ways airplanes can move. Airplanes can move in three directions: left to right, forward and backward, and up and down. Use pencils connected to your cut-out airplane to see how it moves in the three directions. Then, read about airplane motions and which airplane parts help the airplane to move.
This activity is adapted from the “Axes/Control Surfaces (K-4)” and “Axes/Control Surfaces (5-8)” educator guides.