Paper Airplanes!!!!

During the class period on Thursday, Dr. E once again reminded everyone that they need to make sure that everyone is able to see each other’s blog. Dr. E then went on to discuss the reading guide that is due in a week and she also showed the class where to find assignments on D2L. After she answered everyone’s questions or concerns, Dr. E then revisited Newton’s second law of motion, asking the class several different questions to make sure that we did not forget about it. Dr. E reminded us of numerous things: When objects fall the acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s², weight is different from mass because weight depends on gravity and mass is always constant and depends on matter, the closer together two objects are, the higher the force of attraction between them. Dr. E then continued to enlighten us by showing the class what projectile motion looked like and also why we have tides (which is due to the moon). After Dr. E had finished lecturing, the class then had a chance to experiment with paper airplanes. Exactly a week ago, Dr. E had asked everyone to bring a paper airplane in that had a long hang time so we could have a competition to see whose airplane actually had the longest hang time. Within my group, I ended up having the longest hang time at almost two whole seconds! Each person in my group had a hang time around a minute and a half, but thankfully mine lasted a few seconds longer to win the competition. Even though during the class period, I felt like I was too old to be having a paper airplane contest, it was still a lot of fun. It is my belief that younger children would have a blast with this; the activity would not only be fun, but also make them think pretty strenuously about how to make a paper airplane with the longest hang time.