Straw & Circle Paper Planes –

Written Instructions:
1) You will need two strips of light card, we used a strip cut
across the bottom of a sheet of card and one along the length.
Roughly an inch wide. If you don’t have a long piece of card,
you can cut 3 strips 5inch x 1 inch. And tape 2 of them
together to make the LONG strip.
2) Tape your strips to make two circles – one large one small.
3) Tape to your straw.

Extension: Explore the answer of these questions

and write here.
1. What happens if the straw is longer or shorter?

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2. What happens if you use a stick instead of a straw?

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3. What happens if you make the circles the same size?

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4. Can the plane fly in both directions (large circle at front OR

back?)

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5. What if you shape the circles into a triangle of square?

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6. What if you use different materials?

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