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Paper Airplane Lab

Recently, my statistics class was working on a paper airplane lab. My principal’s wife (who runs our library) walked down the hall while we were carrying our experiment on the effect the wingspan of a paper airplane has on distance traveled.  

paper airplane lab

She didn’t say anything, but I can only imagine the conversation that probably ensued between her and her husband regarding my unique teaching methods…

paper airplane lab statistics activity

I try not to post pictures of my actual students.  But, I think this one turned out blurry enough that I’m safe!  

paper airplane lab statistics activity

It’s hard to see, but we definitely had some unexpected results with Airplane #4.

paper airplane lab statistics activity