Paper Airplane Scientific Method Lab Activity

Introduce or review the Scientific Method in a fun way with this simple activity. Your students will create various planes in order to test a single variable effect on flying distance. Great for inquiry, collaboration, and developing research skills. Fully editable Word document which can be altered to fit your students’ needs. It can be as complicated or simple as you like and works great for students with learning difficulties.

This lab is meant to be done after learning/reviewing the scientific method.

It is a 6-8 day lesson package that includes a Unit Test, 4 videos embedded into the power point, 6 worksheets, 3 additional handouts, and a student lesson handout and covers:

• Scientific Literacy

• Science Lab Safety

• WHMIS, MSDS, HHPS

• Observations vs. Inferences

• Significant Digits/Figures

• Scientific Notation

• The Scientific Method

• Metric Conversions