PBSSCM



= The Airplane Design Challenge  =

// Design an airplane that returns the best results when tested for accuracy, distance and time aloft. //

**Results**
//To calculate the average of each category, add each trial and divide the sum by 3.//
 * || ** Accuracy ** || ** Distance ** || ** Time Aloft ** ||
 * **Trial #1** || NO || 19'6" || 1:18 ||
 * **Trial #2** || NO || 15'8" || 2:71 ||
 * **Trial #3** || YES || 23'10" || 1:34 ||
 * ** Total ** ||  || 59' || 5:23 ||
 * ** Average ** ||  || 19'8" || 1:74 ||

**Results**
//To calculate the average of each category, add each trial and divide the sum by 3.//
 * || ** Accuracy ** || ** Distance ** || ** Time Aloft ** ||
 * **Trial #1** || NO || 5' || 1:68 ||
 * **Trial #2** || NO || 2' || 1:81 ||
 * **Trial #3** || NO || 3'7" || 1:53 ||
 * ** Total ** || NO || 10'7" || 5:02 ||
 * ** Average ** || NO || 3'6" || 1:67 ||

[[image:podcast.jpg width="64" height="64"]] Consider, Discuss & Hypothesize:

 * **Did you get any good ideas from the groups you were watching? yes we did because the ones that flew the longest and the farthest were pointy and long also skinny**
 * **What techniques can you borrow? To not make it short and fat because those don't seem to work so well.**
 * **What do the results of the different planes suggest about their designs? That the designs weren't so good and they probably did it the "hamburger" way.**
 * **//Hypothesize//: What specific design elements might make a difference when testing for accuracy, distance and time aloft? Why? well, the way you through it could make a difference because depending on when you let it go, it could go up or down. Also, depending where you hold it, it could make it go up or down. For example, if you hold it in back, it may go down because the top is too top heavy. if you hold it in the middle, it might go a bit downwards but it will have momentum.**

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Iterate :

 * Design a new plane**

Plane #3


//To calculate the average of each category, add each trial and divide the sum by 3.//
 * Results**
 * || ** Accuracy ** || ** Distance ** || ** Time Aloft ** ||
 * **Trial #1** || NO || 11'6" || 1:43 ||
 * **Trial #2** || NO || 14'2" || 1:15 ||
 * **Trial #3** || YES || 16' || 2:53 ||
 * ** Total ** ||  || 41'8" || 5:11 ||
 * ** Average ** ||  || 13'10" || 1.70 ||

Reflect:
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Internet Research : paper airplane design

 * Please list resources & ideas gathered below:**
 * 1) http://www.paperairplanes.co.uk/dmitri.php
 * 2) http://www.paperairplanes.co.uk/peteplan.php Making the wings longer but keeping the sleackness.

Iterate :

 * Design a new plane**

Plane #4


//To calculate the average of each category, add each trial and divide the sum by 3.//
 * Results**
 * || ** Accuracy ** || ** Distance ** || ** Time Aloft ** ||
 * **Trial #1** || YES || 26' || 1:87 ||
 * **Trial #2** || NO || 21'1" || 1:12 ||
 * **Trial #3** || YES || 13'8" || 1:53 ||
 * ** Total ** || 66% || 69' || 4.52 ||
 * ** Average ** ||  || 23' || 1.50 ||

[[image:podcast.jpg width="64" height="64"]] Reflect:

 * **What iterations did you make to your final design?**
 * **We made the wings longer by folding them to the point. Before that, they were folded half way back.**
 * **How did these changes influence your results?**
 * **We got a longer distance and better accuracy. The speed was also faster.**

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[[image:podcast.jpg width="64" height="64"]] Mining the Process:
Please consider & discuss the following with your team. Record your discussion in GarageBand and add images to support your discussion.


 * ===**Team, Design or Technical Challenges:**===
 * ===**Strategies we tried for working through these challenges:**===
 * ===**Wrong Turns:**===
 * ===**New/Remaining Questions:**===
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