Wilbur and Orville Wright, whose first flights on December 17, 1903 we remember on Wright Brothers Day, learned to fly by testing: they changed one thing at a time on their gliders and model wings and watched what happened. A paper airplane is a way to try the same. This pack folds the classic dart, then asks children to tell how to fly it, test it and draw and write about flying.
Five pages. Page 1 shows how to fold a paper airplane in six steps, each fold pictured: a dashed line where to fold and an arrow for which way; read the steps aloud as children fold. Page 2 has the same six steps mixed up, to number in order. Page 3: draw and tell how to fly your plane in four steps. Page 4: fly it three times, draw where it lands and count the steps. Page 5: if you could fly, where would you go?
Fold the planes together from page 1, a step at a time, then let children number page 2 from the pictures. For page 4, mark a starting line and have children count their steps to where each plane lands.
Fold two planes and race them across a room. Which flew farther? Count the steps together.
A paper airplane to fold, with every fold pictured, and drawing and writing about flight for Wright Brothers Day. Children follow the steps and put them back in order, draw and tell how to fly their plane, test it three times and tell where they would go if they could fly.
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