Paper Plane Math Activity

A fun paper plane math activity to re-inforce the concept of measurement and distance.

Paper Plane Math Activity

Paper
Units of measure e.g. footsteps, ruler, bottle, rolled up newspaper


Activity

Make paper planes together. You could decorate them with shapes or stickers beforehand (see below)stand on a set point and have competitions to see which plan flies the furthest.
Use the different units of measure to count how many measures away each plane lands.
Decide which unit is best.


Skills

Following instructions
Fine motor skills – folding
Gross motor skills - throwing
Counting
Thinking about units of measurement


Variation

Decorate the planes by printing them with geometric shapes – squares, circles, rectantles etc BEFORE you fold the paper to make the planes.

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