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Paper Airplane Lab Lesson Plan 6

grade

Teacher

Date

School

SLE # NS.1.6.5: Communicate results and

conclusions from scientific inquiry, NS.1.6.2: Identify and define components of experimental

design used to produce empirical evidence: hypothesis, replication, sample size, appropriate use

of control, use of standardized variables,

Objectives:

Content: I will be able to communicate results and conclusions from scientific inquiry.

I will identify and define components of experimental design used to produce empirical evidence.

Language: I will be able to communicate my results and conclusions by writing about them on my data sheet.

I will be able to define the components of experimental design orally and in writing.

Assessment:

The students will be able to correctly list and define the steps of the scientific

method and also record and analyze data collected during the activity. The teacher will be able

assess the students through their data collection sheets and also through their final conclusions.

Technology/Materials:

paper, data/observation sheets, activity instructions, paper clips, tape,

glue, elastic bands, and other materials found in a classroom, yardstick or tape measure.

Vocabulary: scientific inquiry, conclusion, hypothesis, variable, sample size, control

Bloom’s:

Remembering

Understanding

Applying

Analyzing

Evaluation

Creating

Questions:

Describe a paper airplane. Explain what helps make a great paper airplane.

Predict what would happen if you were to make an adjustment to your perfect paper airplane.

What could be some results from adjusting your plane too much?

High Yield Strategies:

Identifying similarities & Differences

Summarizing & Note Taking

Cooperative Learning

Reinforcing Effort & Providing Recognition

Setting Objectives & Providing Feedback

Generating & Testing Hypotheses

Cues, Questions & Advanced Organizers

Homework & Practice

Nonlinguistic Representations

Instructional Strategies:

Set:

How many of you have ever built a paper airplane? Describe what that airplane looked

like. What materials did you use to make it? Is there only one way to make a paper airplane?

What would you do if your airplane didn't go anywhere? What kind of changes would you make

to it?

Model: Model how to make a paper airplane if necessary.

Guided Practice/Strategies:

Today we're going to be making some paper airplanes. You

and your partner(s) are going to make a paper airplane in any size or shape you want to. Once

you are done, we're going to go outside and test our airplanes. One person will throw the

airplane 5 times. Each time you throw it, I want you to record the distance on your data sheet.

Then you are going to make ONE change to your airplane. Remember only ONE change! You

can add to your plane, you can remove things, cut, refold, or whatever you want to it. Then you

are going to write what the purpose of your change was. You're also going to write your

hypothesis, materials for your change (what did you add/remove), and the procedures for your

change. Then retest your airplane 5 times. When you're done, find the mean, median, mode,

and range of your results and then write a conclusion about your testing.

Intervention Strategies: Teacher will want to walk around and monitor changes and ask students what

they are doing and why. Teacher may need to fold airplanes for those students who don't know how.

Accommodations & Modifications (IEPs) Pair students as needed, allow students to draw changes versus

writing them, or allow for shorter responses based on students.

Paper Airplane Lab Lesson Plan 6th Grade

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