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3. When you are finished folding your plane, you are to fly it down the hallway. You will be

responsible for measuring and recording the flight of each plane type 5 separate times.

4. Measure to the nearest tenth of a meter. (Ex. 6.7 meters). Calculate the mean or average

distance.

5. Once the data is collected for all throws and plane types, analyze the data and write down your

conclusions.

Data

Paper Airplane Lab Results to the nearest tenth of a meter.

Airplane

Trial

Average

Types

No Weight

Added

Paper Plane

Paper plane

with 2 small

paper clips

Paper plane

with 2 large

paper clips

Plane with

your choice

of weight

Analyze Data

On the back of this paper use the graph provided to create a bar graph showing the mean of the

distances each type of plane flew. Label the graph on the x-axis and y-axis. Give it a Title.

Conclusions

1. Do you accept (agree) or reject (disagree) your hypothesis?

2. Why? Explain using your data. (The data shows that…..)

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