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Paper Airplanes
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This site from the Exploratorium presents instructions on how to fold a paper airplane using an origami technique.  It contains diagrams and easy-to-follow instructions as well as tips for trimming and flying a paper airplane.  The site also provides an explanation of the physics involved in a paper airplane's flight.
https://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/paper/airplanes.html
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Applications of Newton's Laws
- General
- Motion in Two Dimensions
= Projectile Motion
- Informal Education
- Middle School
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Project
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- Learners
- Educators
- text/html
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Keywords:
Bernoulli's principle, energy, flight
Record Creator:
Metadata instance created October 2, 2006 by Ann Deml
Record Updated:
April 26, 2009 by Lyle Barbato
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AIP Format
(Exploratorium, San Francisco), WWW Document, (https://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/paper/airplanes.html).
AJP/PRST-PER
Paper Airplanes (Exploratorium, San Francisco), <https://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/paper/airplanes.html>.
APA Format
Paper Airplanes. (n.d.). Retrieved May 1, 2025, from Exploratorium: https://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/paper/airplanes.html
Chicago Format
Exploratorium. Paper Airplanes. San Francisco: Exploratorium. https://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/paper/airplanes.html (accessed 1 May 2025).
MLA Format
Paper Airplanes. San Francisco: Exploratorium. 1 May 2025 <https://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/paper/airplanes.html>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Title = {Paper Airplanes}, Publisher = {Exploratorium}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {1 May 2025}, Year = {} }
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EndNote Export Format

%0 Electronic Source %T Paper Airplanes %I Exploratorium %V 2025 %N 1 May 2025 %9 text/html %U https://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/paper/airplanes.html


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