Home » Detail Page

Website Detail Page

Paper Airplanes
published by the Exploratorium
This site from the Exploratorium presents instructions on how to fold a paper airplane using an origami technique.  You'll find 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
Motion, Forces, and Energy
- Applications of Newton's Laws
- General
- Motion in Two Dimensions
= Projectile Motion
- Informal Education
- Middle School
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Project
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- text/html
  • Currently 0.0/5

Want to rate this material?
Login here!
Additional Information
Physics To Go This resource was a Physics To Go feature from April 16, 2007 until May 1, 2007. View the feature here!


Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: Has a copyright or other licensing restriction.
Keywords: Bernoulli's principle, energy, flight
Record Creator: Metadata instance created October 2, 2006 by Ann Deml
Record Updated: Apr 26, 2009 by Lyle Barbato
ComPADRE is beta testing Citation Styles!

Record Link
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 October 14, 2024, 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 14 October 2024).
MLA Format
Paper Airplanes. San Francisco: Exploratorium. 14 Oct. 2024 <https://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/paper/airplanes.html>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Title = {Paper Airplanes}, Publisher = {Exploratorium}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {14 October 2024}, Year = {} }
Refer Export Format

%T Paper Airplanes %I Exploratorium %C San Francisco %U https://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/paper/airplanes.html %O text/html

EndNote Export Format

%0 Electronic Source %T Paper Airplanes %I Exploratorium %V 2024 %N 14 October 2024 %9 text/html %U https://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/paper/airplanes.html


Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.

Citation Source Information

The AIP Style presented is based on information from the AIP Style Manual.

The APA Style presented is based on information from APA Style.org: Electronic References.

The Chicago Style presented is based on information from Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation.

The MLA Style presented is based on information from the MLA FAQ.

Have experience with this material? Login to leave a comment sharing your experience.

Know of a related resource? Login to relate this resource to other material across the web.

Know of a better resource? Suggest it!

See a problem with this material's physics or description? Contact us!