You enter
a sunny landing with doorways leading left and right and a tall
clock in the corner. Side stairs lead up to the attic and green
stairs lead back down to the hallway. There is lots of room to
sail paper airplanes!
Donated by: Cindy Edmunds
DESTINATION IMAGINATION
Practice Instant Challenge
Aerodynamics
Challenge: Your challenge
is to build an airplane that flies, using only the materials
provided.
Time: You will have
four minutes to design, build and test-fly an airplane and one
minutes to fly it for points. You may have as many test flights
as you wish, as long as time remains. You will only be scored
on your last attempt.
The Scene: Your unit
of the Civil Air Patrol had worked for weeks on constructing
airplanes for a competition. When you arrived at the competition,
you found out that you must construct the airplanes during the
competition.
Items to Use in Your
Presentation:
2 sheets of paper (8.5 x 11.5)
scissors (may not be part of the final structure)
6 mailing labels
2 rubber bands
5 paperclips
one paper sack (lunch size)
one plastic sack (grocery size)
one 12" piece of string
two small binder clips
3 straws
Scoring:
You will receive:
1-20 points for the creativity of the design of the plane
2 points for each type of material used (up to 20 points)
1-20 for the overall creativity of the use of materials
2 points for each foot traveled, until plane stops moving
1-20 points for teamwork
text and art (c)2000
R.Bunis & S. Himes all rights reserved
