EARTH SCIENCE
Donal Culhane
Period: 3
Paper Airplane Lab Report:
Introduction:
Purpose/Problem Statement Will a paper airplane fly farther when it has 1or 2 paper
clip on each wing?
Independent Variable: Airplane with paper clips on the wings
Dependent Variable: Airplane without paper clips on the wings
Control: Same Plane, Paper clips, The same room
Hypothesis: If one paper clip are added to both of the wings of the paper airplane, then
the paper airplane will fly farther than the one with no paper clips.
Materials:
 2 Paper clips
 1 sheet of Computer paper
 Measuring Tape
Procedure:
1. Gather Materials
2. Make a paper airplane out of computer paper
3. Place 1 paper clip on each win
4. Throw the plane straight across the room
5. Measure the distance flown by the plane from the end of the plane to where you
threw it
6. Make observations
7. Repeat Steps 4 & 5 twice
8. Take off the paper clips
9. Throw the plane straight across the room
10. Measure the distance flown by the plane from the end of the plane to where you
threw it
11. Repeat Steps 9 & 10
12. Make observations
13. Clean up your materials
Data Presentation: Data are well organized and presented in an appropriate manner.
Tables, graphs, and/or charts with correct title, units and labels are used.
Airplane:
Test 1
Test 2
Trial 1
Trial 2
Trial 3
Trial 4
Trial 5
Average:
Conclusion: Conclusion should state how your results compared to your hypothesis. You
should use specific data from your investigation to support this conclusion. Make sure to
mention any problems you may have had during your data collection, what would you
change if you were to do the lab again? Could you have collected more data? How
accurate is your data?