• Home
  • BLOG
  • Shop
  • Jarring Science Club Login
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube

STEM Activities for Kids- STEAMsational

Science experiments and STEM activities for kids!

  • Home
  • About
  • STEM Activities
  • Science Experiments
  • Jarring Science Club

in Engineering Activities

Paper Airplane Engineering Challenge

Save this idea for later!

30shares

This post is part of the 31 days of STEM activities for kids series. We’re learning about engineering projects this week. Grab a coffee and read through the other posts in the series!

One of Monkey’s favorite things are paper airplanes. Any time she has a piece of paper, she turns it into an airplane. For this engineering project and STEM activities, we decided to take her love of making paper airplanes and make it educational. The paper plate engineering challenge is a fun way to test kids’ design skills and makes a wonderful introduction to engineering activities for kids.

Engineering activities for kids can be boring, but not when your project is a paper airplane engineering challenge!

Engineering Activity for Kids: Paper Airplane Engineering

Engineering activities for kids can be boring, but not when your project is a paper airplane engineering challenge!

Supplies:

  • Assorted types of paper (to see which paper flies best)
  • Paper airplane-making book (this is the one we used)

Choose your designs

Monkey looked at the plane designs in the book and decided which she wanted to attempt to make. In our book, some of the planes were a little challenging for her (8 years old), so she did need a bit of help making some designs.

Choose your paper

Decide which planes you want to make out of which paper. We used computer paper for some and construction paper for others.

Craft your planes

We followed the directions in our book to create the plane designs. You can also make your own designs and see what happens.

Test the planes

This was our favorite part. We spent an hour or more throwing the planes across the house. Monkey loved the planes that looped. I liked the planes that could glide for long distances.

We didn’t judge our planes, just observed their differences. Light, pointed planes flew far and straight, while shorter, wider planes with folds in the wings would make loops or crazy turns. However, if you want to judge the planes in more of a paper airplane engineering challenge, see which material produces the best planes, which design can go farthest, which design can do the most tricks, and anything else you can think of! Have fun with it!

Engineering activities for kids can be boring, but not when your project is a paper airplane engineering challenge!

If you try our paper airplane engineering activity, share your results with us on the Schooling a Monkey Facebook page! We would love to see your projects!

Looking for ideas for STEM activities for kids? Look no further than these 31 simple and fun STEM projects that will make learning fun.

Don’t forget to check out the other STEM activities for kids in the series here! And if you need more homeschooling tips, take a look at the other 31 series here.

Need more science, technology, engineering, or math activities? You've come to the right place! These STEM activities for kids are fun and educational!

Save this idea for later!

30shares

Filed Under: Engineering Activities Tagged With: design, elementary

About Brenda Priddy

Brenda grew up thinking she hated science.

But when her 4-year- old daughter was more interested in reading science facts than fairy tales, Brenda realized she had to learn more about science to keep up with her daughter.

Through simple at-home science experiments, Brenda developed a passion for science and now acts as an advocate for STEM education for kids at her website STEAMsational.com.

« Q-Tip Bridge Engineering Challenge
Egg Crate Airplane Engineering Project »

What is STEAM?

STEAM activities for kids promote the idea that science, technology, engineering, art, and math can all work together to help kids become critical thinkers, problem solvers, and innovators!

Join us on our journey to discover just how much fun science experiments can be.

What we do… 

STEAMsational offers STEM and science lesson plans and teaching resources to provide a firm STEM foundation for children in the classroom or home.

All you need to do is find your supplies, gather your scientists, and let the innovation unfold.

RSS Latest Activities

  • Can You Burn Ice? Burning Ice Experiment
  • Frosty and Fun Winter STEM Activities for 3rd Grade
  • Hands-On Winter Science Experiments for Elementary Kids
Featured on:

Privacy Policy   Store Policies
STEAMsational is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com

Copyright © 2021 · Market theme by Restored 316