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Title
The Paper Airplane Experiment

Problem Scenario
If I made 3 totally different paper airplanes, how would their flight distances differ?

Broad Question
If I made 3 totally different paper airplanes how would their flight distances differ?

Specific Question
If I mad an arrow paper airplane, a dart, airplane, and a moth airplane how will their differences differ?

Hypothesis
The arrow would fly the farthest seeing as it looks more areodynamic.

Vocabulary List That Needs Explanation
Paper airplane: A small airplane made out of paper.

General Plan
I will be launching airplanes 3 times indoors.

Potential Problems And Solutions
Possibly the poking someones eyeball out with the paper airplane.

Safety Or Environmental Concerns
None.

Experimental Design
= Controlled, manipulated experiment =

What is your experimental unit?
One flight.

Number Of Trials:
3

Number Of Subjects In Each trial:
3

Number of Observations:
9

When data will be collected
3/28/2013

Where will data be collected?:
My house.

Resources and Budget Table

 * Item || Number needed || Where I will get this || Cost ||
 * Paper || 3 pages || My house || Nothing ||
 * Scissors || 1 set || My house || Nothing ||
 * Measuring Tape || 1 set || My house || Nothing ||

Detailed Procedure
Step 1: I will be launching an airplane 3 times, recording the distance flown each time. Step 2: I will repeat step 1 with a different airplane. Step 3: I will repeat step 1 with the last airplane. Step 4: I will make sure I have successfully collected all the data.

Data Table

 * || Flight 1 || Flight 2 || Flight 3 ||
 * Arrow || 291 cm || 416 cm || 668 cm ||
 * Dart || 300 cm || 223 cm || 236 cm ||
 * Moth || 210 cm || 296 cm || 279 cm ||

Conclusion
I concluded that my hypothesis was correct and the arrow flew the farthest.