What do you need?

• Straw
• Clear Tape
• Paper
• Ruler

What's Next?

1. Build your glider. Paper strips are 8" by 1" and 3" by 1"

2. Fly your glider 3 times and measure how far it flies.

3. Redesign your glider until it flies farther. Use only paper, tape, and straws in your design.

4. Measure how far it flies now.

What Happened?

How far did your first design fly?

How far did your redesigned glider fly?

What changes did you make to the glider so that it flew farther?

Real Life

Engineers work on redesigning their products to make them improve better just like you redesigned the glider to make it fly farther. After you click submit, there will be a link to see cool videos of engineers in action.

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