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**Hawkesdale P12 College Students**
Why do you think the scientific method an important process?
 * **Task to be completed** || **Date, student comments, answers to questions and results of task.** ||
 * Lesson 1: Introduction and discussion about scientific method.

Decide what factor can be measured to determine which is the 'best' paper airplane.

Write a question that states what your group would like to investigate. || I think the scientific method is an important process because if we didn't have it we probaly wouldnt have airoplanes and a lot of things would be unanswered.

I think the best paper plane that flys the furthest will be the one that will have a medium mass so not to heavy but not to light, is long and skinny with long wings

The question that our group would like to investigate what makes a plane go further? || (length of flight, height of flight, accuracy of flight). Write three to five notes about what you have learnt from your research.
 * Lesson 2: Research of different paper planes to determine which variable you will test (length of plane, width of plane, mass etc) that affects the factor you are measuring

Write your hypothesis in the cell at right. || Notes: (1)The length of the wings will help it lift higher. (2)The wings on a paperplane have to be stiff not flopy (3)It has to have evenly balanced weight and large wings to fly better (4)You have to hold it in the centre so it will fly evenly <span style="color: #72e119; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(5)

<span style="color: #72e119; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Our hypothesis is paper planes will fly further if they have an evenly balanced mass and they will be long,skinny and have wide wings. || Write out your experimental procedure, adding any steps you feel are necessary. ||  || Choose three planes and complete five trials for each plane. Collect the data for each trial. Complete the Google form (Result Entry Form) with your results One member of the group should be responsible for filming a student explaining the hypothesis being tested, the actual flight trials or post-flight results. ||  ||
 * **Lesson 3:** Independent, controlled and dependent variables.
 * **Lesson 4:** Trials
 * **Lesson 5:** Graph your results and post your video to the wiki. ||  ||
 * **Lesson 6:** Compare your results with those of other students. ||  ||