Homework Questions

1) What did we improve/not improve in our modifications?
For my first flight my plane did not go very far. I think this was because the clay on the tip of the nose of my plane was to heavy and not properly balanced. The plane only went 3.9 meters. On my second flight my plane went 5.9 meters. This is because I made certain modifications to my plane. Instead of having one rutter at the end, I had two. This made the plane more balanced in my opinion and helped create a stable rutter. So overall the modification was an improvement.

2) What did we do to follow the scientific method?
Observation: We watched Mr. Davis fly various model planes to get an idea of what we would be making.
Hypothesis: We estimated how far each plane would go from previous classes. SInce each plane was the same, the results would be very similar to one another.
Experiment: We flew our planes and got a series of results.
Conclusion: We figured out the average of how far each balsa glider would go.