Project Based Mathematics

This is a project-based learning activity, designed for 6th or 7th grade math students. (Also suitable for 5th or 8th grade students with some teacher modification.) In this project, students use rates, unit rates, and averages to create the fastest paper plane. This is a perfect mini-project to start the year in 7th grade, or a culminating project for a rates unit in 6th grade. Students will fold a paper plane and collect data on it over multiple trials by measuring time in the air and distance