The Science Behind Gliding Paper Airplanes

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Do you need a fun, hands-on experiment for your physics classroom? This video shows how a group of high school students, led by a terrific teacher, made origami paper airplanes from phone book pages that glide on a wave of air and what they learned from this experience. Magnificent.

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Great videos. I spent the whole afternoon watching the series. Thanks for posting it.