Target Age Range:  Upper Elementary - Middle School Skills Covered:  measurement, record keeping, averages, graphing, technology, keyboarding, writing, art, invention This lesson is so much fun - especially for boys! 1. Have your child design several different paper airplanes. 2. Give each plane a name. 3. Go outside with the planes and a measuring tape. 4. From the same spot, throw and measure each plane three times.  Note the three measurements for each plane. 5. Determine the average flight measurement of each plane.  (Add all three measurements for each plane together and divide by 3 to find the average.) 6. Use one of my favorite FREE websites, Create A Graph, to transfer ... Read More