Winter Term Origami Class Aerodynamics! (By Meishing Chen, Mandarin Instructor)

Winter Term Origami Class runs from 9 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. and students attend both synchronously and asynchronously. There are 16 students enrolled in this class, which is designed through completiing daily projects. I show students how to do a project in the first section of the class, and everyone works on their daily assignment in the second half.  

On the first day, students learned how to make a world-record paper airplane; the second day, classic Japanese paper cranes; and today, sweethearts for their loved ones.

Here is some feedback from students about making origami airplanes.
  1. My observation was that when we curled the ends it no longer just went in a straight line but would make turns and things. Lauren Fahrlander 
  2. I noticed that the smaller airplane went quicker than the larger one we made. When you curve the edges of the airplane it arches more. Gabriella Spellings
  3. The first one was significantly easier to fly and more accurate. Roman Loconto
  4. The small airplane struggled to fly because the wings were not folded correctly, but the large airplane went far. Samuel Queralt
  5. My observation: when I curled the tail the plane had a higher ark and had a more steep glide when it fell. Another observation I had was the bigger plane flew further. Sam Beiter
  6. My observation is the more your fold the wings for the airplane, the larger one will go farther. When you fold the wings with the smaller airplane it flies less. Pablo Nieto
  7. I enjoy origami and watching you teach origami because I find it relaxing and enjoyable. Folding the paper and making cool objects is pretty cool in my opinion. I don’t know if I am going to be very good at it because I have never been very skilled in the art industry, but I will put all of my effort into this class to make my projects turn out well. Preston Swint
  8. Please find the videos of my small and large paper airplanes attached below. My large one was a little better, much more consistent, and could glide farther, while my small one sometimes swerved off to the left and right or didn't go far. Also, I observed that curling the tails of my planes gave them more lift. Thank you! Kade Killeen
  9. The bigger airplane flew farther than the smaller airplane. Blake Mikell
  10. My observation was mostly that they were sort of lopsided and that symmetry is very important for it to make a good distance. Reese Short
  11. I noticed that my plane was flying much better when the wings were curled compared to when they weren’t curled. I was lacking a good space to throw this as you may be able to see in the video. Brady Hess
Back

List of 1 items.

  • We are a

    Family of Families
3000 Barton Creek Boulevard, Austin, Texas 78735  (512) 328-2323

Accreditations

Associations

Nondiscrimination Policy

St. Gabriel’s Catholic School and St. Michael’s Catholic Academy do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, age, gender, national or ethnic origin in : (i) the admission of students; (ii) the offerings of rights, privileges, programs, or activities generally made available to their students; or (iii) the administration of educational policies, financial grant programs, athletic programs, employment practices or policies, or other school-administered programs.