P is for Paper Planes

We looked at how the shape of the wing can change a planes direction in Discovery today
First we decorated, then folded a piece of paper in half so that the long sides met. Then we opened it

out and folded the top corners to the crease
Then we folded down the whole triangle shape that we just made so that the tip lined up with the crease in the middle
Next, we folded down the corners at the top so that they met a little way above the tip of the triangle.
Then we folded up the tip of the triangle so it overlapped the folded-down flaps and held them in place.
Once we had done that we turned the paper over, folded it in half down the middle crease and smoothed out the creases.
To make the wings, we folded both sides down.

This would have been a fun dart throwing competition, but we took it further. We looked at how the planes flew then tried curling the wings up or down to see what happened to the flight direction.