You Will Have up to 3 Hours to Do the Following

SCENARIO

Today you are about to enter the Great Indiana Paper Airplane Competition. Your team will compete for cash prizes by designing and executing a strategy to score the most points. Points are scored by building and flying airplanes in a 5 minute period. Teamwork and an efficient team strategy are the keys to winning.

You will have up to 3 hours to do the following:

1)Learning to Fly

* Learn how to assemble the plane

* Practice assembly under the 5 minute competition time limit (Do as well as you can to get the most out of it!)

2)Designing Your Team Strategy

* You have up to 90 minutes to design your strategy

* Your Strategy describes the procedure your team will use to assemble and fly planes in the Final Competition.

3)The Final Competition

* Few minutes to set-up

* In 5 minutes, make and fly as many planes, scoring as many points, as possible.

Rules:

Rule 1:Planes must meet the minimum design specifications.

Rule 2:Assembly strategy must not violate certain restrictions.

Rule 3:Must strictly apply the strategy your team designed during the final competition.

Prizes:Cash prizes range from $35 to $140 for the 4 teams with the top scores. Prizes are to be awarded at the end of the semester.

Scoring:Total team score = 10 pts. per flight + 5 pts. for hitting target.

(No points are awarded for partially or improperly assembled planes, or planes flown after the 5 minute mark. The Judges will determine and record all points -- their ruling is final and should not be questioned or disputed.)

RULES FOR AIRPLANES AND AIRPLANE ASSEMBLY

Airplane Design Specifications

Any plane will count if it meets the following minimum specifications:

* at least 2 pieces of paper (1 outer shell, 1 inner plane)

* at least 3 pieces of tape (1 inner plane spine, 2 underside of wings)

* shape of intended plane as observed by judge while in flight

* planes must fly and stay intact

Airplane Assembly Procedure

Any assembly procedure is ok as long as it does not violate the following:

* each plane may only be counted once

* planes must be flown from no closer than the throwing line

* tables, target and throwing line must remain as set up

* must begin competition with unfolded paper and tape on dispenser

* no props may be used by flier(s) to throw, or to deflect plane's flight

Final Written Strategy

The final written strategy must specifically:

* Describe any changes from:

- Airplane Assembly Instructions

- Individual procedure used in the Practice Competition

* Describe in detail:

- What does each person do?

- Where is each person located?

- How paper will move between people?

- Other aspects of how the group or individuals will work over the entire 5 minute period?

During Strategy Making and Set-up

* must stay seated during entire strategy making session

* no production-style (for speed or flight) practice allowed, either individually or in group (though one may try out steps or demonstrate for others)

FINAL STRATEGY RECORD

* Record all aspects of your final strategy. Be specific. Make sure you note any changes from:

1) the Practice Competition procedure (each person completely building and flying their own planes), and

2) the Airplane Assembly Instructions procedure (building the plane in 17 sequential steps).

What does each person do? (by personal ID number)

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Where is each person? (place each person's ID number in positions around the table, and use arrows to show paper movement)

Other aspects of how the group or individuals will work?