Airplane Templates Build an Airplane
- Grades
- Preschool, K–3
- Pages
- 8
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Topic
- Airplane templates, Paper craft
- Resource types
- Activities, Worksheets, Templates
- Preparation
- Print ready
Product description
From the author
Do your students enjoy planes? Are they learning about aerodynamics?
Students will get to build their own planes using these templates, a cereal box, scissors, glue, and a marker.
With the instructions included students will be able to build their plane and play with it.
This is a cardboard model for play; it is not designed as a flying model.
Enjoy!
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Follow the assembly sequence to make a cardboard airplane model
Identify and fit the body and wing pieces
Teaching tips
Have students bring an empty cereal box from home in advance, since the craft requires cardboard beyond the printed templates
Pre-cut the wing slit for younger students, since this step requires a controlled straight cut
Set out all three airplane designs so students can choose or compare after building
Skills covered
Craft assembly — students trace, cut, and glue printed templates onto cardboard to build a three-dimensional paper airplane model.
Following multi-step directions — students complete the build in the specific order given: tracing, cutting, gluing, and slitting.
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
What household material does the craft call for besides the printed templates?
A cereal box, which students trace the printed templates onto and cut out before gluing the base pieces together and slitting them to fit the wings.
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Concepts & topics
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Core concepts
Paper craft
STEM building activity
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