Spinning Blimp! Beginning-Level Paper Airplanes: 4D An Augmented Reading Paper-Folding Experience

by Marie Buckingham

Overview

Send your readers flying down the runway with a simple fold, fold, fold, and a side of science. Step-by-step instructions show budding flight-school students how to build the Spinning Blimp and other beginning-level paper airplanes, while hearty, fact-filled sidebars and an "Inside the Hangar" feature explain basic flight concepts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496655899
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Series:	Paper Airplanes with a Side of Science 4D
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	29 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Marie Buckingham is a professional portrait photographer with a lifelong love for airplanes. When she's not taking pictures in her studio, she can be found in her workshop, building radio-controlled airplanes, or out on the flying field, flying them. She lives in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with her husband, two sons, and a beagle named Casper.

Table of Contents

Flight training — Materials — Techniques and terms — Folding symbols — Dynamic Dart — Spinning Blimp — Whirly — Ring Wing — Flying Squirrel — Helicopter — Tailspin — Long Ranger — Elevator Glider — Inside the hangar — Read more — Internet sites.

Interviews

fact-filled text pairs with fun, hands-on paper crafts to provide comprehensive explanations of flight-science concepts; requiring only paper, the series is a strong, cost-saving choice for school/library makerspaces; activities range in difficulty from beginner to expert to appeal to a broad audience; projects build in difficulty from title to title to strengthen crafting and fine motor skills

Editorial Reviews

04/01/2018
Gr 1–5—Paper folding, with its reliance on intricate hand movements, benefits mightily from the additional content located on the Capstone 4D app. (Kids already use YouTube and other online sources to learn skills, whether it's clearing a dungeon in Minecraft or perfecting their foul shot.) In addition to being an ideal medium for demonstrating techniques, the videos on the app train readers to go back and forth between the text and the video. The video content is super granular, with as many as 16 steps per plane. Sidebars contribute aviation engineering facts and concepts, and a photo—but no video—shows the optimal grasp for launching each plane on its best, longest flight. Graph paper—patterned background gives the books a technical visual style, but steps laid out in a meandering order (likely meant to reinforce print concepts by requiring readers to follow a path of dotted lines) will be maddeningly counterintuitive to some folks. VERDICT The combination of text, photos, and videos make these projects nearly foolproof. A fine choice, especially if students can easily access the related app.

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