✈️ Airplane Algorithms Copy

Let’s have some fun making our own algorithms.

You will need:

• Paper
• Other people

What to do:

Create a simple paper airplane design. Then, write out an algorithm for how to make your airplane. Make it as accurate and efficient as you can. Once you’ve listed out these steps, hide your airplane design and give your steps (and a blank sheet of paper) to someone else.

Have your partner use your steps to build your airplane. Once it is completed, have an unbiased 3rd party compare the two airplanes. Fly them both to see if they travel similar distances!

Rules:

• The person assembling your plane can only see your steps and not the finished product.
• The assembler can only do what is written (be a stickler)! Your partner is not allowed to assume anything not explicitly written on the page. I. Am. A. Robot. With. No. Mind. Of. My. Own.

Allotting Points:

• Each time your partner needs to ask you a question or you have to change the algorithm, subtract 3 points.
• Accuracy: Count up your total number of steps and figure out how many steps equals 10% of the total algorithm. For example, if your algorithm has 20 steps, then 2 steps would account for 10% of the total. Every time 10% of your steps are completed accurately, add 1 point.
• Efficiency: Record the time it takes your partner to complete all the steps. If it takes more than 5 minutes, subtract 5 points.
• Efficiency: For every ten steps you have, subtract 1 point.
• If the finished products are considered to be the same by the judge, add 15 points.