High School

Imagine it’s 1940 and you are an executive at General Mills who’s mission is to sell more Wheaties cereal to kids around the country… How do you generate excitement for your brand and get kids to eat their breakfast? The answer was found in a popular radio series Jack Armstrong, who encouraged kids to eat their Wheaties and receive model airplanes as a reward. The first set of aircraft were SKY RANGER model planes, but in 1944 General Mills developed paper cardstock WWII aircraft paper models that flew wonderfully, both then and now! If you have a printer at home and a few sheets of cardstock, you too can build your own paper model aircraft.

Careful observation and data collection are crucial in science experiments, even when it involves analyzing the speed and energy of a homemade rocket ship, making it an exciting task.

Did you know the U.S. launched a mouse into space in 1950 aboard a V-2 rocket? You can use your own burst of energy to send a paper mouse flying through the air with this fun rocket craft. A few easy-to-find supplies from home are all you’ll need!

Learn how to create a model aircraft using paper that not only provides hours of entertainment, but also teaches basic STE(A)M principles, with free instructions and a video guide included.

Introduce your budding aeronautical engineer to the world of model aviation with the Jet Cup project, a fun and educational way to learn about jet turbines using a simple paper cup.