At some point in everyone’s life—usually during a particularly dull moment in third grade—a plain white piece of paper inspires a certain degree of aerial imagination. Transforming this thin white ...

Making the perfect paper airplane is no easy task. Unless you’re a professional, you probably picked up a few tricks in elementary school—then promptly forgot them. Or, you’ve found one tried-and-true ...

The history of the first paper airplane is largely debated. According to the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y., some believe the earliest paper airplanes came from China with the use ...

How does an airplane lift off the ground? Learn how planes use lift and thrust to fly, then make your own paper airplane catapult. Design Squad is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...

A balsa wood glider is really easy to make despite the physics involved on its flight. Make one yourself and have a ton of ...