This is from the PlaneMath website . It has many math activities and lessons, all based on airplanes. This one is an interactive lesson in measuring and calculation. There's a group measuring activity at the end. The culminating and most important part of the lesson is to process the problem and work with algebraic notation.
Teachers go here.
Students go here. A student page instructs students to locate four specific sites on the Internet. After data is collected on the student worksheet, pattern predictions are made. Graphing the collected data is done using ClarisWorks or Microsoft 3.0 spreadsheet or by using pencil and grid paper. Student description and analysis concludes the lesson.