Origins
Paper Science
Paper Math
Paper Engineering
Projects
100
The first people to make paper kept this for hundreds of year. 
A secret 
100
Most paper is made of this. 
What is wood?
100
This is a design made up of smaller copies of itself. 
What is a fractal? 
100
These are designers who use paper to build. 
What are paper engineers?
100
In this project we found the mean of our data. 
What is the airplane challenge?
200
Before paper, people used these three materials to write and draw on. 
What are slabs of clay and wax, silk, and parchment? 
200
Paper can be made from almost any type of this. 
What is plant? 
200
This is the name for repeating the same step over and over in math. 
What is an iteration? 
200
Paper is good at standing up to this type of force. 
What is stretching force or tension?
200
In this project we made a fractal. 
What is the Dragon Curve project?
300
In Egypt, people wrote on stalks of this flattened plant. 
What is Papyrus? 
300
American money is made of this. 
What is a mixture of cotton and linen? 
300
This is a pattern of repeating shapes that fit together. 
What is a tessalation?
300
Paper is does not stand up as well to this force. 
What is compression or a pushing force? 
300
This project is made up of triangles. 
What is a tetrahedron? 
400
This invention, centuries after the Chinese developed printing, led to widespread acceptance of paper in Europe. 
What is the printing press? 
400
Paper pulp is combined with water to make this thin mixture. 
What is slurry? 
400
This engineering professor makes sculptures out of mathematical shapes. 
Who is George Hart? 
400
This is the strongest shape when building with paper. 
What is a triangle? 
400
This is a very flexible math toy. 
What is a hexaflexagon?
500

2000 years ago, this Chinese Official invented paper.

Who is Ts'ai Lun? 

500
This electrical pull holds microscopic paper fibrils together. 
What are van der Waals forces?
500
This mathematical toy was named after a German mathematician. 
What is the Mobius Strip? 
500
These are two ways to make paper stand up to compression forces. 
What are make paper thicker and distributing the weight (folding the paper)? 
500
This paper machine is used for automation. 
What is a cam sampler? 
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