Wednesday 11 September 2013

Parachute Making

As part of our science topic 'Forces' we carried out an investigation. We made parachutes of different sizes to see which fell to the ground the fastest. We had to control all the other variables (the materials used, the weight added and the height we dropped them from).











We found out the the larger the canopy of the parachute the slower it fell to the ground.

This is because of the force of air resistance. The larger parachutes had more air resistance acting on them which slowed them down. They all fell towards the ground due to the force of gravity.

Well done Kensukes, you worked really hard on this.

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10 comments:

  1. Anonymous12 September 2013 at 14:44

    Well done classmates we worked hard!!!!!!!



    ESB??????

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  2. Anonymous12 September 2013 at 14:53

    it looks like you had alot of fun making your parachute and testing them





    Z.J : )

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  3. Anonymous12 September 2013 at 14:55

    woaw guys you had some fun out there didnt you
    i wish i was there




    c.w and z.J 8)

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  4. Anonymous12 September 2013 at 14:58

    i liked the pictures they were great. now in know that science cool.thanks

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  5. Anonymous12 September 2013 at 15:00

    It was great making parachutes with the class!

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  6. Anonymous12 September 2013 at 15:02


    i liked the bit when we tested the parchute we tested the garvity and air restianse

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  7. Anonymous12 September 2013 at 15:03

    thank you for the things yo helped us with.

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  8. Anonymous12 September 2013 at 15:03

    We had a good time making parachutes with my
    friends!

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  9. Anonymous12 September 2013 at 15:04

    I love science!

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  10. Anonymous12 September 2013 at 15:05

    i love science!
    thank you

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