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Paddox Primary School

PaddoxPrimary School

Air Resistance

Science

Last week in Science, we looked at what air resistance was and how gravity and air resistance work in pairs. We also planned a fair test to understand whether the size of a parachute would have an affect on the air resistance and how quickly it would fall. 

This week, we made our 3 parachutes: one large, one medium and one small. After, we dropped them from the window and timed how long they took to fall and put our results into a table. Based on our results, we found that the larger the parachute, the more air resistance there is therefore it falls the slowest.