Parachutes

Ms. Brooks and Ms. Janney

 Learning
Objective

I can understand
how air resistance
works by
investigating how a
parachute works.
Gentle Reminders

● Everybody tracking the speaker.

● Raise your hand when you are ready
to share.
● Be respectful of your classmates
thinking and ideas.
Last Lesson
- Air Under
Water
Driving Question

How does air affect how

the parachute floats to the
ground?
 Science Materials

Paper
Napkins Tape

Strings Paper Clips

Get out your
science
journals
Brainstorming
● What do you wonder about
parachutes?
● What is a parachute? Where have you
seen one?
● How does a parachute work?
● How does air affect how the parachute
floats to the ground?
Investigation
Guidelines

● Everyone here is a scientist.

● We are not playing with the equipment.
● Be kind.
● Your parachute belongs to you and only you.
Let’s Make a
Parachute together
1. 2.

Carefully separate the 4 pieces sting and lay

it out on your desk. Then set the string on
one side of your desk.
3. 4.

Next grab your Then carefully lay

each string on one
napkin and open each corner of the
it up. napkin.
4. 5.

Now carefully add tape to each of

the conners where the string is
laid across.
6. 7.

Next we will Then grab your

gather all 4 paperclip and
of the strings thread all 4
into one. strings through.
 8. 9.

Then continue to thread Lastly take another piece

through the 4 pieces of of tape and tape around
string so the string is when the sting overlaps so
slightly overlapping. our “passenger” is secured.
10.

Once you are done

lay your Parachute
on the table and put
a thumbs up on your
desk.
 Investigation
guidelines
Things to think
● Your parachute belongs to you about…..
and only you. What is your
● Be careful while standing on your parachute
chairs. doing?
● Wait for the count down.
● Make sure you are being How is your
parachute doing
responsible with your science
that?
tools and use them appropriately.
Investigation
time!
What if we add a
Passenger?
● Put your parachutes in the back of your
journal

● Let's add a passenger!

● What do you think will happen when we add

a passenger?
Discussion
● What happened when you flew your
parachutes?
● What made the parachute float down so
slowly?
● Where is the air?
● Did you notice a difference between flying
one and two passengers? What was
different?
Conclusion
Journal
time
One more
time…
How does air affect how
the parachute floats to
the ground?
Let’s roll a
cube!