Glides well. Experiment with changing the relative sizes of the hoops. What does it do? Some children also decided to see what happened if they used two or more straws.
After discussing what makes an effective parachute and the parts we would need to make one, children went off to create designs. They could only use the small supply of materials given. Their challenge was to see if they could design and make a parachute which would safely deliver an egg from a height to the landing zone. Here are the children at work on their designs: |
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