Activity/Lab - The
morning session was spent discussing velocity and accleration
Marbles of various masses were dropped from different heights to
measure their final velocities...
Building
Project - The first records of parachute designs were in
the early 1500s on Leonardo de Vinci's famous illustrations of
flying machines (incidently his parachute design was
tested in the late 1990s ... and it worked!! ). The
parachutes were constructed using tissue paper, glue and
string.
Gores were
assembled.
String was measured and
attached.
Once the parachutes were
completed ...
... students were
encouraged to make a parachute of their own
design.