Parachute
String attached to outer side of parachute
Materials
Tissue paper
Action figure
4 pieces of pre-cut blue yarn
Please use Scotch tape from “How do our muscles work?” experiment
How do I begin?
1. Cut a 10x10 inch square.
2. Now tape the blue yarn to each corner of the tissue paper. This will be the outside of the parachute.
3. Tie the action figure to the ends of all 4 pieces of the blue yarn.
4. What happens?
What just happened?
Gravity pulls the parachute down, but as it falls, the canopy traps the air in it. The trapped air pushes against the canopy, making the parachute fall slowly.
Exploring Further
1. Try making another parachute with an 8x8 inch square. Now drop both the parachutes down at the same time, standing up on a achair/table.
2. Which parachute falls down first?
Cool Facts
Did you know that the first recorded parachute jump was in 1797? Andrew Garnerin jumped from 8,000 feet high in hot air balloons. Garnerin also designed the first air vent in a parachute intended to reduce oscillations.
Tissue paper
Action figure
4 pieces of pre-cut blue yarn
Please use Scotch tape from “How do our muscles work?” experiment
How do I begin?
1. Cut a 10x10 inch square.
2. Now tape the blue yarn to each corner of the tissue paper. This will be the outside of the parachute.
3. Tie the action figure to the ends of all 4 pieces of the blue yarn.
4. What happens?
What just happened?
Gravity pulls the parachute down, but as it falls, the canopy traps the air in it. The trapped air pushes against the canopy, making the parachute fall slowly.
Exploring Further
1. Try making another parachute with an 8x8 inch square. Now drop both the parachutes down at the same time, standing up on a achair/table.
2. Which parachute falls down first?
Cool Facts
Did you know that the first recorded parachute jump was in 1797? Andrew Garnerin jumped from 8,000 feet high in hot air balloons. Garnerin also designed the first air vent in a parachute intended to reduce oscillations.