What a week!

Hawking Class have been busy scientists this week, making parachutes and bridges and testing them.

As part of our Forces topic, the children had to make three different parachutes to test air resistance. To create a fair test, the children opted to keep the size of the parachute, the length of the strings and the weight of the mini-figure the same. The variable they chose to change was the material from which the parachute was made: plastic, paper or fabric.

Ask your child which parachute was the most effective and why!