Flight is a subject that has always fascinated children. Hence school kids are encouraged to build parachutes.
How to make one yourself
Take a plastic sheet measuring one square foot and tie strings to its four corners. The free ends of the strings be tied together to a light weight, box or bell. Make a small hole at the centre of the plastic sheet. Now you have a scaled down model of the parachute.
Take your parachute to the top of a high building and drop it. The air drag causes the parachute to fly down smoothly. The larger the umbrella of the parachute, the greater the drag on it.
How to make one yourself
Take a plastic sheet measuring one square foot and tie strings to its four corners. The free ends of the strings be tied together to a light weight, box or bell. Make a small hole at the centre of the plastic sheet. Now you have a scaled down model of the parachute.
Take your parachute to the top of a high building and drop it. The air drag causes the parachute to fly down smoothly. The larger the umbrella of the parachute, the greater the drag on it.
4th and 5th grade kids proudly displaying the parachutes designed by them
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