Parachutes

In Science we made parachutes out of napkins, string, paper clips, and tape.  We took them outside and experimented with them.

Here are some of our thoughts about parachutes:

• It floats down.
• The air makes the parachute go down.
• Air pushes on our parachutes all around.
• If the force upwards was stronger than the gravity pulling down then it would float up.
• I can change the volume of air with pressure.
• Matter is everything and air is matter.
• The air pushes all the way.