13 July 2023
As part of our learning on Forces, this week we conducted an investigation into air resistance. We predicted what the impact of running with a plastic bag above our head would be. First, we ran 25m as fast as we could without the bag to set a benchmark time. We than ran again, this time with the plastic bag open above our heads. This caught lots of air as we ran up the track, and so increased the air resistance that we had to run against. This slowed us down and demonstrated to us how a parachute works. We had lots of fun bringing our Science learning to life.