SCIENCE

YEAR 8 PARACHUTE INQUIRY

Students in Year 8 Science have been exploring the inquiry skills critical to scientists; posing questions, making decisions, designing plans and experiments, discussing, collaborating, communicating results and providing justified answers and explanations.

As a way of applying these skills, students have been working in small groups to design and test a parachute, investigating how one variable can affect the drop time for a parachute. For instance, one group investigated the effect of the surface area of the parachute on drop time, while another group considered the volume/mass of the dummy inside the parachute and how it might affect drop time.

All in all, students loved the opportunity to showcase their inquiry skills on this engaging task. 

Cherie Marks

8M Science Teacher