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Easy Experiment Scientific Method Lab Nature of Science Practice
What size parachute has the longest flight time?
Easy to do experiment for grades 4th to 9th. Help students apply their knowledge of the scientific method to this experiment. Recommendation is to spend one day (50-55 mins) on making the parachutes and spend day two testing the parachutes. I put my kids in groups of 4 students and each student made a parachute of a different size.
Students will identify the purpose/question, create a hypothesis, identify variables (independent, dependent and co
4th - 9th
Engineering, General Science, Physical Science
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