Science -investigating air resistance

In science this week we had to investigate the force of air resistance. We designed a fair test to see the effect of air resistance on paper falling from the same height.We made our predictions and then tested them out.

 We were ok to stand on chairs in order to give us a bit more height-some groups designated a "minder" to guard the person standing on chairs.

Everyone had a job to do: drop the paper, watch to ensure everything was completed in the same way to ensure a fair test,time the fall and record the times.

We used a variety of devices to time to give us fractions of a second : i pads, Interactive smart board, Mrs Chadwick's phone and timers.

 The classroom was a hive of activity with all groups checking and retesting where necessary.

Luckily we  able to borrow i pads from class 1 and 2 to help us.

just ensuring height is exactly the same

Our predictions were roved- our results showed that the larger the surface area the longer it took the paper to fall to the ground.