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Title: Parachute What You'll Need

The document provides instructions for making a simple parachute out of a plastic bag or light material, scissors, string, and a small object to act as weight. The instructions explain how to cut out an octagonal shape from the material, cut holes in each side, attach strings to the holes and weight, and then drop the parachute from high to test how slowly it descends. The parachute works by using air resistance on the large surface area opened by the strings and weight to slow the rate of fall, while a hole in the center allows air to pass through steadily rather than spilling to one side.

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Title: Parachute What You'll Need

The document provides instructions for making a simple parachute out of a plastic bag or light material, scissors, string, and a small object to act as weight. The instructions explain how to cut out an octagonal shape from the material, cut holes in each side, attach strings to the holes and weight, and then drop the parachute from high to test how slowly it descends. The parachute works by using air resistance on the large surface area opened by the strings and weight to slow the rate of fall, while a hole in the center allows air to pass through steadily rather than spilling to one side.

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Title : Parachute

What you'll need:

 A plastic bag or light material

 Scissors

 String

 A small object to act as the weight, a little action figure would

be perfect

Instructions:

1. Cut out a large square from your plastic bag or material.

2. Trim the edges so it looks like an octagon (an eight sided

shape).

3. Cut a small whole near the edge of each side.

4. Attach 8 pieces of string of the same length to each of the

holes.

5. Tie the pieces of string to the object you are using as a weight.

6. Use a chair or find a high spot to drop your parachute and test

how well it worked, remember that you want it to drop as slow

as possible.

What's happening?

Hopefully your parachute will descend slowly to the ground, giving

your weight a comfortable landing. When you release the parachute

the weight pulls down on the strings and opens up a large surface
area of material that uses air resistance to slow it down. The larger

the surface area the more air resistance and the slower the

parachute will drop. Cutting a small hole in the middle of the

parachute will allow air to slowly pass through it rather than spilling

out over one side, this should help the parachute fall straighter.

Group : FLYERS

1. PRITHIHASHINI A/P MOHANASUNDARAM

2. 3RAMYA A/P SURESH

3. RISHIKESAVAN A/L R KRISNAN

4. ELAVAHRASAN A/L MOGAN

5. THIVEDEKA A/P KRISHNAN

6. KISOR A/L SARAVANAN

7. TIVEN A/L SELVARAJ

8. SHARVIN A/L DHEVANTHIRAN

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