Kia ora bloggers,
This term for Inquiry, we have some people from the wonder project coming in to help us. They come in every Tuesday afternoon and teach us about engineering. Our goal by the end of this term is to successfully launch a rocket! Last Thursday and today(Monday) we have been challenged to design and test a parachute to try out our engineering skills. We had newspaper, fabric, scrap paper, paper towels, and string to make our parachute. It had to be strong enough to hold 2 hex nuts.
My team made one out of fabric and string. We got a square piece of fabric and cut holes into every corner. We then tied string into those holes and connected them all together. This design worked ok. It took 1.85 seconds to go from the top of a staircase to the ground. We didn't have enough time to change and improve our design but if I were to change it, I think I would use a different material. I think a big piece of paper would work well as it has fewer holes than fabric.
Thanks for reading! See you next time:)
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