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PAULO’S PARACHUTE MISSION
By: Mylie Hill & Anna Morris
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STORY SUMMARY
Paulo’s family moves to Alcantara, Brazil
His parents are both aerospace engineers
Paulo is nervous about meeting new friends
Paulo & Lucas design a parachute
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Paulo explains 3 parts of a parachute
Paulo defines drag & gravity
He also explains technology & solving problems
Canopy
Suspension Lines
Load
STORY EXPLANATIONS
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DESIGN A PARACHUTE
Ask & imagine
Plan & create your parachute
Test it out
Improve your parachute
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OUR PARACHUTEDropped from 5 ft. Canopy:Tissue Paper: .6 secondsAluminum Foil: .9 secondsComputer paper: 1.1 secondsGrocery bag: .1 secondsSuspensions: Braided Twine Load: Plastic egg
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PICTURES OF PARACHUTE
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EVALUATION
Very useful for teaching: gravitymeasurements trail & errorproblem solvingtechnology
Appropriate for 2nd grade Math & Science classes