Parachutes-Katie_Ravenel

=Which shape of a parachute works the best=

The hypothesis of our experiment was that the round parachute would fall slower than the square and cone parachutes.

In our experiment we made three parachutes, square, round, and cone, out of nylon. We used two twenty gram weights and dropped the parachutes off of a balcony. We recorded our data and did seven trials. We timed how fast the parachutes dropped from the balcony in seconds.

In the end the square parachute worked the best.(Fell the slowest.) Its average was 2.2. The round parachute worked the best after the square parachute. Its average was 2.1. The cone parachute worked the worst. Its average 1.4.

If someone else were to do this project they should use different materials such as instead of nylon they another fabric. And they could also sew up any holes in the parachute with something other than yarn. If someone were to take the experiment to the next level they might want to drop the parachutes from a higher spot than a balcony.

We liked our project, but we wish we had picked which shape of ice melt the fastest because we think it would be fun to make different shapes of ice.

- Katie and Ravenel