In Science this term, Year 5 have been exploring the exciting world of forces! We learned how pushes, pulls and gravity affect how objects move, and how different forces like friction, air resistance and water resistance work in everyday life.
To test what we had learned, we carried out an investigation to explore air resistance. We designed and made our own parachutes with different-sized surfaces, then tested how quickly they fell. We discovered that parachutes with a larger surface area fell more slowly, while smaller ones dropped much faster — helping us understand how air resistance affects speed and movement.
It was a fun, hands-on topic that helped us become real scientists — testing ideas, making predictions, and learning through experiments!
