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Perfect Parachute

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Famous for more than Five Minutes - NEW LOOK Inventors - NEW LOOK

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Objectives

History

  • Learn about significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements: Leonardo da Vinci.
  • Design, make and evaluate parachutes.

Enquiry question
What is the perfect parachute?

Outcomes
Children will:

  • Learn about some of Leonardo da Vinci’s flying inventions.
  • Make a parachute inspired by Leonardo’s design and an alternative parachute.
  • Compare two parachutes.

You Will Need

Different sized sheets of paper
A range of ‘junk’ resources (e.g. plastic bags, plastic pots/containers)
Scissors; String; Tape
Small plastic figures / small weights.

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