As part of our learning about forces, 6 Blue have been investigating why different sizes of parachutes descend at different speeds. We connected our understanding to the work of Sir Isaac Newton, who discovered that the force of gravity exits between all objects (though we only notice it when one of the objects is really large!). We came to the conclusion that a type of friction called air resistance slows objects down, particularly those with larger surface areas such as parachutes. Well done everyone!
