This week P5/6 learnt about friction and air resistance in our science class, including an experiment testing air resistance. We made parachutes and tested to see if size made a difference to how long it took for the parachute to fall to the goal. The pupils had different roles, helping to ensure a fair test: A dropper A timer (using a stopwatch) A recorder

We have also been looking at buoyancy. As a class we made an origami boat out of paper. We were them tasked with creating a boat of our own using basic materials: Tin foil Card Pipe cleaners Sellotape Felt To test their buoyancy we placed them in a tray of water and tested to see how many marbles it could hold before it sunk. We ran out of marbles for some as they were made so well. We used rubbers as a substitution.