Primary 3 had the opportunity to test their research question about if the size of the parachute for Jack effected how long his escape would be.  This morning we worked together as class to invesitagte this by having some pupils time the parachutes using stopwatches, a few pupils recording the results on white boards, a photgrapher and some pupils throwing the parachute from a ledge in the hub.  The reuslts showed that the smaller parachute took less time to fall to the ground.  Some of the class were delighted with this as they had predicted this result beforehand.  Primary 3 have been very enthusiastic about this investigation and we are about to plan out next one about friction.