As part of our science topic of forces, we have been learning about air resistance and water resistance. Both are examples of friction, which is a force that slows things down.

To test out air resistance we created parachutes to allow eggs to be dropped from the stage. We found that larger parachutes created more air resistance, therefore the eggs dropped slower.

Then we dropped different shapes into water to test water resistance. We found that shapes with a larger surface area took longer to drop because there was more water resistance. Pointy shapes are more streamlined so have less water resistance.