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Learning Objective: To investigate the maths to do with parachutes

SKY DIVING. Learning Objective: To investigate the maths to do with parachutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM02Hejw02s. Where is the Maths?. Leonardo DaVinci’s Parachute Design. The original design was sketched by Da Vinci in a notebook in 1483. An accompanying note read:

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Learning Objective: To investigate the maths to do with parachutes

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  1. SKY DIVING Learning Objective: To investigate the maths to do with parachutes

  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM02Hejw02s Where is the Maths?

  3. Leonardo DaVinci’s Parachute Design The original design was sketched by Da Vinci in a notebook in 1483. An accompanying note read: "If a man is provided with a length of gummed linen cloth with a length of 12 yards on each side and 12 yards high, he can jump from any great height whatsoever without injury." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_WZALk3vOE

  4. Make a Parachute Build your own parachute using Leonardo da Vinci's design for the first ever parachute. It looks like a pyramid! Here’s how. 15cm 15cm

  5. Make a Parachute Build your own parachute using Leonardo da Vinci's design for the first ever parachute. It looks like a pyramid! Here’s how. 15cm 15cm

  6. Design a data collection table • Next lesson you will be testing these • You will have three trials which you will time • Design a data collection table to record your results

  7. Why do modern parachutes not look like the DaVinci parachute?

  8. Re-design your model • Choose your shapes or combination of shapes you would like to use to create your parachute. • Create your model • Calculate the surface area and compare it to the surface area of the DaVinci model

  9. Reporting your launch Which launch was more successful and why? – Calculate averages and range to compare your sets of data What other shapes do you think would work well? How would you change your design if you could use any resources you wanted?

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