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Science Y2 – Parent Guide
INVESTIGATING PARACHUTES.
Truth to Teach (Source)

By patient experimenting and by making improvements scientists and inventors aim to serve
others with their inventions.

1 Peter 4:10 ‘Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully
administering God’s grace in its various forms.’

Learning for Life (Fulfilment)

1. For the children to be inspired by the role of scientists and inventors serving others and
making a difference for good with their specialist gifts.

2. For the children to understand that parachutes need to be made from a light material, which
will allow air to balloon under it rather than pass straight through it.

Way to Work (Means)

Parachutes were made before this lesson. They were made of 5 different
materials and were equal in size.

• light plastic
• tissue paper

• kitchen towel
• net curtain material
• heavy plastic

The ‘man’ was made out of a safety pin, and two pipe cleaners attached to the pin made the head
and arms and legs.

1. Recap on the topic so far:
• Wind or moving air can push things along.
• Hot air causes things to rise.
• Air slows things down when they are moving through it. Which slows things
down more – air or water?

Recall the previous lesson in which we realised that God has helped people to discover a safe way
of falling downwards through air. What is this safe way? How does a parachute work? Remind
the children of the picture of us being like a parachutist and trusting God to hold us and keep us
safe.

2. I wonder does it matter which material you make a parachute out of? The scientists and
inventors involved in making the first parachutes undoubtedly asked themselves this question.
What do you think they did? (Tried different materials. Godly scientists might have prayed

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