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Parachute - Land and Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use different parachute activities to study weather and land patterns and formations. Tornados and hurricanes can be discussed as students make large waves (move from very high to very low) that mimmick these two weather...
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Parachutes: Is it Surface Area or Shape?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students investigate how to make a good parachute. For this physics lesson, students observe the motion of parachutes as it falls and measure the time. They collect data and calculate the average descent time for each canopy shape.
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Parachute

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in an instant activity as they enter the gym. They work with a parachute, moving it using different motions. They use their wrists, to move the parachute while moving in a circle, and play a game of Cat and Mouse...
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Aw Chute!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are presented with the problem of constructing a parachute that has the maximum hang time. They construct their own parachute using available materials. Pupils drop their parachutes from a height of two meters and record the...
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The Community of Fun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a parachute activity. In this physical education activity, students use teamwork to lift a parachute and keep soft balls on top of it. Students demonstrate how working together can accomplish a goal.
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Does Weight Affect Drag?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate how weight affects a parachute's rate of fall.  In this investigative activity students test parachutes, average results and conclude what makes a faster descent.
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Does Shape Affect Drag?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students study drag and how it affects a parachute in the sky.  In this parachutes lesson students build models and compare their drag. 
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Paper Parachutes

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Pupils participate in a simulation of a parachute-jump competition by making paper parachutes and then dropping them towards a target on the floor. They measure the distance from the point where the paper parachute lands compared to the...
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Spark Activity: Parachute Switcheroo

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students move from one parachute to another, based on a color called out by the teacher. Students attempt to move before the teacher counts to five. Students discuss direction and moving in clockwise and counter clockwise directions.
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Games with a Large Parachute

For Teachers K - 8th
Students control the parachutes using arm movements. They follow directions while participating in games. They explore the effects of wind on several objects and study the effects of shape, size and weight on a parachute.
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Movement Forms

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students play movement games such as skipping, galloping, and parachutes. In this movement lesson plan, students also learn how to slide properly.
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Parachute-Turtle Game

For Teachers K
Students gain an understanding of why a turtle goes inside its shell. The activity also allows students to practice responding to a command.Teacher says "the turtle is in the woods and sees a bear." students say "hide in the shell," t
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NASA

Oh, Chute!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Using a scare model of the a test vehicle developed by the Systems Architecture and Integration Office at NASA, groups determine the dimensions for a scale model of the parachute compartment. The groups also determine the volume of the...
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Air Resistance and Friction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Physics learners experiment with three laboratory activities to learn about air resistance and friction. First, they use a hair dryer to move different sized spheres to determine the relationship between cross-sectional area and air...
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Science 4 Inquiry

Atmospheric Layers

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Space diving refers to the act of jumping from outer space and falling through Earth's atmosphere before parachuting to land. Scholars learn about this extreme activity and study the layers of the atmosphere they must conquer in the...
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Nuke Walk

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Take a look at this cooperative learning activity. The goal of the activity is to transport nuclear waste (a cup of water) from point A to point B without spilling the toxic waste. There are several ideas given here for things to use to...
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Alphabet, Vegetable, and Chicken Noodle Parachute Soup

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students throw in their letter or vegetable when the said object or letter is said by the teacher. They also explore how to make a parachute ripple and make waves.
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Parachutes And Parafoils

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Pupils study deceleration devices like parachutes and parafoils.
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Circus Time

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students read books, learn about the letter c, and eat roasted peanuts all to learn about the circus. In this circus lesson plan, students also use design their own tickets and have parachute play.
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Pendemonium: The Great African Surfari

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars discover the importance of matching verbs to their subjects through a discussion of a whimsical video on verb agreement and a read aloud of the book, "To Root, To Toot To Parachute". They practice verb agreement in...
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Falling into Shapes

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Children with special needs participate in several activities to reinforce shape and color recognition. They sign the word leaf, sing a song about leaves, and bounce leaves around on a parachute. They then help the instructor name...
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Lesson 2: Shapes

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Shapes are really neat, and here's a lesson that will help learners identify shapes through song, touch, and sight. They sing a shape song as they bounce different shapes around in a parachute. They then read a story and feel each shape...
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What Makes Airplanes Fly?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine force and conduct activities that model parachutes and helicopters.  In this airplanes activity students identify the forces that make airplanes fly higher and land. 
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Haunted House

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students partake in a fun and active Halloween activity.

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