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Become a travel blogger and design a full travel experience! Check out the online blog for some inspiration by clicking on the link.

Step 1: Choose Your Destination

Pick a place that excites you! It could be:

Somewhere you went on holiday

A day trip you remember well

A dream destination you’ve always wanted to explore

Step 2: Find Out (or Remember) Fun Facts

Write down at least five interesting or fun facts about the place:

What is it known for?

What did you (or would you) eat?

What’s the weather like?

Are there animals or nature?

Any cool landmarks, stories or traditions?

Step 3: Plan or Recall Your Trip

If it’s a place you want to go: plan a 3-day trip with what you’d see, do, eat and explore.

If it’s a place you’ve been to: tell us what you did each day and what you enjoyed most.

Step 4: Create Your Blog Post

Write a blog post, make a poster or create a short video that includes:

A catchy title

A short intro to your place

Your 5 fun facts

A 3-day itinerary (real or imagined)

Why this place is special to you

Step 5: Make it Stand Out!

Add drawings, photos, maps or decorations to bring your blog to life. Share it with your family.

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Imagine living your life on the road, exploring the world one country at a time... That's exactly what our NG KiDS' junior bloggers, Pepeijn and Romeq, are doing right now. Globetrotting in their family's motorhome, each day holds a new adventure, and every month they'll be telling us about all the amazing things they've been up to!

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Penguin pals on Boulders Beach!

22 December 2016
In Pepeijn and Romeq's latest blog, they take us on a special swim alongside African penguins!
Our latest adventure was to Boulders Beach near Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, which is home to a HUGE African penguin breeding colony - the biggest of the whole continent.

The beach is covered with beautiful ancient granite boulders - and of course, penguins!

The African Penguin is also known as the "Jackass Penguin" because of the braying sounds it makes.

Boulders Beach is a very popular place among locals and tourists, because you can swim and snorkel very close to the penguins.

The penguins are very curious and won't bite you, as long you don't harass or scare them!

They can grow to about 60cm tall and eat mostly sardines and squid, which they hunt for in groups. They do their hunting around two miles out to sea.

After they have laid their eggs, both the male and the female penguins incubate and take care of them, until they hatch at about 40 days.

As penguins are very clever and creative, they place their eggs behind an egg-shaped shell to confuse seagulls. Hungry seagulls will then steal the shell instead of the actual egg. Smart, right?

Baby penguins are so cute to look at. They look like a brown, woolly ball. When they get older, their fluffy coats change colour - into white and black feathers.

Did you know that penguins are monogamous? This means that they will stay together as a pair no matter what happens.

Till next time!

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A whale of a time!

4 November 2016
In Pepeijn and Romeq's latest blog, we meet a giant of the sea - the Southern Right whale!
Pepeijn and I recently went on a spectacular whale watching tour in South Africa! We saw 19 Southern Right whales - one even swam right underneath our boat!

A Southern Right can grow up to 16.5m long and weigh up to 60 tonnes - that is four times the weight of our camper truck, woah! Funny enough though, they only eat plankton and krill, which are tiny.

See the rough, white patches on these gentle giants' heads? Turns out they're not shells, but " callosities", a horn-like material that forms on their head and jawline. These patches give every whale its own unique pattern (like a human fingerprint) which makes them easy to recognise!

Did you know that when whales dive, they leave behind a ' footprint? This large circular patch of water is made by the thrust of their tail - it's impressive to see!

Southern Right whales swim to the warm South African waters to give birth. When a baby (called a calf) is born late in the season, it doesn't have enough body fat to survive the long journey back to their icy feeding grounds in Antarctica. So, mum will take her newborn on a snack pit-stop first! They swim to Namibia where the calf fills up on krill - gaining about 65kg of weight per day - for several weeks before they make their long journey back home.

Funny fact: It seems Pepeijn and I are not the only ones on a world tour... Scientists in South Africa and Argentina are currently studying the whale's callosities to determine if they swim around the entire globe!

Farewell until our next adventure!

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Twinkle, twinkle, little stars!

30 September 2016
In Pepeijn and Romeq's latest blog, they take us on a deep, dark trip into the Kalahari Desert!
owns a cool, computerized Stargazing and sleeping under the African stars has long been on our bucket list so when my mum told us that we were driving up to Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch in the Kalahari Desert, Namibia, we jumped for joy! This lodge telescope with tracking software, so it can hone in on galactic objects in the night sky.

Did you know that the Kalahari Desert is not a true desert like the Sahara but in fact a fossil desert where it often rains like cat and dogs? This makes it home to a great variety of greenery and wildlife from scorpions, snakes, zebra, giraffe, oryx and meerkats to predators like the cheetah. We spotted loads of awesome animal tracks which made our upcoming survival trip even more exciting!

Ivan, a very friendly Bushman who seems to know everything about space, showed us the Milky Way stretching overhead, the rings of Saturn, the moons of Jupiter, and the Southern Cross. We also spotted the Jewel Box - to the naked eye this looks like a single star but it's actually an orange supergiant (one of the largest types of stars) surrounded by smaller, blue stars. It was an incredible experience!

Until next time!
Pepeijn & Romeq
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Hello NG KiDS readers!

12 August 2016
In Pepeijn and Romeq's first blog, we learn about the boys' awesome African adventures!
Hey Of course, we're not on our own, but with our parents, NG KiDS, welcome to our Nelke and Frans. Junior Travellers Blog! My brother Pepeijn, (14) and me, Romeq, (12) have been travelling the world in an off-road truck for over 500 days now!
Pepeijn and Romeq's home is wheelie cool!
We have everything we need on board our truck which is a little bit like your house - only on big wheels! Sure we have less space, but we have the whole world to play in. Currently we are in Namibia, Southwest Africa. I suppose you may call us modern nomads... We love this lifestyle!

My school books, tests and exams are the same as yours, only my mum is my teacher, and my dad sends my work to teachers back home via the internet. So far, we've had good results - phew!
Pepeijn and Romeq's school trips are pretty hands-on!
Our favourite part of our schooling are the hands-on field trips we get to do. We have spent time with the Himba and the Damara tribes, seen lions up close in Etosha National Park, been on an African drum course in the slums and touched a cheetah!

Constantly being on the move means we're always prepared for the unexpected - we carry a camera, binoculars, a survival knife and pepper spray at all times.

We are now in the capital of Namibia. Do you know the name of it?

Farewell until our next adventure!

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Step 1: Choose & Watch
Go to Storyline Online and pick any story that interests you.

Watch and listen carefully - notice how the story is told and how the characters behave.

Step 2: Explore the Story with the 3 “Wonders”

🧐 I Wonder About the Character...
What do you think motivates or worries one of the characters? Is there something surprising about them? Use evidence from the story to explain your thoughts.

🤔 I Wonder If This Could Happen in Real Life...
Do the story’s events seem realistic or magical? Explain why, using examples from the story or your own experiences.

💭 I Wonder What Would Happen Next...
Imagine the story continues. What new adventure or problem might the characters face? Write a detailed paragraph or create a comic strip to show your idea.

Step 3: Create Your Own Mini-Story Inspired by the Book

Choose one of these creative options:

Write a new story with a similar theme (e.g. bravery, friendship, kindness) but set somewhere different.

Invent a new character and describe what happens when they enter the story’s world.

Rewrite the story’s ending with your own exciting twist.

Tips:

Use descriptive words and phrases to bring your story alive.

Include dialogue or thoughts to show what characters feel.

Plan your story with a clear beginning, middle and end.

Step 4: Share Your Ideas

Share your “Wonders” and your mini-story with a family member.

Record yourself reading your story aloud, practicing expression and pace just like the storytellers on Storyline Online.

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Daytime Emmy-nominated, Storyline Online, features celebrated actors reading children's books to inspire a love of reading in millions of children worldwide.

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Using the story starters, write your own adventure! Choose to do one or all :)

The Magical Holiday
You find a glowing, talking map in your suitcase that shows a secret place no one else knows about.

Tips:

Include a magical creature or guide.

Describe the secret place using your five senses.

Use strong verbs like whispered, glowed, or shimmered.

Mystery at Midnight
You wake up to a strange noise outside your window and discover something unbelievable happening!

Tips:

Use short, punchy sentences to build suspense.

Add sound words like CRASH! or WHISPER…

Describe how you feel (scared, curious, excited).

Animal Switch!
You wake up as an animal and see the world from their eyes!

Tips:

Write in the first person ('I').

Describe what you can see, smell and hear as the animal.

Think about what your animal likes and dislikes.

🎯 Remember to plan out your story.

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Get ready to journey through magical worlds, wild adventures and mind-blowing facts -all through the pages of books! Your mission this summer is to keep your imagination active and your reading brain switched on.

🔍 Step 1: Library Explorer

Visit your local library at least once during the summer. While you're there:

Borrow a book you’ve never read before.

Ask the librarian for a recommendation.

Take a photo or draw a sketch of the front cover of the book you borrowed.

📌 Bonus: Find out about any events, clubs or reading challenges your library is running and join in!

📖 Step 2: Choose Your Challenge(s)

Complete some of the following tasks - or try them all if you dare!

The Book & Me Write a short letter to the main character in your book. Ask them questions or give them advice!

Reading Bingo Create a bingo card with boxes like “read outdoors,” “read to a sibling or pet,” “finish a chapter at night,” and tick them off as you go.

Genre Jumper Read two books from completely different genres (e.g. fantasy and biography). Which did you prefer and why?

Reading Selfie Take a fun photo of yourself reading in an unusual place (treehouse? blanket fort? beach?). Create a reading journal and add a sentence about the book.

Quote Collector Find a sentence in your book that made you laugh, think or go “wow!” Write it down in creative lettering and explain why you picked it.

Book Soundtrack Choose 3-5 songs that would be perfect for your book's scenes. Explain your picks!

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Andy Goldsworthy is a British artist. He makes amazing art using natural things like leaves, stones, twigs and even ice!
He creates patterns and shapes that fit in with the nature around him.

Your Task:

1. Watch the video about Andy Goldsworthy.
Look at how he uses different natural materials to make his art.

2. Go outside and collect some natural things.
You could use:

Leaves

Twigs

Stones

Flowers

Grass

Bark

3. Make your own land art!

Try to make a pattern or a shape.

Think about how the size, colour, and shape of your materials can work together.

Can you arrange them in a spiral, circle or line?

4. Take a photo of your art if you can!
You can share it on the Padlet or keep it as a memory of your nature artwork.

Challenge Questions

How does your art change if the weather changes?

What message or feeling does your land art give?

How is your work similar to or different from Andy Goldsworthy’s?

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During the holidays, you might explore new places or enjoy your favourite outdoor spots. Landscapes can be full of colour, texture and interesting shapes. This task is all about using your creativity to capture a landscape that inspires you.

Your Task:

Visit a Landscape
This could be a park, beach, countryside, city view, or even your garden.

Take a Photo of the Real Place
Try to capture the scene that inspires you most.

Create Your Artwork

You can do a sketch, drawing, collage or painting using materials of your choice.

Think about:

The colours, shapes and textures in the landscape

How you can show depth (what’s near and far)

The feeling or mood of the place (peaceful, busy, wild, etc.)

Share Your Work

Upload a photo of the real landscape

Upload a photo of your artwork

You can also include a short explanation of what inspired your piece and what materials you used.

Challenge:
Can you add something imaginative or unusual to your landscape art?
Or try showing the same scene at two different times (day/night, summer/winter)?

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🖌️ Can you use fractions to make a colourful piece of art?

You have a blank grid or paper divided into equal parts.

Your challenge:

Divide your paper into equal sections (e.g., 12 squares, 16 triangles, or 20 rectangles).

Colour some parts using different fractions (for example, colour 1/4 blue, 3/8 red, and the rest yellow).

Try mixing fractions that add up to 1 (a whole) in different ways.

Write down the fractions you used and explain why you chose them.

Can you create a pattern or design using your fractions?

✏️ Be an inquirer and communicator — explain your choices and patterns!

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📐 Can you use multiplication and shape skills to design packaging?

You’re designing a box for a gift, a snack, or a toy. You can choose the item.

Your challenge:

Select an item that you want to create a box for. What are the measurements of the item?

Pick a length, width, and height (e.g. 6cm × 4cm × 3cm).

Now redesign it to fit the same item with different measurements.

Draw or make your box using paper or recycled materials.

✏️ Be an inquirer — how many ways can you make the box to fit in one item in different ways?

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🧳 You have €30 to prepare for an adventure. What will you pack?

Make a list of 8–10 items (e.g. hat €5.50, torch €7.20, snack €1.80).
Try to create 3 different “packing lists” as close to €30 as possible.
Can you find the cheapest, most expensive, and most useful combinations?

✏️ Be reflective — how do your choices affect your adventure?

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Log in to your DreamBox account and keep building your maths skills. Remember, you’ll need your QR code to sign in, so have it ready before you start. Keep practicing to stay sharp!

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Your challenge over the holidays is to get moving and see if you can reach a total of 100km!

💪 What to Do:

Walk, run, cycle, or swim - any kind of movement counts!

Ask a parent or adult to help you track how far you go and how long it takes.

Keep a running total - can you reach 100km by the end of the holidays?

📸 Share Your Progress:

Upload pictures of your activities

Share how far you went and how long it took

You can even make a chart or map to show your journey!

🏅 Top Tip:

Break it into smaller goals - just a few kilometres each day adds up quickly!

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You're in charge! Organise a fun Family Sports Day at home or at the park. Plan a mix of events and get everyone involved!

🏃‍♂️ Step 1: Choose Your Events

Pick 3–5 fun activities to include. Here are some ideas:

Vortex or ball throw - who can throw the farthest?

Standing long jump - how far can you leap from a standing start?

Mini obstacle course - use cones, cushions, skipping ropes or anything you can find!

Speed bounce - how many jumps can you do over a line or object in 30 seconds?

Balance challenge - walk along a rope or line without falling off

Relay race - create teams or take turns with a timer

✏️ Step 2: Set Up and Keep Score

Make simple scorecards to track distances, times or points

Decide how points will be awarded (e.g. 1st = 3 pts, 2nd = 2 pts...)

Take turns being the timer, scorer or judge!

📸 Step 3: Celebrate and Share

Take photos or draw a poster showing your events

Create your own certificates or medals!

🏆 Bonus Challenge:

Design your own event! Give it a name, make the rules, and get your family to try it.

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Your Challenge: Be Present in the Moment

Take a slow, quiet walk - it can be in your garden, local park or even around your home. As you walk, focus on your 5 senses. The goal is to notice what’s around you right now.

What to do:

As you walk or sit quietly, pause and focus on:

5 things you can see
(Look for small details: a leaf shape, cloud patterns, cracks in the pavement)

4 things you can feel
(The ground under your feet, the breeze on your skin, the texture of a leaf)

3 things you can hear
(Birds, footsteps, distant sounds - really listen!)

2 things you can smell
(Fresh air, flowers, food, earth)

1 thing you can taste
(this is maybe something to drink or snack afterwards)

Reflect:

After your walk, write or draw:

One thing you noticed that you’d never seen before

One word to describe how you felt before and after the walk

A colour or image that matches your mood

Bonus:

Try a walk barefoot (in a safe space) or with your eyes closed for a few steps. What changes?

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Take a brain break and give your body and mind a boost with some fun yoga!

Click the link to try an online yoga session. These videos will guide you through simple poses like Tree, Warrior, and Downward Dog - helping you build strength, balance and calm.

Whether you need:

a moment to focus,

some quiet time, or

just a fun way to move,

Yoga is a great way to feel strong and relaxed - inside and out.

🎯 Your challenge:
Try one yoga session a week. After each session, reflect and write or draw how it made you feel!

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This summer, your helping hands can make a real difference - at home, in the garden or even in your community. Helping others shows responsibility, kindness and teamwork.

Here are some ways you can help:

🏠 At home:

Tidy up shared spaces

Help with cooking or setting the table

Water the plants or feed the pets

🌿 In the garden:

Pull weeds, plant seeds, or pick up litter

Create signs to remind others to care for nature

👨‍👩‍👧 With your family:

Talk about ways to save water and electricity

Help a younger sibling, family memebr or friend with a task

Offer to read a book together

🏘 In your neighborhood:

Say kind words or smile at someone

Help an elderly neighbour (with an adult)

Create a positive poster or card to brighten someone's day

✅ Your challenge:

Keep a Helping Hands Log to track how many ways you helped this summer

Write or draw how each act made you and others feel

At the end of the summer, reflect:

Which was your favourite way to help?

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Click on the link and explore fun activities that can help build reading and language skills. Some of the activities are free to use but if you want even more activities, you can create an account - but you’ll need an adult to help you set it up.

You may also find this link helpful:

Read and write | LearnEnglish Kids

Give them a go and enjoy learning while you play!

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Get ready to become a colour scientist! In this activity, you'll explore how nature can be turned into paint and how different materials affect what we see.

Make Your Own Paint

Choose a few natural ingredients like:

- Berries (strawberries, blueberries)

- Spinach or kale

- Turmeric powder

- Beetroot

- Red cabbage

With an adult’s help, crush, blend, or mash them. Add a little water to make liquid colours. These are your natural paints!

Investigate Colour Mixing

Try mixing two different natural paints:

- What new colours can you create?

- Can you make warm colours like orange or cool colours like purple?

- Create a simple colour wheel to show your mixes.

Test Different Surfaces

Paint on different surfaces such as:

- White paper

- Cardboard

- Cloth or fabric

- Wood

Write down what you notice:

- Which surface made the colour look brightest?

- Did any colours change?

Observe Colour Over Time

Leave your painting out for a day or two and record:

- Did the colours fade or become lighter?

- Which paints lasted the longest?

Record and Reflect

Make a table or short report:

- Which ingredients made the strongest colours?

- Which ones were best for mixing?

- What surprised you?

Extra Challenge:

Create a design based on something in nature- like a flower, tree, animal or sunset. Use only your natural paints to bring it to life.

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Click on the link, watch the video and get creative as you draw your own mandala. Creating mandalas are a great way of promoting mindfulness, relaxation and creativity.

Materials Needed:

Blank white paper or card

Colored pencils, crayons, or markers

A quiet space to create

Mindfulness Tips:

As you create, take deep breaths and focus on the patterns in the mandala.

Pay attention to how the lines, shapes and colours make you feel. Are there any that calm you or make you feel happy?

Take your time. There is no rush. Let your mind relax and enjoy the process.

If your mind starts to wander, gently bring it back to the design and the patterns in front of you.

Summer Theme Suggestions for Mandala Design:

Sun Mandala: Include elements like suns, rays, clouds and stars, symbolising the bright and warm summer days.

Ocean Mandala: Waves, seashells and beach scenes arranged in a circular pattern.

Flower Mandala: Summer flowers like daisies, sunflowers or tulips in a repeating design.

Fruit Mandala: Mandala shapes made of summer fruits like watermelons, strawberries and pineapples.

Reflection Section:

Once you’ve finished creating the mandala, spend a few minutes thinking about the lines, colours and shapes you chose and how these made you feel.

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Research an eco-system in your local area, understand how energy flows through an ecosystem by exploring the relationships between plants, animals, and decomposers.

What to do:

1. Choose an Ecosystem:
Pick a local environment you know or can observe—this could be a garden, park, pond, or woodland area near your home.

2. Research the Organisms:
Find out which plants (producers), animals (consumers), and decomposers live there. Producers make their own food (like grass or trees), consumers eat other organisms (like insects, birds, or small mammals), and decomposers break down dead material (like fungi or worms).

3. Plan Your Food Chain:
Draw or write a simple chain showing who eats whom. Build Your Model:
Use materials like paper, clay, recycled items, or craft supplies to create a 3D model or a detailed poster of your food chain or food web. Include pictures or drawings of the organisms.

4. Explain the Energy Flow:
Write a few sentences describing how energy moves from one organism to the next and why each part of the chain is important for the ecosystem’s balance.

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Find attached some websites that you might find useful:

Toy Theater | Fun Online Educational Games for Kids

Maths home learning | Home learning | White Rose Education

Key Stage 1 Maths - Topmarks Search

ictgames - Home Page

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Toy Theater is your source for free educational games specially designed for elementary-aged students. It's available on all desktop computers, tablets, and mobile devices, ensuring learning is never out of reach. If you are a fan of our site, we encourage you to share Toy Theater on your social media or website.

Explore Toy Theater

Here's a sneak peek into what Toy Theater has in store:

Math Games: Ranging from counting and numeral recognition to division and telling time, there's a vast assortment of interactive math games.

Language Arts: Students can work on spelling, letter recognition, and even practice reading with online books.

Art and Music : From teaching students to play simple songs on a keyboard to exploring symmetry via art games, the platform fosters creativity alongside learning.

Puzzles and Games: Ideal for early finishers or indoor recess, their online educational puzzles and games promise fun-filled learning.

Teacher Tools: Need a fun timer or a spinner? Or perhaps a simple way to evaluate basic math skills? Their virtual teacher tools have got you covered.

Whether you project Toy Theater games and interactive tools on your smartboard for the whole class to see or use them during small group work, you're sure to love them!

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Click on the link and choose a simple science experiment to try at home.

Your Task:

1. Write a short report about your experiment.

Include:

What you were trying to find out or create

What materials you used

The steps you followed

2. Record your results.

What did you see happen? What changed?

Take photos or draw pictures to show your experiment

3. Explain the science.

Why do you think it worked? What caused the reaction or change?

Use your own ideas or ask an adult to help you research

Bonus:

Try changing one thing in your experiment and see if the result changes!

Challenge Yourself:

Try changing one part of the experiment. What happens if you use warm water instead of cold? Or more vinegar than before? Record your new results!

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Science experiments you can do at home! Explore an ever growing list of hundreds of fun and easy science experiments. Have fun trying these experiments at home or use them for science fair project ideas. Explore experiments by category, newest experiments, most popular experiments, easy at home experiments, or simply scroll down this page for tons of awesome experiment ideas!

Acids and Bases Can Erupt in Your Faces

Check Out Our Newest Experiments

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Objective:
Discover how air resistance and gravity affect the speed of falling objects by designing and testing parachutes.

Materials Needed:

Lightweight plastic bag, tissue paper, or fabric

String or yarn

Small object to act as a weight (like a toy figure or a small stone)

Scissors

Stopwatch or timer (optional)

Tape or hole punch

Steps:

1. Build Your Parachute:

Cut your plastic bag or fabric into a square (about 30 cm by 30 cm).

Attach a string to each corner. Make sure all the strings are the same length.

Tie the strings together and attach them securely to your small weight.

2. Test Your Parachute:

Find a safe, high place (like a balcony or staircase) to drop your parachute.

Drop it and observe how it falls. Use a timer if you want to measure how long it takes to reach the ground.

3. Experiment with Variables:
Try changing one thing at a time and see what happens:

Use different sizes of parachute canopies (bigger or smaller).

Change the length of the strings.

Use different materials for the canopy (tissue paper vs. plastic).

Change the weight attached.

4. Record Your Observations:
Write down what happens with each change. Which parachute falls slowest? Which falls fastest? Why do you think that happens?

5. Think About the Science:

Gravity: This force pulls your parachute down towards the ground.

Air Resistance: The parachute’s canopy pushes against the air, slowing the fall. Larger canopies create more air resistance.

How do these forces work together to control the speed of your parachute?

How does changing your parachute’s design affect these forces?

6. Draw Conclusions:
Summarize what you learned about how size, material, and weight affect falling speed. Explain why parachutes are designed the way they are to keep people safe.