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Louis Franks 11PC July 29 2002 Parachute Investigation Method 1. Make a parachute from a sheet of clear plastic 50cm big, string (4, each 50cm long) and a small plastic canister. 2. Measure the fixed distance of which the parachute is going to fall from. 3. Drop the parachute containing no weights and measure the time it takes to land on the floor from being released as accurately as possible with a stopwatch. 4. Record the result in seconds. 5. Repeat with the same weight until sure of a constant result. 6. Repeat the process nine times adding 10g weights each time. 7. Calculate an average for each set of results. 8. Divide the average by the height it was dropped from to work out the velocity. Prediction Terminal velocity is reached when the force of air resistance acting on the parachute is equal to the weight on it. From this, I predict that the heavier the weight on...

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