Science Parachute blog 2026

On 19th May I tested the force of gravity with building a parchute to slow down or create air resistence and safely landing with an egg attatched to the contraption. I have done this experiement so I could see the amount of air resistence against the contraption to safely towards the ground, without cracking. I also wanted to see what me and my team could do to create the most air resistence.

Me and my team chose to do this kind of design to our “parachute” to stop the impact of our egg to crack. The contraption is meant to stop the egg from cracking even if the parachute fails. This is because of the structure made of straws which reduces the amount of force onto the egg to make it crack when landing so heavily.

Steps in doing this experiment included:

1. Take all the materials you need in making the design
2. test it without the egg to see if it has a good amount of air resistence
3. After you are confident with your design place an egg in your design where it is stable and won’t crack
4. Then go up to place about 4-5 metres high with a person up high and one down to time how long the contraption will fall.
5. hope that your egg has survived when letting go of the design in time with the time keeper.

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