Which material makes a good parachute/teaching approach

This activity supports a number of learning types:

• Small group work - Investigation conducted by small groups reporting back to the class
• Whole class dialogue - Discussion of each situation Open-ended questions – Why did this happen? What do you think causes this movement?
• Peer assessment – do peers agree?
• Project work – linked in with the rest of the activities in this OER, topic work in design and technology, literacy, numeracy
• Enquiry-based learning – initial presentation to the class can be framed as a problem for them to solve.Co-enquiry – children working collaboratively
• Arguing and reasoning – persuading each other about their explanations
• Exploring ideas – developing understanding of key scientific principles