Which material makes a good parachute/teaching approach

This activity supports a number of learning types:

• small group work^(ta) - investigation conducted by small groups reporting back to the class.
• whole class^(ta) dialogue^(ta) - discussion of each situation open-ended questions^(ta) – why did this happen? what do you think causes this movement?
• peer assessment^(ta) – do peers agree?
• project work – linked in with the rest of the activities in this OER, topic work in design and technology, literacy, numeracy
• inquiry^(ta)-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^(ta) – persuading each other about their explanations.
• exploring ideas – developing understanding of key scientific principles.