Year 11 Science Coursework

Forces – “The Parachute Experiment”

Key Words

force

lift

balanced

drag

canopy

weight

Newtons

average

time

graph

air resistance

terminal velocity

parachute

surface area

mass

Some useful web-sites

Falling Objects – a BBC site that helps you understand the forces acting on a falling object.

A good page with diagrams

Help with assignments

Photographs from the class experiment – 10^th October 2000

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