--- title: "Air Resistance - Year Five Science" url: "https://wartonstpauls.co.uk/news/2023-03-13-air-resistance-year-five-science" school: "Warton St Paul's C of E Primary Academy" --- We are experiencing technical issues with our main phone lines. Please reach us on our temporary line: 01254 641 862. # Air Resistance - Year Five Science ![](https://files.schudio.com/warton-st-paul-s-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Website_News_(70).jpg) 13 March 2023 We had great fun in Science this week, experimenting to find out how the size of a parachute affects the length of time it takes to fall! We had to measure our parachutes carefully and make sure our test was fair by changing only one variable - the size of the parachute canopy. Everything else stayed the same - the length of the strings, the paperclip balance and the height we dropped our parachutes from. We found out that the greater the surface area, the more effective the parachute, because there is more air resistance and so it takes longer to fall. [Sapphire](https://wartonstpauls.co.uk/news/tag/sapphire) [Science](https://wartonstpauls.co.uk/news/tag/science) [![](https://files.schudio.com/warton-st-paul-s-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Website_News_(67).jpg)](https://wartonstpauls.co.uk/news/2023-03-07-cinquain-poems-year-three-and-four-english) Previous ### [Cinquain Poems - Year Three and Four English ](https://wartonstpauls.co.uk/news/2023-03-07-cinquain-poems-year-three-and-four-english) [![](https://files.schudio.com/warton-st-paul-s-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Website_News_(71).jpg)](https://wartonstpauls.co.uk/news/2023-03-17-making-houses-year-one-dt) Next ### [Making Houses - Year One DT ](https://wartonstpauls.co.uk/news/2023-03-17-making-houses-year-one-dt) ### Academy Life - [Events](https://wartonstpauls.co.uk/events) - [School Council](https://wartonstpauls.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Latest News ](https://wartonstpauls.co.uk/news) - [Calendar](https://wartonstpauls.co.uk/calendar) ##### Location Lytham Road Warton PR41AH Preston Lancashire PR4 1AH ##### Contact Us 01254 641862 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/wartonstpauls) - [School Information](https://wartonstpauls.co.uk/parents/school-information) © Copyright 2021–2026 Warton St Paul's C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://wartonstpauls.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)