Our Science learning continues with water resistance this week. We’ve applied our previous learning about air resistance to investigate how the shape of an object affects the amount of water resistance acting upon it.
First, we planned the sort of shapes we thought would sink fastest and slowest through water.
Then, we worked together to create these shapes out plasticine in order to test them.
Finally, we tested the shapes against each other to see which would sink faster and discuss what forces were working on them to give the outcomes we saw.
Why not try the same at home? Albert wondered whether the size of the container we were testing them in would affect the results greatly. Could you investigate this at home?