Gateway test Parachute Challenge

In our first session this morning a group of students from the Gateway School were the first to complete the Cobblers Parachute Challenge.  They had to firstly mould a character out of plasticine and then design a parachute to slow down the fall of their character .  The students had to think about factors that would affect the effectiveness of the parachute such as the surface area of the parachute.  The finished parachutes were then launched from the top of the North Stand in the Sixfields Stadium and their descent was timed.  Bradley won the challenge and managed to keep his model off the floor for 2.1 seconds.