--- title: "Investigating water and air resistance" url: "https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2024-03-22-14-20-35-investigating-water-and-air-resistance" school: "Scotforth St Paul's C of E Primary & Nursery School" --- [Start your school journey with us! Book a visit for September 2027 school starters](https://www.scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/parents/admissions) # Investigating water and air resistance ![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/blog/IMG_3192.jpeg) 22 March 2024 [Mrs Mayor](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/author/tmayor) [Class of 2019](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/category/class-of-2019) What a lot of investigating we have been doing in science this week! Our experiments were linked to water and air resistance. We made different shapes out of play dough and dropped them in water to see which travelled faster. The sausage shape created less water resistance and was the fastest shape to sink to the bottom of the cylinder. We also made different sized parachutes and launched them off the fire escape to see whether the canopy size made a difference to the speed at which they travelled. The safest parachute was the one with the largest canopy because it created more air resistance and travelled slowly to the ground. ### Water and Air Resistance [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/water-and-air-resistance/IMG_3193.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/gallery/water-and-air-resistance/IMG_3193.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/water-and-air-resistance/IMG_3191.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/gallery/water-and-air-resistance/IMG_3191.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/water-and-air-resistance/IMG_3194.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/gallery/water-and-air-resistance/IMG_3194.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/water-and-air-resistance/IMG_3195.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/gallery/water-and-air-resistance/IMG_3195.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/water-and-air-resistance/IMG_3196.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/gallery/water-and-air-resistance/IMG_3196.jpeg) [Year 4](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/tag/year-4) [Science](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/tag/science) [outdoor learning](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/tag/outdoor-learning) [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/100x100c/blog/IMG_3487.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2024-03-22-06-45-00-making-sculptures-inspired-by-eva-rothschild) Previous ### [Making sculptures inspired by Eva Rothschild](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2024-03-22-06-45-00-making-sculptures-inspired-by-eva-rothschild) [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/100x100c/blog/IMG_4448.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2024-03-26-01-00-00-viking-fun) Next ### [Viking Fun](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2024-03-26-01-00-00-viking-fun) - ![Healthy Schools](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/healthyschoolslogo(3)_(1).jpeg) - ![Ofsted](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Ofsted_Good_GP_Colour(1).jpeg) - ![Vines](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Outlook-gg5hcrqw_(2)_(1).png) - ![QM](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Quality_Mark_5_March_2015(2)_(1).jpeg) - ![Blackbrun Diocese](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Blackburn_Diocese_(1)_(1).jpeg) - ![School Gold Award](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/SG-L1-3-gold-2022-23(4).jpeg) ##### Location Scotforth Rd Lancaster LA1 4SE ##### Contact Us 01524 65379 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Scotforth.St.Pauls) - [Office staff (Mrs Malin and Mrs Pearce)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/contact) © Copyright 2017–2026 Scotforth St Paul's C of E Primary & Nursery School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)