“It’s Bomb.com right?”
“It sure is.”
“We don’t have a good situation right now.”
“Why?”
“The coronavirus, don’t you know about that?”
“Oh!” “I See!”
“Wait!”
“What’s our research question again?”
“How does the length and material of the suspension ropes affect the accuracy of the drop and the speed of the drop? “
“Oh! I’ll test it right away!
Here’s our data collection procedure! Copy it down, and we will start testing!!
PROCEDURES FOR DROPPING PARACHUTE
1. Clear the landing area of people.
2. Person A set up a recording in a position that the camera would capture the box and the height of 4 meters.
3. Person B get ready to throw down the parachute.
4. Person B: Vocally warn your teammates with a five second countdown. Person A: Press record on the iPad as soon as Person B starts counting to ensure a full scene of the package falling.
5. Person A: After the box has landed and stopped moving, stop the video and trim out the ineffective bits.
6. 9) Repeat steps 1 to 9 at least three times.
Trials Drop 1 Drop 2 Drop 3
Condition of package
Accuracy
Number of bounces
Final Velocity
Observations We Noticed:
“Oh yeah!”
“Forgot to show you my parachute!”
“Here.”