Safe Return:

Topics/Skills: Air resistance, terminal velocity, trial and error

Supplies:

• Parachute man
• Landing zone

Objective: Safely land your parachute man in the landing zone

Time:

• 20-30 minutes

Activity:

1. Break participants into groups.

2. Provide each group with a parachute man and assign each group a landing zone.
3. Instruct each group to find a way to safely navigate their parachute man to the landing
zone (which is located approximately 5-8 feet from the participants).
4. After each team comes up with a plan, let each group test their

Closing:

• Large Group Discussion