RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY

It has been pouring with rain all weekend in Perth and

everyone’s rain jackets are not working because there is so
much rain!

Rain jacket stores in Perth need your help to design a new

jacket so that the people of Perth can go outside.

You need to work in teams of 4 to design a rain MATERIALS

jacket • Coloured pencils
• Texters
1) You must test 5 different materials to see if • Material samples
they are waterproof. • Scissors
• A3 sheet poster
2) You may look through Miss G’s rain jacket
• Glue
design book to get ideas about your creation

3) Once you have tested your materials you need

to pick one (1) material that is waterproof and
use this as the main material of your rain
jacket.

4) Work in teams to draw a diagram of your rain

jacket with labels.

5) You are to present your rain jacket design to

the class and explain as a group what
Hint
materials you have chosen and why they are
good for a rain jacket
The material you choose
for your rain jacket must
be waterproof

You have two science lessons in Week 9 to work in your teams to create an
amazing new rain jacket design.