Teachers, save “STEAM: Aerial Airdrop” to assign it to your class.

Yesterday, you learned about gravity and parachutes. Click these for a quick refresher about parachutes and gravity, as well as a cool video from the Apollo 15 moon walk: Gravity Visualized: https://youtu.be/MTY1Kje0yLg Hammer and a Feather:https://youtu.be/KDp1tiUsZw8 Parachutes: https://youtu.be/Ab_g5sLoXoY Then, click this to learn about gravity's effect on objects that are different sizes: https://youtu.be/qLOF2EOunws There are times that the military or relief agencies use aerial airdrops to drop supplies into unreachable places. The supplies range from food to vehicles to medical supplies. Click the multimedia attached to this activity to watch a Humvee dropped from an airplane with a parachute to a target below. You have been recruited for an aerial airdrop mission. Your task is to create a parachute that will allow a vehicle to be dropped safely to a target. After watching the , click the student template to see your mission for this week.