Paulo's+Parachute+Mission

=**Boston Museum of Science Activity- Paulo's Parachute Mission**=

Story Summary:
This book was designed by the Boston Museum of Science to be used by students. This series of books are designed for teachers to use with STEM. Paulo's Parachute Mission is about a boy whose parents are both space engineers. During the story Paulo's family moves to Alcantara, Brazil and he is nervous about meeting new friends. Paulo conquers his fear by meeting a friend name Lucas who he decides to design a parachute with to send messages to each other. The story is narrated by Paulo himself, he explains how they are going to design the parachute and different terms that go along with it.



Terms used in story:

 * drag
 * gravity
 * technology
 * solving problems
 * Paulo also explains the 3 parts of a parachute Canopy, Suspension lines, and load (shown in picture)
 * [[image:myliehill/Picture1.png width="211" height="222"]]

** Parachute I designed from the"Try it!" Section of Book: **
Dropped from 5ft Canopy made from 4 different materials: Tissue paper (.6 seconds) Aluminum Foil (.9 seconds) Computer paper (1.1 seconds) Grocery bag (.1 second) Suspensions made from braided twine. Load was a plastic egg =**Boston Museum of Science Book Activity: Paulo's Parachute Mission**=

**Story Summary:**
This story is designed by the Boston Museum of Paulo's family moves to Alcantara, Brazil.