Green+Caution+Tape

__**DATA: (12 Foot Drop)**__
 * Cameron Fleck, Jack, Zak**
 * Goal: To Find Out How Surface Area Affects Air Resistance**
 * 1. Make Parachutes Using 1,4, And 9 Sheets Of Paper Using Tape**
 * 2. Tie Parachute Material To Black Beard**
 * 3. Measure Distance From Floor To Top Of Pit**
 * 4. Drop And Time Object As It Falls From Pit**
 * 5. Determine How Air Resistance Was Affected By Surface Area**
 * Weight Of Blackbeard(Without Magic): .03kg**
 * One Sheet Area=88in^2**
 * Trial 1: 1.52s**
 * Trial 2: 1.14s**
 * Trial 3: 1.38s**
 * Avgerage: 1.3555s**
 * Four Sheets Area=352in^2**
 * Trial 1: 1.77s**
 * Trial 2: 1.88s**
 * Trial 3: 1.62s**
 * Average: 1.8s**
 * Nine Sheets Area=792in^2**
 * Trial 1: 3.15**
 * Trial 2: 2.82**
 * Trial 3: 2.52**
 * Average: 2.83s**
 * Graph!**


 * __Conclusion:__**
 * The Larger The Surface Area Of A Parachute, The More Air Resistance It Encounters. To Prove This Claim We Did 3 Trials For 3 Different Area Sizes Dropped At A Fixed Hight With A Figurine. Our Data Showed That When Our Parachute Had A Larger Surface Area It Would Take Longer For It To Reach The Ground. As the the surface area of the parachute increases the time it takes for the figurine to reach the ground increases as well, otherwise being directly proportianal to each other. As you can see from our data When we dropped a parachute with an area of 88 in^2 the average time it wook for it to reach the ground was 1.36 seconds, and when we dropped a parachute with a surface area of 352 in^2 the average time I took to reach the ground was 1.8 seconds. As you can see the time it took for the parachute to reach the ground increased when the surface area increased, thus proving our claim. The reason that there was more air resistance in bigger parachutes is because there is more direct contact with the air slowing it down. some possible sources of error include, but aren't limited to: changes in humidity, possible drafts/high winds, possible earthquake in japan that was not reported but shifted the ground throwing off data, superman flew by creating winds, blackbeard used his magical powers to shift his trajectory, someone sneezed leaving sneeze residue in the air, a gypsy cast a spell and it interferred with the parachute, a sniper placed on a roof two miles away took a shot and the bullet whized past the parachute, a leprachaun was captured and his powers were transferred into the parachute making it float like a magic carpet, the parachute didn't fall straight down, and reaction time of timer.**