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title: "Investigating surface area"
url: "https://rooseprimary.co.uk/blog/2026-01-26-14-45-investigating-surface-area"
school: "Roose Community Primary School"
---

# Investigating surface area

  ![Image of Investigating surface area ](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/images/blog/20260126_142718.jpg)  26 January 2026   [Gaynor Stevens](https://rooseprimary.co.uk/blog/author/GStevens)

Making parachutes to investigate the effects of surface area

### Surface area

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/surface-area/20260126_142507.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/images/gallery/surface-area/20260126_142507.jpg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/surface-area/20260126_144222.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/images/gallery/surface-area/20260126_144222.jpg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/surface-area/20260126_144214.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/images/gallery/surface-area/20260126_144214.jpg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/surface-area/20260126_144206.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/images/gallery/surface-area/20260126_144206.jpg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/surface-area/20260126_144158.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/images/gallery/surface-area/20260126_144158.jpg)

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