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Free Fall

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Book meta-data
  • Reading Box: Sapphire (Levels 29-30)
  • Year: Five
  • Fiction/Nonfiction: Non-fiction
  • Theme/Topic: Challenge, Leisure and recreation, Safety
  • Genre: Memoir, Recount
  • Strategy/Skills: Summarising, Comparing and contrasting, Monitoring for meaning
  • Page Count: 32
  • Reading Level: 29
  • Item Code: 200492
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  • Curriculum Codes: ACELA1491, ACELY1690, ACELY1691, ACELY1692, ACELA1504, ACELA1797, ACELA1512, ACELY1698, ACELY1701, ACELY1702, ACELY1703
Reader Description

When one hundred women decide to try for the world free-fall parachute record, Kathy Basalaj is excited to be chosen for the team. Join her as she trains for the big jump. Will they break the record?

After you have completed the Reader

The skydivers do a lot of planning and preparation before they attempt the world record. Look at the diagram on page 8. Count the number of people in the formation. Now, design a formation for the team's next jump, with more skydivers taking part. Remember, it has to be symmetrical.

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