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How Do Things Fall?
Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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Author | Zamora-Thompson, Xochitl Heavner, Ben Zarske, Malinda Schaefer Carlson, Denise |
Copyright Year | 2004 |
Description | Students learn that it is incorrect to believe that heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects. By close observation of falling objects, they see that it is the amount of air resistance, not the weight of an object, which determines how quickly an object falls. |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | Open |
Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
Subject Keyword | Physical Science Physics Gravity Gravitational Field Mechanics Force Giambattista Galileo Air Resistance |
Content Type | Text |
Time Required | PT45M |
Education Level | Class VII Class VIII Class IX |
Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
Resource Type | Hands-on |
Subject | Physics |