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    The document discusses air resistance and how it affects falling objects. It introduces an experiment where two pieces of paper, one crumpled into a ball and one left flat, are dropped to see which hits the ground first. It directs the reader to watch videos explaining that air resistance due to an object's surface area and shape can slow its fall due to friction with air particles. The balled paper has less air resistance than the flat paper due to its smaller surface area, so it falls faster. Understanding air resistance and gravity can explain why different objects fall at different speeds through air.

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    Day 8 - Force and Motion - Air Resistance Power Point

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    The document discusses air resistance and how it affects falling objects. It introduces an experiment where two pieces of paper, one crumpled into a ball and one left flat, are dropped to see which hits the ground first. It directs the reader to watch videos explaining that air resistance due to an object's surface area and shape can slow its fall due to friction with air particles. The balled paper has less air resistance than the flat paper due to its smaller surface area, so it falls faster. Understanding air resistance and gravity can explain why different objects fall at different speeds through air.

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    Air Resistance

    Forces & Motion


    Experiment: Take two
    pieces of paper. Wad one
    into a tight ball. Leave
    the other alone.

    Predict: When you drop


    the two pieces of paper
    which will hit the ground
    first?
    Why do you predict this?
    Watch the videos on You Tube:
    Danger! Falling Objects: Crash Course Kids #32.1

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxcx35x5L9Y

    Astronaut Experiment: Crash Course Kids #32.2

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrJ1-YofCaA
    Notes
    Write down the words in yellow.

    The words in white are discussion points, you


    may write these down, but are not required.
    Air Resistance
    When an object falls through the air, its surface bumps into
    air particles.
    • Friction between a moving object and air particles is called
    air resistance.

    • Air resistance acts against the pull of gravity to slow the


    moving object.

    • Air resistance depends on an object’s shape and the size of


    it’s surface.
    Air Resistance Gravity

    A folded parachute falls to the Air


    ground much faster than an open Resistance

    parachute. The open parachute has


    a cupped shape and a larger surface,
    so it rubs against more air particles
    as it falls. The air resistance slows a
    skydiver’s fall to the ground.
    Air Resistance
    Think about our experiment with
    the pieces of paper, which fell to the
    ground faster the balled up paper or
    the flat sheet?

    Why do you think there was a


    difference?
    Air Resistance
    Friction and gravity act together on moving objects.

    Think about a ball rolling down a hill. The force of


    gravity pulls the ball downward. At the bottom of the
    hill, the ball keeps rolling, but friction between the ball
    and the ground slows the ball’s motion. After some
    time, friction makes the ball stop rolling.
    Watch: Friction on the Ground and in the Air on DE

    https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/b3a5e855-62e4-4a76-
    9440-144207d54211?hasLocalHost=false

    Watch: The Fixies: Friction on DE

    https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/5db52697-a62e-4e62-
    ae88-3bf5b6108d73/

    Watch: Falling to Earth Due to Gravity on DE

    https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/374fc635-9829-4cef-ae66-
    817b994c3f04?hasLocalHost=false
    Exit Ticket

    1. What is air resistance?

    2. How can you increase the amount of air resistance


    on a falling object?

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