Identify the force that causes objects to fall to the earth SPI 0507.12.2

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1. Amusement Park Physics: Design a Roller Coaster - You will be building a conceptual coaster using the physics concepts that are used to design real coasters
2. Build Your Own Coaster - from Discovery Kids
3. Drag - [high school level] NASA video explaining the concept of air resistance known as drag
4. Elephant and Feather (Air Resistrance) - animation of a thought experiment; dropping an elephant and a feather from a very tall building
5. Falling for Science - two activities to explore the effects of gravity on falling objects  
6. Falling Physics - experimenting with forces and variables of falling objects
7. Forces of Gravity and Air Resistance - click your way through thirteen screens in this lesson
8. Gravitation - encyclopedia article from Encarta 
9. Gravity - teaching materials from Victoria (Au) Department of Education
10. Gravity - a Britannica entry
11. Gravity - a global positioning tutorial from the National Ocean Service
12. Gravity - The Universe's Main Attraction
13. Gravity Concept Map - individual concepts are hyperlinked
14. Gravity Definition Page - from Windows to the Universe
15. How Does Gravity Work - from How Stuff Works
16. Sir Isaac Newton - the law of universal gravitation
17. Universal Gravitation - Newton's Law
18. Understanding Gravity - [grades 2-5] lesson plan
19. Welcome to the death defying Funderstanding Roller Coaster! - This simulator is designed for kids who want to design their own thrilling coaster and educators who want to use a cool activity to simulate the application of physics by using an exciting interactive tool and access to a wonderful reference source.
20. What Are Your Ideas About Gravity? - worksheet to print  
21. What is Gravity - explanation from NASA's Space Place/li>
22. Your Weight on Other Worlds - determined by how hard a planet pulls on you

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