Use data to determine how shape affects the rate at which a material falls to earth SPI 0507.12.3

Links verified 6/1/2024

1. Drag - [high school level] NASA video explaining the concept of air resistance known as drag
2. Elephant and Feather (Air Resistrance) - animation of a thought experiment; dropping an elephant and a feather from a very tall building
3. Falling for Science - two activities to explore the effects of gravity on falling objects
4. Falling Physics - experimenting with forces and variables of falling objects
5. Forces on a Falling Object with Air Resistance - explanation and an illustration from NASA
6. Free Fall and Air Resistance - a Physics Classroom tutorial which includes animations and problems to solve
7. Free Falling Objects - posted by NASA's Glenn Research Center
8. Galileo's Falling Bodies - (5:50) Learn how Galileo mathematically described the physics of falling objects in this video from NOVA
9. Motion of Falling Objects - this explanation begins with Galileo's Tower of Pisa experiment
10. Parachute Design and Drop - lesson plan
11. Why Do All Objects Fall at the Same Rate In a Vacuum, Independent of Mass? - This is only the case in a vacuum because there are no air particles, so there is no air resistance; gravity is the only force acting.

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