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Students make a skydiver and parachute contraption to demonstrate how drag caused by air resistance slows the descent of skydivers as they travel back to Earth. Gravity pulls the skydiver toward the Earth, while the air trapped by the parachute provides an upward resisting force (drag) on the skydiver.
Subject:
Engineering, Physics
Level:
Middle School, High School
Grades:
Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
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Provider:
TeachEngineering
Provider Set:
TeachEngineering
Date Added:
10/14/2015
License:
Educational Use Permitted
Language:
English
Media Format:
Text/HTML

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