Name: Dropping Ball/Dropping Paper

Category: Mechanics

Subcategory: 1-D Motion

Classes:

Comments: Drop a ball alongside a piece of paper and discuss how the differences in surface area lead to different terminal velocities. Show that air resistance is not heavily dependent upon mass by scrunching up the paper and doing the demonstration again.

Equipment: Tennis Ball, Sheet of Paper

Location: Tennis Ball: H104 C11 or Top Drawers

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