What do we know about Gravity?

Yesterday the class watched some videos about skydiving and the use of parachutes and discussed how and why things fall or sink. We had used a bus stop activity to explore some ideas about gravity and air. There were 7 statements written on card that each individual had to decide was true or false.

Some of the statements were "Air can push against things", "When an object is floating, it is not falling", and "We can speed up or slow down the rate at which an object falls through the air." Some of the results were very interesting.









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At the end of our unit, we will revisit these and see if our opinions have changed at all.