Gravity VS Lift
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Grade Level
High School
Subject
Science
Length of Time
10-45min.
Description
This experiment will help the students understand how lift must be greater than gravity for something to fly.
Goals
*The students to underderstand how lift must be greater than gravity for flight.
Materials Needed
*hair blow dryer
*ping-pong ball
Procedure
1. turn the blow dryer on
2. place the ping-pong ball ontop of it where the air ia blowing out of
3. observe the blow dryer making the ping-pong ball fly
4. students will see that the lift was puthing harder than gravity letting the ping-pong ball fly
Grading
none
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