Gravity VS Lift

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  • Grade Level

  • High School
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  • Subject

  • Science
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  • Length of Time

  • 10-45min.
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  • Description

  • This experiment will help the students understand how lift must be greater than gravity for something to fly.
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  • Goals

  • *The students to underderstand how lift must be greater than gravity for flight.
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  • Materials Needed

  • *hair blow dryer

    *ping-pong ball
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  • 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
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  • Grading

  • none

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