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NASA

Nasa: Drag, Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This video [12:28] shows how Newton's law of motion relates to the drag of an airplane. Watch as an instructor shows how the molecules colliding with the airplane create drag.
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Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Elephant and Feather: Air Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
The concept of air resistance is discussed in terms of why a heavier object falls faster than a lighter object when both dropped from the same height. In this discussion and animation, an elephant and feather are used as examples.
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Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Free Fall and Air Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson in high school physics on Newton's Second Law of Motion provides a discussion of free fall and air resistance, and answers, "Why do objects which encounter air resistance ultimately reach a terminal velocity?" and "In...
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South Carolina Educational Television

South Caroline Etv Commission: Drag | Nasa Online

For Students 9th - 10th
If you have ever put your hand outside the window of a moving car, you have experienced drag. Watch the simulation.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Skydiving

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore air drag in this interactive simulation by dropping a can of frosting or gold brick.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Mass Hung on a Spring

For Students 9th - 10th
Experiment to see how air resistance affects the periodic motion of a mass on a spring.