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Unit Plan
National Geographic

National Geographic: Terminal Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
Researchers compare the terminal velocity of humans to peregrine falcons in hopes to increase top speeds in human extreme skydiving.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Blow and Go Parachute

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students make a skydiver and parachute contraption to demonstrate how drag caused by air resistance slows the descent of skydivers as they travel back to Earth. Gravity pulls the skydiver toward the Earth, while the air trapped by the...
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Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Skydiver Breaks Sound Barrier

For Students 3rd - 5th
Felix Baumgartner travelled faster than the speed of sound when he jumped from the edge of space back down to earth. This record breaking jump hurtled Baumgartner through the sky at more than 800 miles an hour.