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Students calculate acceleration due to gravity with the measurements of the period of a pendulum or measurements of the time for an object to fall from different heights. They observe and measure the effect of air resistance on the motion of coffee filters.

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newton's laws of motion, sir isaac newton, acceleration, terminal velocity

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acceleration, newton's laws, terminal velocity, science
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Duration
45 mins
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