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Recreating Galileo's Leaning Tower of Pisa Experiment

In this famous experiment, Galileo dropped two objects with different MASS (one heavy, one lighter) from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Which one do you think reached the ground first? 

Galileo in 15th century, found that a cannon ball and a feather if dropped from the same height will touch the ground at the SAME time provided there is no air resistance. Watch the video for PROOF!

Today, you will try and recreate this experiment at home! Watch the lesson on the website below for instructions and use the worksheet to record your findings.

Let me know what you find out! Did your objects always fall at the same time? Were your results influenced by air resistance? 

 

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