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~5 min · materials: two sheets of paper (one flat, one scrunched into a ball), and a small heavy object like a key

Do heavy things really fall faster than light ones?

Autumn: a leaf or feather drifting down slowly while a conker/acorn (or a dropped key) drops straight and fast — race "the floaty thing vs the heavy thing" you can try at home, then imagine sucking the air away.

Talk about it

  • Guess first: a key and a leaf dropped together — together or one first?
  • Was it the weight or the shape that changed when we scrunched the paper?
  • Where on Earth could you drop a feather and have it fall straight and fast?
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