Danger! Falling Objects: Crash Course Kids #32.1

Danger! Falling Objects: Crash Course Kids #32.1 with tags crash course, crash course kids, science, kids science, science for kids, 5th great science, sabrina cruz, nerdy and quirky, astronomy, astronomy for kids, physics, physics for kids, gravity

So, what would happen if you dropped a hammer and a feather at the same time, from the same height? Well, the hammer would hit the ground first, right? But why? You might think it's because the hammer is heavier, or has more mass than the feather. But it's actually not because of that at all. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us that the rate at which things fall to Earth has to do with something called air resistance... oh, and we take a trip to the moon.

///Standards Used in This Video///

5-PS2-1. Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down. [Clarification Statement: “Down” is a local description of the direction that points toward the center of the spherical Earth.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include mathematical representation of gravitational force.]

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Credits...

Producer & Editor: Nicholas Jenkins

Cinematographer & Director: Michael Aranda

Host: Sabrina Cruz

Script Supervisor: Mickie Halpern

Writer: Jen Szymanski

Executive Producers: John & Hank Green

Consultant: Shelby Alinsky

Script Editor: Blake de Pastino

Thought Cafe Team:

Stephanie Bailis

Cody Brown

Suzanna Brusikiewicz

Jonathan Corbiere

Nick Counter

Kelsey Heinrichs

Jack Kenedy

Corey MacDonald

Tyler Sammy

Nikkie Stinchcombe

James Tuer

Adam Winnik