In our recent science lesson, we explored the fascinating force of gravity through a hands-on investigation. The children dropped a rock and a scrunched-up piece of paper of similar size to see which would hit the ground first.
Like true scientists, we made sure our test was fair — keeping the height, the time and the person dropping the objects the same. The only thing they changed was the mass of the object.
To everyone’s surprise, both the rock and the paper usually landed at the same time! This is because gravity accelerates all objects equally, regardless of their mass. In a few cases, the rock hit the ground first — a perfect demonstration of air resistance affecting the lighter paper.
It was a brilliant way to bring Galileo Galilei’s famous theory to life and a fun way to learn about the science of falling objects!
