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Bitesize Space Science Gravity on Earth and in space
Jon Chase explains that the mass of an object is constant but its weight depends on the gravitational force. This force is higher on more massive planets and he would weigh more on Jupiter than on Earth. He uses a fairground ride to simulate the feeling of lower and higher gravitational forces. He explains that gravity is the force that ...
- 2014
- 00:04:53
- 15-17
- Added on: 09/03/2019
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Scientists and Scientific Method The work of Sir Isaac Newton
In this video, Sir Issac Newton explains how he discovered gravity when an apple fell from a tree and (as legend has it) hit him on the head. He outlines how he used scientific method and process to think about gravity, questioning why things fall straight down, not sideways or upwards. He talks about how he carried out his own ...
- 2018
- 00:04:19
- 9-12
- Added on: 09/03/2019
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None of the Above Fire and Water
Sick of spending time at the car wash? Engineer and show host Tim Shaw thinks he can get the job done in just one second! In None of the Above, Tim conducts a series of "man-on-the-street" experiments that involve science, physics and engineering, and all of which will blow your mind or make you hold your breath. Tim hopes dropping ...
- 2013
- 00:22:01
- 9-12
- Added on: 12/22/2015
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None of the Above What Goes Up
Tim shoots hoops in a moving vehicle, boils bubbly in a microwave and drops a piano from 100 feet.
- 2014
- 00:21:57
- 9-12
- Added on: 12/21/2015
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None of the Above Powers of Attraction
Watch gravity-defying tests with trapeze artists, chain link metal balls and a 90 lb chandelier.
- 2014
- 00:21:49
- 9-12
- Added on: 12/21/2015
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