Free fall with and without air drag
Drop a ball from a tower on Earth, Moon, Mars or Jupiter. Check s = ½gt², v = gt, compare a heavy and a light object, and watch drag create terminal velocity.
About this experiment
| Subject | Physics |
|---|---|
| Class | 11 |
| Chapter | 2. Motion in a Straight Line |
| NCERT section | 2.4, 2.5 |
| Level | NCERT level |
| Time | about 10 minutes |
| Access | Included in a PractiSci plan |
What you do in the lab
Change the controls and watch the physics behave in real time in 3D. Live readouts and graphs show the numbers behind it, and the Learn tab has the theory, procedure, observations and viva questions. Works on a phone or a laptop, in English and Hindi.
Topics: free fall · kinematics · gravity · terminal velocity · equations of motion