Falling Bodies and Motion

This week I explored motion in my day to day schedule.  There is a lot of motion, especially with 2nd graders! The falling bodies experiement was a short, easy hands-on activity that would engage the students in learning about motion andhow air affects the speed of a falling object.  Step 1: The loose paper floated down and the book fell straight to the ground.  Step 2: With the paper on top of the book, they fell at the same rate, the paper did not come off the book.  Step 3: The loose ball of paper fell slightly slower than the book.  Step 4: The tightly wadded ball of paper fell at the same rate as the book.