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All About Flying Squirrels

March 14, 2012 By Janice VanCleave

Flying Squirrel

Do flying squirrels really fly? No, flying squirrels volplane! http://www.youtube.com/embed/-D-rsdW4w3s Grammar: Use the word volplane instead of glide. I recommend that you sign-up for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Physics, volplane-gliding Tagged With: balanced force, engineering, flying squirrel, flying squirrel model, glide, unbalanced force, volplane

Gravity: Newton’s Falling Apple

March 5, 2012 By Janice VanCleave

A projectile has a horizontal velocity and the force of gravity accelerating the objects toward the Earth.

Connecting Gravity with Science History and A Scientist's Contributions. Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1716) a scientist and mathematician wasn't the first person to observe an apple fall from a tree.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, gravity, Physics

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