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A Victim of Gravity

From Schoolhouse Rock! · 1978

A Victim of Gravity
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Summary

A doo-wop lament from someone who keeps getting pulled down by gravity. The song makes the invisible force that pulls everything toward Earth fun and memorable.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

A doo-wop lament from someone who keeps getting pulled down by gravity.

  1. Which way does gravity pull things?
  2. Why don't we float off the ground?
  3. What happens to anything you drop, and why?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: gravity, force, pull.

Try it: Drop two objects at once and describe how gravity acts on them.

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