Summary
Filmed aboard an airplane flying special arcs that let everyone float — the same 'zero-gravity' training pilots and astronauts use. Balls of paint, balloons, and people drift weightlessly for the whole video. A striking demonstration of gravity, forces, and what 'weightless' really means.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
The people and objects aren't really in space — they're floating inside a falling airplane.
- What normally happens when you let go of a ball? Why does it fall?
- Why do you think everything floats when the plane dives?
- What would be tricky about eating lunch or pouring water in this plane?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: gravity, force, weightless, motion.
Try it: Drop two objects of different weights at the same time. Watch what happens and write one sentence about how gravity pulled on each.