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Name: Tusuf
Status:  student
Age:  20s
Location: N/A
Country: N/A
Date: 2000-2001
Question:
Hello. I'm a student at niversty. I!m preparing a project about misconceptions at gravity. Which concepts that students don't understand? I hope you can answer my questions!

Replies:
I teach High School Physics, and one of the misconceptions about gravity is that it will affect lighter objects differently than heavy ones. Students don't understand that the reason lighter objects fall slower is because of air resistance, and not weight.

Katie Page


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