--- title: "\"What goes up, must come down\", Gravity in Year 5!" url: "https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-04-20-15-23-39-what-goes-up-must-come-down-gravity-in-year-5" school: "Brookside Primary School" --- # "What goes up, must come down", Gravity in Year 5! ![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/blog/IMG_0908.JPG) 20 April 2023 [Mr Griffiths](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/author/LukeGriffiths) [Year 5](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/category/year-5) This afternoon, year 5 learnt that gravity pulls all objects to the centre of the Earth. We learnt that all objects are pulled with the same force by gravity, so when falling, they should take the same time to reach the ground. However, air can slow down the object. This is called air resistance. How much air resistance there is, depends on how big the object is. To demonstrate this we had 2 sheets of paper. The flat piece of paper had a bigger area than the crumpled paper so the flat paper had more air resistance and fell slower than the crumpled paper. ### Gravity Y5 [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0876.JPG)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0876.JPG) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0895.JPG)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0895.JPG) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0897.JPG)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0897.JPG) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0906.JPG)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0906.JPG) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0911.JPG)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0911.JPG) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0922.JPG)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0922.JPG) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0934.JPG)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0934.JPG) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0935.JPG)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0935.JPG) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0940.JPG)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0940.JPG) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0949.JPG)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0949.JPG) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0960.JPG)](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/gallery/gravity-y5/IMG_0960.JPG) [Year 5](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/tag/year-5) [Science](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/tag/science) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/100x100c/blog/IMG_0875%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-04-20-09-03-06-i-don-t-like-cricket-i-love-it) Previous ### [I don't like cricket. I love it!](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-04-20-09-03-06-i-don-t-like-cricket-i-love-it) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/100x100c/blog/IMG_0420.JPG)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-04-21-12-12-45-y2-literacy) Next ### [Y2 - Literacy](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-04-21-12-12-45-y2-literacy) ### School Life - [Brookside Blog ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog) - [News](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/news) - [Events](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/events) - [Photograph Galleries ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/photo-galleries) - [School Council](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/school-council) - [After-School Clubs ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/after-school-clubs) - [KIDZ Club](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/kidz-club) - [Calendar](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/calendar) - [Newsletters](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/information-for-parents/newsletters-2026-2027) - [Mental Health ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/mental-health) ##### Location Rostherne Avenue Great Sutton Cheshire CH66 2EE ##### Contact Us 0151 558 1123 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/brooksideprimary/) © Copyright 2014–2026 Brookside Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)