The Road Runner Show: Balloon Anvil
  • Physics → Gravity → Introduction to Gravity
  • Physics → Gravity → Gravitational Acceleration

Wile E. Coyote flies in a hot air ballon and attempts to hit the Road Runner from above with an anvil. His mission fails because he doesn't understand physics very well. This clip can also illustrate to students what isn't correct about cartoon physics.

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    Next Generation Science Standards
    Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
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