Whoosh! Wile E. Coyote Experiments with Flight and Gravity
INTRODUCTION It's a Bird It's a bird it's a plane it's a flying coyote But not for long Wile E wants more than anything to catch Road Runner But to do it he needs to make better use of science Coyote Hungrius carnivorin Road Runner Speedius birdius Anything that flies must fight against gravity Gravity is a force that is always working to bring things down Birds beat gravity every day So do mosquitoes But people and coyotes can't fly To overcome gravity they have to use science Wile E is learning this the hard way To stay up longer and come down softer he needs lessons on gravity and flight Let's get him started
gravity a force that pulls objects with mass together gravity pulls objects down toward the center of Earth
CHAPTER 1 GO WILE E GO Speed A roller blading coyote You may see stranger things before this is all over To get ready to fly Wile E must learn about speed Speed is how fast an object moves at any given moment As Wile E moves across the desert he travels at a constant speed Right now his speed is 3 meters per second or 3 m s Wile E can see that Road Runner is faster than he is To increase his speed Wile E adds more force The force comes from moving his legs Unfortunately for Wile E Road Runner can apply force too Even a hard working roller blading coyote can't catch that bird
