CSU Chico SPS - The Annual Pumpkin Drop

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The Annual Pumpkin Drop The Annual SPS Pumpkin drop is a reenactment of Galileo Galilee's legendary Tower of Pisa Experiment. On Halloween an SPS member dressed as Galileo explains the Law of Falling Bodies as other SPS members demonstrate the law by dropping pumpkins and other assorted fruits and vegetables from the top of the CSU Chico library (since the early 1990's it has been at Butte Hall). It's a smashing good time!
Galileo explains his Law of Falling Bodies.	A large pumpkin and a small pumpkin are dropped at the same time.
Science is a messy business!	The Pumpkin Drop Year-By-Year Pumpkin Drop 2010 Pumpkin Drop 2009 Pumpkin Drop 2008 Pumpkin Drop 2007 Pumpkin Drop 2006 Pumpkin Drop 2005 Pumpkin Drop 2004 Photos from 2003 Photos from 2002 Newpaper Report from 2001 Pumpkin Drop 2000 A movie circa 1990.