Watermelon Drop

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:event
gptkbp:activity dropping a watermelon from a high building
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Revelle_College
UCSD students
gptkbp:buildingType gptkb:Urey_Hall
gptkbp:firstHeld 1965
gptkbp:frequency annual
gptkbp:height approximately 7 stories
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Watermelon Drop
gptkbp:location gptkb:University_of_California,_San_Diego
gptkbp:mediaCoverage local news
gptkbp:notableFor breaking watermelons as a physics demonstration
longest running physics demonstration at UCSD
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:UC_San_Diego_Physics_Department
gptkbp:purpose demonstrate physics principles
gptkbp:tradition students guess the splatter distance
gptkbp:website https://revelle.ucsd.edu/about/watermelon-drop.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Revelle_College,_UC_San_Diego
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6