Design and explain an investigation exploring the earth's pull on objects 0507.12.3
Links verified 6/2/2024
- Amusement Park Physics: Design a Roller Coaster - You will be building a conceptual coaster using the physics concepts that are used to design real coasters
- Build Your Own Coaster - from Discovery Kids
- Drag - [high school level] NASA video explaining the concept of air resistance known as drag
- Elephant and Feather (Air Resistrance) - animation of a thought experiment; dropping an elephant and a feather from a very tall building
- Falling for Science - two activities to explore the effects of gravity on falling objects
- Falling Physics - experimenting with forces and variables of falling objects
- Forces of Gravity and Air Resistance - click your way through thirteen screens in this lesson
- Gravitation - encyclopedia article from Encarta
- Gravity - teaching materials from Victoria (Au) Department of Education
- Gravity - a Britannica entry
- Gravity - a global positioning tutorial from the National Ocean Service
- Gravity - The Universe's Main Attraction
- Gravity Concept Map - individual concepts are hyperlinked
- Gravity Definition Page - from Windows to the Universe
- How Does Gravity Work - from How Stuff Works
- Sir Isaac Newton - the law of universal gravitation
- Universal Gravitation - Newton's Law
- Understanding Gravity - [grades 2-5] lesson plan
Welcome to the death defying Funderstanding Roller Coaster! - This simulator is designed for kids who want to design their own thrilling coaster and educators who want to use a cool activity to simulate the application of physics by using an exciting interactive tool and access to a wonderful reference source.- What Are Your Ideas About Gravity? - worksheet to print
- What is Gravity - explanation from NASA's Space Place/li>
- Your Weight on Other Worlds - determined by how hard a planet pulls on you
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