Gravity and Orbits Investigation A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines.


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Título Gravity and Orbits Investigation
Descrición This lesson uses PocketLab Notebook software to deliver lessons to students with the simulation embedded. Students will be able to: Draw motion of planets, Moons, and satellites. Draw diagrams to show how gravity is the force that controls the motion of our solar system. Identify the variables that affect the strength of gravity. Predict how motion would change if gravity was stronger or weaker.
Tema Astronomía, Física
Nivel Secundaria obrigatoria
Tipo Deberes, Guided Activity, Laboratorio, Remote Learning
Duración 60 minutos
Respostas incluidas Non
Linguaxe English
Palabras clave gravity, notebook, orbits, pocketlab
Simulacións Gravidade e Órbitas (HTML5), Gravidade e Órbitas


Autores PocketLab
Centro Escolar / Institución PocketLab
Presentado 6/22/21
Actualizado 6/22/21