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Gravity impacts the way you throw a ball and the way the Haumea travels around the sun. The video introduces gravity as a force. It describes the various types of orbits, escape velocity, and weightless mass.
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Adaptable
Concepts
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Instructional Ideas
- Use a KWL chart guiding young scientists toward the connection between gravity and orbits
Classroom Considerations
- Relies on prior knowledge of circles, parabolas, and hyperbolas
- Avoid displaying comments if at all possible, as they may not be suitable for the classroom
- This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
- Includes subtitles in seven major world languages
- Provides cross-curricular connections to science and math
Cons
- None