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Gravity Gravity

Why did the Why did the apple fall from apple fall from the tree? the tree? By: By: Carrie Healy Carrie Healy

Introduction Introduction

Welcome Jr. Physicists! Welcome Jr. Physicists!

Put on your lab coats, Put on your lab coats, sharpen your pencils sharpen your pencils and get ready to and get ready to explore the force of explore the force of gravity. gravity.

Along the way you will: Along the way you will:

• Review scientific vocabulary

Review scientific vocabulary

• Visit websites

Visit websites

• Complete a worksheet

Complete a worksheet

• Play an interactive science game

Play an interactive science game

Lets begin with vocabulary! Lets begin with vocabulary!

Gravity Gravity- The force that exists

• The force that exists

between any two objects that have between any two objects that have mass. mass. Mass Mass – – The amount of matter in any The amount of matter in any given thing. given thing. Matter Matter - the substance of which an

• the substance of which an
• bject is composed
• bject is composed

Vocabulary cont. Vocabulary cont.

Weight Weight – – a measure of the force a measure of the force

• f gravity pulling on an object.
• f gravity pulling on an object.

Volume Volume – – the amount of space the amount of space that an object or substance that an object or substance takes up. takes up.

Lets see what Ms. Frizzle has to Lets see what Ms. Frizzle has to say about gravity! say about gravity!

United Streaming Video Clip United Streaming Video Clip Magic School Bus Gains Weight Magic School Bus Gains Weight

Grab your clip board and begin Grab your clip board and begin your gravity worksheet. your gravity worksheet.

Stuck on a question? Just visit this Stuck on a question? Just visit this interactive site to find the answers! interactive site to find the answers! Gravity, Stretching & Compression Gravity, Stretching & Compression

Good luck on your quiz! Good luck on your quiz!

Gravity Quiz Gravity Quiz

Resources: Resources:

• Magic School Bus Gains Weight, The. Scholastic.

Magic School Bus Gains Weight, The. Scholastic. 1997. 1997. unitedstreaming

• unitedstreaming. 20 June 2007

. 20 June 2007 http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ http://www.unitedstreaming.com/

• TheTeachersCorner.Net

TheTeachersCorner.Net, , http://www.theteacherscorner.net/lesson- http://www.theteacherscorner.net/lesson- plans/science/index.htm plans/science/index.htm

• Engineering Interact,

Engineering Interact, http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources.htm

Quia, http://www.quia.com

Standards: Standards:

• Physical Science (Chemistry and

Physical Science (Chemistry and Physics), Grade 6-8 Properties of Physics), Grade 6-8 Properties of Matter Strand. Matter Strand.

• 1. Differentiate between weight and
• 1. Differentiate between weight and

mass, recognizing that weight is the mass, recognizing that weight is the amount of gravitational pull on an object. amount of gravitational pull on an object.

• 2. Differentiate between volume and
• 2. Differentiate between volume and
• mass. Define density.
• mass. Define density.

Tech Resources Required: Tech Resources Required:

• Classroom computer and/or laptop cart

Classroom computer and/or laptop cart

• Gravity worksheet

Gravity worksheet

• White lab coat

White lab coat

Teacher Notes: Teacher Notes:

• This web quest will take 2 days to

This web quest will take 2 days to complete. complete.

• Each session will last 30-45 minutes.

Each session will last 30-45 minutes.

• This web quest may be done on the

This web quest may be done on the classroom computer or using the laptop classroom computer or using the laptop cart. cart.