Why Does an Apple Fall?

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Curiosity trigger

The students learn how gravity works by conducting an experiment with a ball. They calculate their weight on different planets and watch films showing astronauts in a space station and jumping on the moon.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Critical thinking and drawing conclusion

In this lesson, you will cover:

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS:
5-PS2-1. Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

You will need

tennis balls.

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Authors

Author: Przemysław Michalski
Methodology: Marlena Mazur-Rudnicka, Inga Katsevych
Translation: Jason Lowther
Producer: Anna Grabara

Source

This lesson plan is a modified version of one created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.

Photo Apple by Nick Amoscato published on flickr under the CC-BY 2.0 license.

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