Gravity and the Solar System
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Students use this resource consisting of seven slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand how the movement of planets around the sun is related to gravitational forces. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide.
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NSW syllabus outcomes
(SC4-10PW) describes the action of unbalanced forces in everyday situations
(SC4-12ES) describes the dynamic nature of models, theories and laws in developing scientific understanding of the Earth and solar system
Australian curriculum content descriptions
(ACSSU117) Change to an object’s motion is caused by unbalanced forces acting on the object
(ACSSU118) Earth’s gravity pulls objects towards the centre of the Earth
More information
- Resource type:
- Interactive Resource
- ScOT topics:
- Forces and energy, Gravity, Sun, Planets
- File type:
- text/html
- Language/s:
- en-AU
- Author:
- Intel Corporation
- Publisher:
- Intel Corporation
- Date created:
- Monday, 5 November 2007
Resource ID: 515b0681-1fa3-465d-8e18-3829b4a6baca