Earth and Space

This activity provides a memorable experience relating to the gravitational pull of the Earth and establishes that objects...

Classroom Activity 11-14

This activity is to remind pupils that to escape the Earth's gravitational field a force is needed. Establish that the bigger...

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The aims are to establish the strength of the gravitational field at the Earth's surface and to appreciate that the strength...

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This activity provides direct evidence that objects of very different masses fall at the same rate, regardless of how heavy...

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The aim is to provide a framework to discuss the two effects that mass has on acceleration when something falls.

Classroom Activity 11-14

Here pupils check their understanding of the connections between the central ideas in this topic.

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This activity provides a memorable demonstration of motion in a circle and demonstrates the need for an inward centripetal...

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To explore the range and variety of the uses of satellites.

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Here you compare the distance the satellite is carried sideways away from the Earth by its own motion and the distance that it...

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Here you look at the performance of a satellite camera.

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Some satellites send out pulses, and then time how long these pulses take to return, in order to see what lies beneath them...

Classroom Activity 11-14

This is a class activity, making a physical model of the GPS that uses three measurements to plots positions.

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