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Earth and Space | Forces and Motion

Motion in circles and satellites

Physics Narrative for 11-14 Supporting Physics Teaching

Orbiting is a circular motion

You need to understand something of circular motion to understand the movement of satellites, whether natural or artificial.

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Orbits and satellites - Physics narrative

A Physics Narrative presents a storyline, showing a coherent path through a topic...

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Model of the celestial sphere

Demonstration: making a model that shows the apparent motion of the Sun and stars around the Earth.

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Passive sensing with satellites

Here you look at the performance of a satellite camera.

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