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Gravitation PPTGravitation PPT
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Urbana School District
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11th - Higher Ed
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Gravitation

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Introduction your class to famous astronomers with a presentation that also covers Newton's Laws of Gravitation, Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion, both uniform and nonuniform gravitational fields, and how to calculate the gravitational constant.

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Concepts

gravity, gravitational field, center of gravity, newtonian mechanics, kepler's laws, planetary motion, astronomers

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Research the astronomers mentioned in the presentation, as well as more recent astronomers

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires prior knowledge of solving equations with multiple variables
  • Presentation is comprehensive and does not require an outside text
  • Presentation is the fifth in a series of 17

Pros

  • Includes a variety of guided practice problems
  • Utilizes various text colors to help emphasize the material

Cons

  • None

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