Pbs Learning Media: Your Weight on Other Worlds

From the Exploratorium Museum. Includes an interactive feature in which a visitor enters their weight on earth and has their weight on other planets computed and displayed. Discusses the distinction between mass and weight and describes...

Set variables for a simulated collision and observe the changes in reaction between two carts. Options include changing the weight of one cart and the type of collision to occur.

Ever wonder what you might weigh on other planets? Here's your chance to find out.

Scientists study ice sheets because they influence weather and climate, playing a role in atmospheric and ocean circulation. Ice sheets can also have huge impacts on global sea levels because they store so much water. Explore this...

Three choices of virtual worlds to enter: a vulture, a wolf or a shark world. Once inside these worlds view videos, play games, and discover the ecosystems of these wild animals.

Everything in our environment is interconnected. A change in one area causes a change in another area. Nowhere is this more evident than in our climate. NASA created a theoretical planet called "Daisy World" to show the complex system of...

This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains how and where hurricanes develop. Learn how El Nino events alter the course of atmospheric circulation. Includes background reading material and discussion...

Check out a world map hosting a variety of options for views of various soil types. Identify the different soils and where they can be found.

Take a quick trip to the other planets, and hop on the scale to find out how weight there compares to weight on Earth.

In this lesson, students watch a video and animations that relate Isaac Newton's three laws of motion to baseball and apply what they've learned about these laws to another sport or other real-life situation.