Defining Gravity
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Subject Area: Science | Grade Level: 1
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Gravity, Gravitational pull
Lesson Description: In this lesson students will learn about gravity, how gravity works, and how gravity affects them day-to-day.

  • SC.1.E.5.2 Explore the Law of Gravity by demonstrating that Earth's gravity pulls any object on or near Earth toward it even though nothing is touching the object.
Video : Defining Gravity
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.")
Resources : Gravity
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Visit each link to learn more about this lesson before you take the quiz.
Gravity
A great and fun video explanation of gravity.
Cool kid facts.
cool facts and images about gravity.
Gravity Brainpop
Fun video on gravity.
Quiz : Gravity
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1

What keeps everything from floating up in the air?

Question #2
Isaac Newton discovered Gravity.
Question #3

About how long ago was gravity discovered?

Question #4

What does the Gravity on Earth do to an object?

Question #5
What goes up must come down.
Question #6
If you drop a tennis ball, what happens to the ball and why?
Question #7
Is the amount of matter in something called mass?
Question #8
Objects with a greater mass have a weak force of gravity.
Question #9
Earth is the only planet with gravity.
Question #10
Does gravity work with heavy objects?