What is gravity?

WHAT IS

Gravity?

SMART GOALS:

CONTENT GOAL

SWBAT what gravity is

and how it’s used inside the

solar system.

SOCIAL GOAL

SWBAT to do daily
reflections as well as

construct a lab to show

understanding.

We have gravity in our everyday
life, gravity forces us on Earth to
survive. We experience gravity

every day, think first...

TURN AND TALK

You have one minute to share with
your partner. Your shoulder partner,

not anyone else.

TURN AND TALK

I see gravity in everyday life because ________

An example of gravity is _________

Here are some ways that I see gravity ____________

SENTENCE STEMS

THE
HISTORY
BEHIND
GRAVITY

Sir Issac Newton made up the gravity theory which is

This means that all objects with mass exert a gravitational force

on one another. The strength of this force depends on the

masses of the objects and the distance between them.

WHAT IS
MASS?

A measure of how much matter (or stuff) an object has. NOT

the weight of the object, however, it can affect the weight AND

the gravitational pull (the more mass the more weight).

quick video

LETS LOOK AT A

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xICEt51A-Ac

between two

different objects.
Doesn’t have to be
just things in space

GRAVITY CAN BE

Gravity is a force that holds each galaxy
together. Everything in the galaxy has a
gravitational pull on the objects around it.

WHAT IS GRAVITY?

A QUICK VIDEO

LINK

WE WILL BE MAKING A

HYPOTHESIS INITIAL CHART

LOG ONTO CLEVER

Think of a feather and a bowling ball...
Which object do you think is falling first?

Thinking first....

LETS PRACTICE

You have one minute.

sentence stem:

I think _____ will fall first

because ______

TURN AND TALK

LETS MAKE
ONE TOGETHER

A QUICK VIDEO

LINK

LAB PREP

LAB EXPECTATIONS

Group leader

The person who is doing the action

The recorder (data tracker)

The timer

PICK WHICH ONE YOUR GROUP MEMBERS WANT

The person who is the materials manager
will take the object dropping it to the floor
the others will watch the data collector take

down the notes of what is happening.
You will do EACH object THREE times.

THEN at the end, you will make a

hypothesis initial chart.

THERE ARE 4 OBJECTS