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Course, Subject

Physics, Math, Science & Technology, Mathematics (NYS P-12 Common Core)

Description

This simulation will allow students to visualize the gravitational force that two objects exert on each other and change properties of the objects in order to see how it changes the gravity force.

Using the simulation, students will:

• Relate gravitational force to masses of objects and distance between objects.
• Explain Newton's third law for gravitational forces.
• Design experiments that allow you to derive an equation that relates mass, distance, and gravitational force.
• Use measurements to determine the universal gravitational constant.

Website(s)

PhET Interactive Simulations

Simulation

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• Gravity Force Lab

Requirements

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Content Provider

Physics Education Technology
The Physics Education Technology (PhET) project at the University of Colorado produces fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena that make bridges to the real world

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Related Academic Standards

New York State

N-VM.1 Recognize vector quantities as having both magnitude and direction. Represent vector quantities by directed line segments, and use appropriate symbols for vectors and their magnitudes (e.g., v, |v|, ||v||, v).

N-VM.2 Find the components of a vector by subtracting the coordinates of an initial point from the coordinates of a terminal point.

N-VM.3 Solve problems involving velocity and other quantities that can be represented by vectors.

N-VM.4 Add and subtract vectors.

N-VM.4.a Add vectors end-to-end, component-wise, and by the parallelogram rule. Understand that the magnitude of a sum of two vectors is typically not the sum of the magnitudes.

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