ClassX Video Lessons Youtube Channel Next Generation Science Lighthouse Lab – Gravity and Sir Isaac Newton
Welcome back to the lab! Today, we’re going to learn about a special kind of force. It’s an invisible force that acts on everything around us, including you! This force is what makes objects fall towards the Earth.
You can see this force in action with a simple experiment. Take a ball or any object you have nearby and throw it up into the air. When you throw it, you’re using a force to push it up. But have you noticed how it always comes back down? That’s because of another force pulling it back down to the ground. Do you know what this force is called?
The force that pulls objects down is called gravitational force, or gravity. More specifically, it’s the gravitational force of the Earth. Gravity is a force that exists between all objects that have mass. Unlike magnetic force, which can either attract or repel, gravity always attracts. The Earth is very big, so its gravity is strong enough to pull objects like the ball back down. The ball also pulls on the Earth, but because the Earth is so much bigger, we don’t notice the ball’s pull.
To find out who discovered gravity, we need to travel back in time to the 1600s. This was when a smart man named Isaac Newton lived. He was an English physicist and mathematician. One day, while sitting in his garden under an apple tree, an apple fell and hit him on the head. This made Newton curious, and he started thinking about why things fall. He realized that the same force that made the apple fall was also the force that keeps the planets, like Earth, moving around the Sun. He named this force gravity.
Just like the Sun’s gravity keeps the planets in orbit around it, Earth’s gravity keeps everything on our planet, including the Moon, from floating away into space. This is why we don’t float away when we jump up!
I love telling jokes about gravity because everyone falls for them every time! Thanks for learning with us today, and we hope to see you again soon in the lighthouse lab.
Gravity in Action: Go outside with a small ball or any lightweight object. Throw it up in the air and watch it come back down. Try this with different objects like a feather, a leaf, or a small stone. Observe how fast or slow each object falls. Discuss with a friend or family member why some objects fall faster than others. What do you think affects the speed at which they fall?
Gravity Art: Create a gravity-inspired artwork. Use a piece of paper and some paint or markers. Draw or paint a picture of what you think gravity looks like. You can include things like an apple falling from a tree, the planets orbiting the Sun, or even yourself jumping up and coming back down. Share your artwork with your class and explain how gravity is shown in your picture.
Gravity Detective: Become a gravity detective in your own home. Look for examples of gravity at work around you. For instance, notice how water flows down when you pour it, or how leaves fall from trees. Write down or draw at least three examples of gravity that you observe in your daily life. Discuss with your class how gravity affects these everyday occurrences.
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Welcome back to the lab! Today, I want to tell you about a special type of force—an invisible force that acts on everything around us, including you. In each of these actions, something interesting happens: objects are pulled down towards the surface of the Earth.
It’s easy to see this for yourself. Take an object around you, like this ball, for example, and throw it up into the air. A push force sends the ball up, but another force pulls it back down towards the table. Do you know what causes this?
The answer is gravitational force, or gravity. More specifically, it’s the gravitational force of the Earth. Gravity is a force that exists between all objects that have mass. Unlike magnetic force, which attracts or repels magnetic objects, gravity attracts all objects. The massive Earth pulls on the ball, and the ball pulls on the Earth, but the pull of the ball is so small that we only observe the pull of the Earth.
So, who discovered gravity? To answer this, we have to go back to the 1600s when English physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton was alive. One day, Isaac was sitting in his garden underneath an apple tree when an apple fell and struck him on the head. Newton was intrigued by this and began to think about what it meant. He then realized that the gravity that pulls things towards the Earth was the same force that kept all of the planets in our solar system in orbit. He called this force gravity.
Just as the Sun’s gravity attracts the planets around it, Earth’s gravity attracts everything on our planet, including the Moon. This gravity stops things like us from floating into space.
I enjoy telling jokes about gravity—everyone falls for them every time! Thanks for learning, and we’ll see you again soon in the lighthouse lab.
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