Activities:
Each of these activities is put together with a worksheet which should be printed out to guide the student through the activity and question their understanding of what is going on in each part of the activity.

In the Classroom:
Solar System Explorer- Use what you learned about Newton's law of gravity to calculate your weight on other planets!

Online:
Sattelite Simulator- step through Kepler's laws with the help of the three simulations in this activity.

Orbit Simulators- have fun applying what you know about gravity and Kepler's laws with the two simulations in this activity.

Extra Activities:
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/activity/planet_hop.html - site which allows you to enter what you think your weight would be on other planets then checks it for you.

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