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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Newton's Law of Gravitation

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of gravity and Newton's Law of Gravitation. [8:37]
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NASA

Nasa: Introduction to Newton's Three Laws: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
View this video that relates Newton's Law of Motion to the operation on airplanes. Learn how mass of a person can be calculated by dividing the weight of the person to the force of gravity. [12:08]
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Blossoms: Gravity at Work

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson highlights how science can be learned from daily life experiences. It emphasizes the ways in which simple laws of physics can be understood from personal observations and experiences, and in fact it demonstrates that we...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Physics: Gravitation: Introduction to Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn why objects fall to the ground with Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation as explained by this video. Video will explain history of discovery of the concept of gravity. It will also show how to solve for the force of gravity. [15:42]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Newton's Law of Gravitation: Introduction to Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
Basics of gravity and the Law of Universal Gravitation. [15:42]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Newton's Law of Gravitation: Would a Brick or Feather Fall Faster?

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents an analysis of a problem where a brick and a feather are dropped on the moon to see which would hit the ground sooner. This is compared to the gravity on the Earth, where the air resistance on the objects would produce a...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Newton's Law of Gravitation: Gravitation (Part 2)

For Students 9th - 10th
A second video on the topic of the law of gravitation. It examines gravitational forces on a planet and in space.
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PBS

Nova: Newton's Dark Secrets

For Students 9th - 10th
The genius of Newton is detailed in this video by NOVA. Articles, interviews, and translations of his work are posted here. [52:32]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Newton's Law of Gravitation: Acceleration Due to Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
What is the acceleration due to gravity at the space station? [10:13]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Newton's Law of Gravitation: Gravity for Astronauts in Orbit

For Students 9th - 10th
Video lecture explains why astronauts appear weightless despite being near the Earth. [7:12]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Newton's Third Law of Motion: Astronauts in Outer Space

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, NASA learns hard lessons from the first American attempt to do work while "walking" in space. The video also explores Newton's third law of motion. [4:50]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
This video covers the basics of gravity and the Law of Universal Gravitation. [15:42]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Acceleration Due to Gravity at the Space Station

For Students 9th - 10th
A video exploring the acceleration due to gravity at the space station. [10:12]
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Other

Phoenix Film and Video: Gravity, Force, and Work

For Students 3rd - 8th
Zog is introduced to Newton's basic laws of motion. By observing objects on earth and in space, Zog learns that nothing can start moving, speed up, slow down, change direction or stop unless a force is applied to it -- even if the force...
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Crash Course

Crash Course Physics #8: Newtonian Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
I'm sure you've all heard about Isaac Newton and that apple that fell on his head and how that was a huge deal to our understanding of gravity. Well, let's talk about that. In this video episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini sits down...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Force and Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
What's the different between a wind force and the force due to gravity? This video [4:02] covers both Newton's second law of motion and law of gravity.
Instructional Video
SciShow

Sci Show Kids: Swings, Slides, and Science

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video exploring how playgrounds how a place to study forces. Learn about how gravity, Newton's laws, and forces can be found as you play. [3:37]
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: How Eclipses Changed History

For Students 9th - 10th
Newton and Einstein had big ideas but needed an eclipse to prove them. And scientists are still pursuing secrets of the universe one eclipse at a time. [6:09]
Instructional Video
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Blossoms: Physics of Donkey Carts

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson explores Newton's Third Law of Motion through examination of several real world examples of this law in action, including that of a donkey cart - a site common in the streets of Pakistan. Students will understand that...
Instructional Video
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Blossoms: Uniform Circular Motion and Centrifugal Force

For Students 9th - 10th
The objective of this video lesson is to correct the misconception in the students' understanding of centrifugal force. The lesson will work to clarify this misconception by using Newton's three laws of motion, particularly the law of...
Instructional Video
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Science in Focus: Energy: Force and Work

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What is force and work? The lesson unit and sixty-minute video focus on answering questions about force, work, and power. [55:16]
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Gravitational Force & Newton's Second Law

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains how gravitational force is related to free fall, acceleration due to gravity, and Newton's second law of motion.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Starting With Particles

For Students 9th - 10th
This video [4:36] will first explore a single particle under the influence of gravity. Click the link to check out the Effects lesson.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Super Hot Tension

For Students 9th - 10th
David shows how to solve a super hot tension problem where a can of peppers hangs from two diagonal strings. [16:55]