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How Much Would You Weigh On Distant Planets?

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Students study the effects of gravity on the planets of the Solar System. They view movies from the lunar Apollo missions, calculate their own weight on other planets, and propose what they might weigh on newly discovered planets around other stars.

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9th - 12th
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Science
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