Today's Classroom Activities :

Learning About Gravity

Gravity Grooves
Science Bring in a peanut or candy dispenser and show how it works. Talk about the big spiral bubble gum machines. How does the gum get to the bottom? Would the gum get to the bottom if the machine were lying on its side? Why or why not? Do experiments in which the children build models (with ramps) out of clay, building blocks, etc. and use little cars or marbles to investigate how gravity works. Have the children bring in pictures of other mechanisms that use gravity: gravity wagons, water towers, etc.

What Goes Up
Students will observe the principles of gravity and extend their understanding of the concept through experimentation.

It's Gravity
This lesson will help students develop an understanding of gravity and its critical role as the main mover of the universe.

Gravity Gets You Down
After completing this lesson, students will understand that without air resistance, all objects would fall with the same acceleration, regardless of mass, that gravity is the force that causes objects to fall, and finally that air resistance is a type of friction that works against gravity to decrease the acceleration of a falling object.

Stripes With Gravity
Teach your students how to paint with gravity, while exploring the beauty of these pure flowing hues as seen in this abstract method of coloring paper.