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Home / Kids and Teens / School Time / Science / Physics / Gravity
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- Exploring Gravity - From a student at the Curtin University of Technology in Australia, a tutorial with three levels: introductory, intermediate, and advanced. Includes the history of gravity, orbits, air resistance, laws, escape velocity, and black holes.
www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/phys-sci/gravity
- Gravity Assist - Learn more about what a "gravity assist" is and how it can be useful in changing the course of a spacecraft and its speed.
www.sprocketworks.com/shockwave/load.asp?SprMovie=missionpathsweb
- Gravity Basics - From the Space Station Biological Research Project, an FAQ about gravity, including topics about the moon's gravity, the effects on living things, and microgravity.
brp.arc.nasa.gov/Science/Y_GBL/bsc_resrch.html
- What Comes Up Must Come Down - Discover the concept of gravity, what it is, and how it works. Find out who uncovered this concept and why gravity is more than just a 'matter of attraction.'
www.sunblock99.org.uk/sb99/people/RWalsh/gravity/grav1.html
- Your Weight on Other Worlds - From the Exploratorium, an interactive calculator that will determine a person's weight on another planet.
www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/index.html
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