Newton’s Law of Gravitation Session

In this Law of Gravitation Session document, you’ll find everything you need to know about Sir Isaac Newton and his Law of Gravitation to help you on your way to completing your junior rocketeer training. Download the complete session, where you can also find fun experiments, videos, and a Water Rokit activity with questions to get you thinking about what you’ve learned in the session.

Information you’ll cover:

1. An introduction to this session.
2. Who was Sir Isaac Newton?
3. What exactly is gravity?
4. Mass vs Weight
5. Falling objects
6. Vacuum
7. The Moon Experiment
8. The Cannon Ball ‘Thought Experiment’
9. Tides
10. The Solar System, the Universe & Light
11. Newton’s Second Law
12. How do satellites stay in orbit?
13. What is Orbital Decay?
14. Albert Einstein
15. Experiments
16. Water Rokit activities and questions