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Subtopic: Earth's Motion

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Agony of Defeat Students are asked to explain how forces and motion affect the skier in the film.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Centripetal Force: Pulling Cs and Gs In this interactive activity from NOVA, discover how centripetal force can affect you when riding in a car or flying at high speeds in a fighter jet.	3-8	HTML Interactive
Defying Gravity Students are asked how acceleration, mass, momentum and velocity are involved in mountain boarding.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Earth in Motion: Seasons This interactive activity from the Adler Planetarium explains the "reasons for the seasons." Featured is a game in which Earth must be properly placed in its orbit in order to send Max, the host, to different parts of the world during particular seasons.	3-8	Flash Interactive
Eclipse of the Century This video segment adapted from NOVA features spectacular footage from the 1991 solar eclipse that fortuitously occurred directly over several major astronomical observatories in Hawaiʻi.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Extreme Temperatures on the Moon In this video segment adapted from Interactive NOVA, astronaut John Young experiences extreme temperatures on the Moon that are a result of the Moon's low gravity and lack of atmosphere.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Free-Falling and "Weightlessness" Discover the difference between free-falling and weightlessness in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site.	6-12	Shockwave Interactive
Moon Movement Students are asked to explain why the moon appears in this particular form in the video clip.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Time and Relativity This video from the American Museum of Natural History illustrates Einstein's special theory of relativity and the relationship between time and the motion of objects, including the concept of time dilation.	9-12	QuickTime Video
What Is "Weightlessness"? This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, shows how dropping a cup of water can both demonstrate gravity and create "weightlessness" here on Earth.	K-8	QuickTime Video