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ERIC Number: EJ543592
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8148
Is There Gravity in Space?
Bar, Varda; And Others
Science and Children, v34 n7 p38-43 Apr 1997
Investigates students' ideas about gravity beyond the earth's surface. Presents a lesson plan designed to help students understand that gravity can act beyond Earth's atmosphere. Also helps students gain a more adequate intuitive understanding of how natural and artificial satellites stay in orbit. Reports that this strategy changed some students' ideas about gravity. (JRH)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Gravity (Physics), Lesson Plans, Misconceptions, Science Activities, Scientific Concepts, Space Sciences, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Change