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QCA

Science at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 9J: Gravity and space
Section 9: Reviewing work

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to review their knowledge and understanding of planetary and satellite motion

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Review pupils' understanding of work in this unit by asking them to work in groups, using their books, to make a list of five or six key points about gravity and space. Ask pupils to present their points and agree a summary of them as a class.
  • produce key points related to mass and weight, the solar system, satellites

Sections in this unit

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1. What is gravity?
2. a. How does gravity change?
3. b. How does gravity change?
4. Checking progress
5. How have our ideas about the solar system changed?
6. a. What keeps the planets and satellites in orbit?
7. b. What keeps the planets and satellites in orbit?
8. c. What keeps the planets and satellites in orbit?
9. Reviewing work