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    Gravity Force Lab : calculations
      
    
    
    
     
    
    
    
    
    
      
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          Title
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        Gravity Force Lab : calculations | 
      
      
        
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            Description
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          This is the second in a series of inquiry labs.
Learning Goals:  Students will be able to: Design experiments that allow you to derive an equation that relates mass, distance, and gravitational force. Use measurements to determine the universal gravitational constant. | 
        
      
      
        
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            Subject
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          Astronomy, Earth Science, Mathematics, Physics | 
        
      
      
        
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            Level
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          High School, Undergrad - Intro | 
        
      
      
        
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            Type
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          Homework | 
        
      
      
        
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            Duration
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          30 minutes | 
        
      
      
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          Answers Included
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        No | 
      
      
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          Language
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        English | 
      
      
        
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            Keywords
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          gravity, inverse square, math, phet, relationships. mass | 
        
      
      
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          Simulation(s)
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        Gravity Force Lab (HTML5), Gravity Force Lab | 
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
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          Author(s)
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        Trish Loeblein | 
      
      
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          Contact Email
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        patricia.loeblein@colorado.edu | 
      
      
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          School / Organization
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        PhET | 
      
      
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          Date submitted
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        5/22/10 | 
      
      
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          Date updated
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        5/27/15 |