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Horace Mann Middle School > Inclusion Specialists > Mrs. Winrich

Grade 7 Science

Science Explorations

CURRENT MOON


Games to Help you Learn about Gravity, the Moon, and Tides



Welcome to the Review Game Zone your FREE, fun and interactive site to help you learn! Here you can play games such as basketball, soccer, baseball, ping-pong, golf or just a simple quiz game. After reading this site overview, go to these current unit links:

Motions of the Moon


Eclipses, Tides, and Gravity


Earth, Moon, and Space


Moon Basics


How the Solar System Formed



Shoot a Cannonball into Orbit and understand why astronauts orbiting Earth aren't really weightless, they are just falling . . . and falling, and falling



Animations and Simulations

Solar Eclipse Animation.

Moon Phase Model Animation. Click on blue button for snapshot; Click on green button for animation

Lunar Phase Simulation

Rule with Newton



Amusement Park Physics--Bumper Cars -- Newton's Third Law--Predict the outcome of the bumper car collisions.


Who hits the ground first? The elephant or the feather?


Short Videos


Gravity - An FSX Film.


October launch of STS-120 and 'Harmony' module to the International Space Station. Filmed with 2006 Orbiter Space Flight Simulator.


July 16, 1969 - Apollo 11 lifts off for the moon. Includes Orbiter Space Flight Simulator footage.

Challenges


Newton's Laws and Momentum - Who Wants To Be A Science Millionaire?


Moonlight Madness Quiz


Moon Phase Challenge

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Updated: May 7, 2008  



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