Steven+Schachtner+-+The+Core+of+the+Apple


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 * **Project Title:** The Core of the Apple
 * **Project Submitted By:** Steven Schachtner
 * **Grade Level/Content:** High School Physics
 * **Description:** This vodcast was created for my high school Physics classes. One of the most famous stories in science is of that of Isaac Newton and the apple. Like many stories there are many misconceptions about it. The story often involves the apple striking Newton on the head and him coming up with the theory of gravity out of thin air. I try to have my students challenge information given to them including seemingly historic stories. I offer a more historically accepted version of this story, but it is also largely embellished or at least not completely accurate. Students will already have a solid understanding of Circular Motion and Forces such as Centripetal. Students will have a lesser knowledge of Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion and the actual Law of Gravity (i.e., inverse square law, attraction of masses, acceleration due to gravity, gravitational potential, and escape velocity). This story will be an introduction to satellite motion. The new material presented in this video will be covered in more detail later in the class period. Now that I am more familiar with the software and limitations of my equipment, I will go about my next creation much differently, but I am still not displeased with this video.

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