Crash Course Kids: Everything Revolves Around You - Episode 22.1

So, why doesn’t the moon just crash into the Earth?

And why doesn’t the Earth crash into the Sun? What are orbits exactly and why do they happen? Well, it has to do with gravity and velocity. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks to us about how these things work and why we don’t need to worry about the moon colliding with us.

///Standards Used in This Video/// 5-PS2-1. Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down. [Clarification Statement: “Down” is a local description of the direction that points toward the center of the spherical Earth.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include mathematical representation of gravitational force.]


Science Topics
Astronomy, Force (Gravitational), International Space Station & Research in Space, Speed & Velocity
K-6
5th Grade

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