Free Fall & Gravity Interactive Simulation | Physics | Grades 9–12

Free Fall & Gravity Interactive Simulation is an interactive simulation activity for high school Physics (grades 9–12) on Free Fall & Gravity.

Pairs with: Free Fall & Gravity Slide Show Presentation; Free Fall & Gravity Guided Notes; Free Fall & Gravity Lesson Quiz; Free Fall & Gravity Unit Test.

Sections: Interactive Simulation - Free Fall & Gravity; Instructions; Driving Question; Objective; Background; Materials; Simulation Protocol; Data Collection. Sample item: “Time the fall: how closely can a tape, a ball and a stopwatch measure g, and why do the tallest drops give the truest answer?”

What's inside: Interactive Simulation (editable .docx + PDF, about 1,342 words, 6 pages); answer key / model answers for the teacher.

Standards: HS-PS2-1 — Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. HS-PS2-4 — Use mathematical representations of Newton’s Law of Gravitation and Coulomb’s Law to describe and predict the gravitational and electrostatic forces between objects.

Resource type: Interactive Simulation. Format: editable Microsoft Word file plus a ready-to-print PDF.

Classroom use: Students work through the simulation to model the chapter concepts hands-on. Built for high school Physics, grades 9–12.

Format note: These files are delivered in Microsoft Office formats (Word and/or PowerPoint). If you open a worksheet that includes tables in Apple Pages or another non-Microsoft app, table formatting may not display correctly. For best results, use Microsoft Word or PowerPoint (or upload the file to Google Docs). If you run into any formatting issues, contact us and we can send a PDF version.