Life Without Gravity Reading Article and Worksheet

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Students read about the top 10 bizarre and unexpected ways life would be different without gravity. This stand-alone lesson is great as a gravity sub plan!

Includes both print and Google Slides options to assign!

In this activity, students will:

• READ the engaging article Top 10 Ways Life Would Be Weird Without Gravity. They’ll learn humorous and eye-opening ways that life would be different without gravity.
• ANSWER text-dependent questions. No prior knowledge is required because all answers come directly from the text.

Go BEYOND Typical Examples with Ideas Such As:

• Einstein’s theory of relativity tells us that time would speed up with no gravity.
• Flames would be spherical.
• Forests would be tangled, chaotic webs of stems and roots growing in every direction.
• Animals that use gravity to help them navigate would be lost and confused.
• Plus 6 more interesting examples!

Teacher Notes:

• Includes answer key.
• Please note that this gravity reading is not editable.
• Related Standards: NGSS MS-PS2-4 and ESS1-2
• A link to a digital Google Slides version of this activity is included in the downloadable PDF.
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-ESS1-2: Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.
• NGSS MS-PS2-4: Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions depend on the masses of interacting objects.