Lesson: Weight Science

Students will be able to

• recall that mass and weight are not the same thing,
• recognize that all objects are attracted toward the center of Earth,
• recall that the gravitational force on an object becomes larger if the object’s mass is larger,
• recall that the object’s weight acts on its center of mass,
• use the formula weight = mass acceleration due to gravity,
• recall that the local value of , the acceleration due to gravity, varies across Earth.