1. Facts and Information about Gravity for Kids
One of the questions that arise in the minds of children as they start going to their Montessori classes and their reasoning abilities grow. It was a notion that many people, from philosophers to everyday people, had pondered for a long time before Isaac Newton figured it out. Gravity is the force that causes a thrown ball to fall to the earth or causes you to fall when you slip. It is also the force that keeps the Earth rotating around the Sun, as well as the force that causes stars and galaxies to exist in the cosmos. This page explains the gravitational pull in detail so that children can gain a better knowledge of how it works and what its implications are.
In Pasadena, CA playschools, children start learning about Gravity from a very young age3.

3. What is meant by Gravity?
Gravity can be defined for children as a force of attraction that all objects with mass have between them. Every object with mass has a gravitational force that it exerts on all other objects with mass in its vicinity. The stronger an object's gravitational attraction force is, the more mass it has. This means that objects such as planets and stars are surrounded by a significant gravitational force. The gravitational force is also affected by the distance between the two objects. Their gravitational force is stronger the closer they are.

5. Who discovered Gravity?
Many attempts to explain the motion of falling items on Earth, as well as the motion of planets around the Sun, had been made. Galileo demonstrated that objects accelerate at the same rate towards the ground regardless of their weight by dropping heavy balls from the Tower of Pisa. Even though he didn't comprehend gravity, Johannes Kepler devised his three rules of elliptical orbits.

6. Sir Isaac Newton was the first to use mathematics to describe it
Sir Isaac Newton was the first to use mathematics to describe it. According to legend, Newton recognised that what maintains the Moon orbiting the Earth is the same thing that caused the apple to fall on his head while he sat under the apple tree. This gravitational force was given the name 'Gravity' by him. The force of gravity between two objects, according to Newton, is directly proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the square of their distance.

8. Why is gravity important?
Montessori going kids sometimes wonder what would happen if there were no gravity. Nothing would exist in this world if gravity didn't exist! Gravity's influence can be traced back to the early universe's birth of stars from dust clouds. In gas clouds, gravitational pull generates enough heat to contribute to the birth of stars. The components that make up all matter in our bodies and all the materials we utilise in our daily lives are forged by stars. As a result, gravity is responsible for our existence.

9. Gravity also maintains the Earth tethered to the Sun
Gravity also maintains the Earth tethered to the Sun. The Earth would fly out in a tangent to outer space if gravity were to evaporate, killing all life forms on the planet. Because of the principles of gravity and orbital mechanics, the telecommunications satellites we use for the internet and other reasons remain in space. The gravity of the Earth keeps them in orbit, allowing us to stay linked around the world.

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