Satellites - KS3 Year 9 Gravity and Space

This resource includes a PowerPoint presentation and differentiated homework tasks for a lesson on Satellites for KS3 Astronomy and Space Science for Year 9.

Topics include:

• What are satellites?


• What are artificial satellites and natural satellites?


• How do satellites stay in orbit?


• Differentiate between a geostationary orbit and a polar orbit.


• Discuss different uses of polar satellites and geostationary satellites.


• History and advances in satellites.


• Parts of a satellite


• Tracking space junk


There is also a 6 question plenary at the end of the lesson.