Advanced Orbital Mechanics Lab

Students test Kepler’s laws, launch satellites, plan a Hohmann transfer and measure Jupiter’s mass from its moons.

Grades 11–12Virtual lab · 5 stations1 student per deviceNo student loginsWorks offline

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Grade level

Grades 11–12: Live orbital models with log–log fits, launch speeds, Hohmann burns and a planet-mass calculation

What students practice

Kepler’s three laws, Newton’s law of gravitation, circular and escape velocity, conservation of energy and angular momentum, Hohmann transfers and delta-v, planet mass from moon orbits

Standards

NGSS: HS-ESS1-4 · HS-PS2-1 · HS-PS2-4 · HS-PS3-1

How it works

Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
Each student types their name on the Start page, then works through the stations in order. Each station has a prediction, a hands-on activity, a data table or log that fills in as they work and a check question.
Students finish with a printable lab report (print or save as PDF). The Teacher Notes include the standards, a full answer key and a reset button for shared devices.
Each purchase includes the lab file and a one-page Quick Start guide.