Objective: I can find a public domain background, and explain how you can create a use a variable to create gravity for my sprite.
UPDATE TO DIRECTIONS BELOW:
Wikimedia commons is now blocked by the school. Since you are unable to use that site you will instead need to perform a Google image search. Then save a picture of your choice for your background. On the lab computers press Command + Shift + 4 keys to be able to take a screenshot. The picture will automatically be saved on the desktop.
Once you have your background image, you can skip to step 8 below.
******* Please read carefully. You can use sprites of your choice.