Gravitation Activity 5 See Gravity in Action

Activity No # 3 - See gravity in action

Estimated Time

30 minutes

Materials/ Resources needed

Projector

Multimedia resources

Image(s) Source:

• Wikipedia-Gravity-Action-Reaction
  
• Wikipedia-Simple-Gravity-Pendulum

Image:	Look at this animation here
Image:	Look at the picture of a pendulum here

Process (How to do the activity)

1. Show the multimedia resources
2. Generate a mind map on what students understand about gravitation

Developmental Questions (What discussion questions)

1. What causes the small sphere to move towards the larger one?
2. Is there a force?
3. What is the nature of that force?
4. In a pendulum what is the force acting?

Evaluation (Questions for assessment of the child)

1. Can you state the force you have observed as a law?
2. What are the various factors it depends on?

Question Corner

1. How do we walk?
2. Do you think we fall every time we step forward?

Activity Keywords

1. Discussion
2. Question and Answer
3. Animation
4. Mindmap

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