Gravitation Activity 1

Estimated Time
30 minutes

Materials/ Resources needed
The following pictures have been sourced from the NCERT Class 7 textbook.

Process (How to do the activity)

 * 1) This is in the form of a discussion
 * 2) Students explore words like force, push, pull, contact, distance, etc
 * 3) Let the students look at the picture and describe the force and the effect

Developmental Questions (What discussion questions)

 * 1) What do we mean when we say force?
 * 2) What does it do? (Produces an acceleration/ change in state - they can start with push and pull)
 * 3) For force to be there, do I have to touch? (Contact)
 * 4) When have you seen non-contact forces? (Electric shock, magnetism)
 * 5) Force can act at a distance; it is called field

Evaluation (Questions for assessment of the child)
Back
 * 1) How will you define the field of a force?
 * 2) Does the field have a definite size?