Acceleration due to Gravity activity 1

=Activity No # 1 - Observe a freely falling body=

Estimated Time
30 minutes

Materials/ Resources needed

 * 1) Good quality clock with high precision of measurement
 * 2) This experiment will be difficult to measure

Process (How to do the activity)

 * 1) Ask a child to drop a piece of chalk from terrace
 * 2) Start the stop clock as soon as the child drops it.
 * 3) Put off the clock as soon as the chalk touches the ground, note down the time taken
 * 4) Repeat the same expt with a stone,& calculate the time

Developmental Questions (What discussion questions)

 * 1) What was the time taken?
 * 2) Was it the same?
 * 3) Why would it be so?
 * 4) Do the students relate it to the equations of motion they have studied?

Activity Keywords

 * 1) Hands-on activity
 * 2) Discussion
 * 3) Calculation

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