Gravitation Activity 5 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

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?