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| #How can I tell that an object has mass or not? | | #How can I tell that an object has mass or not? |
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− | ===Activity No # === | + | ===Activity No #2 Mass and Weight=== |
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− | * '''Estimated Time''' | + | * '''Estimated Time''' - 30 minutes |
| * '''Materials/ Resources needed''' | | * '''Materials/ Resources needed''' |
| + | #A piece of iron |
| + | #A piece of wood |
| + | #A ball of yarn or cotton |
| * '''Prerequisites/Instructions, if any''' | | * '''Prerequisites/Instructions, if any''' |
| * '''Multimedia resources''' | | * '''Multimedia resources''' |
| * '''Website interactives/ links/ simulations''' | | * '''Website interactives/ links/ simulations''' |
| * '''Process (How to do the activity)''' | | * '''Process (How to do the activity)''' |
| + | #Hold each object in your palm |
| + | #What do you feel when you hold each one of them (ask them to answer as light--->heavy) |
| * '''Developmental Questions (What discussion questions)''' | | * '''Developmental Questions (What discussion questions)''' |
| + | #Is there a difference when you hold each of them? |
| + | #Is this due to inertia? Am I changing anything when I am holding? |
| + | #What might this difference be due to? |
| + | #This is due to a property called weight which is because the mass of this object interacts with another mass - that of the earth. We call this weight |
| + | #We will study more about this - but mass also interacts with other masses; this is called gravitational property |
| * '''Evaluation (Questions for assessment of the child)''' | | * '''Evaluation (Questions for assessment of the child)''' |
| + | #Does mass have both inertial and gravitational property? |
| + | #Does gravitational property depend on size? Or mass? |
| * '''Question Corner''' | | * '''Question Corner''' |
− | | + | #If an object has inertia, when I drop the object why does it fall? |
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| ==Concept #2 - Newton's law of universal gravitation== | | ==Concept #2 - Newton's law of universal gravitation== |