Gravitation Activity 5 See Gravity in Action

Activity No # 3 - See gravity in action

• Estimated Time - 30 minutes
• Materials/ Resources needed - Projector
• Prerequisites/Instructions, if any
• 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

• Website interactives/ links/ simulations
• 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?

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