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V INTER NATION AL SCHOOL, AHMEDA BAD

LESSONPLA N

Class-IX Subject: Science

Chapter name: GRAVITATION
Total no. of periods: 4
Prepared by Sagarika Mishra
CONCEPT MAP (FOR THE COMPLETE CHAPTER)

PART 1 UNIVERSAAL LAW OF GRAVITATION

GRAVITATION

IMPORTANCE OF THE
UNVERSAL LAW OF
INVERSE SQUARE
GRAVITATION LAW

FREE FALL
PART 2
TO CALCULATE THE VALUE OF
g

MOTION OF OBJECTS UNDER THE

INFLUENCE OF GRAVITATIONAL
FORCE OF THE EARTH

NUMERICALS

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 PART 3 MASS
. WEIGHT
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MASS
AND WEIGHT
WEIGHT OF AN OBJECT ON
THE MOON

NUMERICALS

THRUST
PART 4

PRESSURE

NUMERICALS

PRESSURE IN FLUIDS

BUOYANCY

WHY OBJCETS FLOAT OR SINK WHEN

PLACED ON THE SURFACE OF WATER?

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 PART 5
RELATIVE
DENSITY
ARCHIMEDES'
PRINCIPLE

Lesson plan
Period -1

Learning Objectives
➢ What is gravity?
➢ Summarize Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
➢ Model the relationship between mass and distance in the force of gravity between objects
➢ Understand that every mass in the universe is attracted to every other mass

Learning Outcome
Knowledge (Cognitive)
Students will know and understand
Newton’s universal law of gravitation

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 Attitude and values (Affective)
Students will value:

Psychomotor skills
Students develop the qualities like
• Imitating the way experiments are carried out.
• Manipulate the actions to be followed after any experiment ie to observe and note down the
outcome of the experiment.
• Analyzing from the results of the experiment.
Marzano’s Taxonomy
Level 1 ➢ Wis the force that acts when the moon goes around the
RETRIEVAL earth?
➢ How the weight of the body varies from place to place?
➢ How do objects float on liquids?
Level 4 ➢ What happens when the moon goes around the earth?
KNOWLEDGE ➢ What happens when the object is thrown upwards?
UTILIZATION ➢ Which force attracts the object towards the ground?

Detail of Teaching Learning Day 1

Lesson Settlement of the class: Gayatri mantra and meaning.
beginnin Introduction of the topic with recapitulation of the previous topic
g (time : Introductory activity:
5 ➢ Students will be put into groups and given a stone, leaf, and balloon.
minutes) Students will discuss different attributes about each item in their
notepads and through group discussion. a. Students could discuss
Purpose : weight, mass, texture, size or any other attribute.
➢ Teacher will ask students, “If you were to drop these items from chest
level, what would happen?”
➢ Next ask students, “Which item would reach the floor the fastest if
they were dropped from chest level?”
➢ Have students write their predictions on the Gravitational Forces
handout.
➢ Allow time for groups to experiment with dropping these items and
observing the speed at which they drop. (Note: there is not a need to
time the drops exactly with a stopwatch, just visual observations will
be fine). Have students attempt dropping each item 3 times, record
their findings, and answer question 1 on the Gravitational Forces.

Lesson Sub-topic /concept to cover: Universal law of Gravitational

middle Introductory activity: 4
Time: 20 ➢ Take a piece of thread
minutes ➢ Tie a small stone at one end.
Purpose ➢ Hold the other end of the thread and whirl it round.
➢ Note the motion of the stone
➢ Release the thread
➢ Again note the direction of motion of the stone.
Before the stone is released the stone moves in a circular path with a certain
speed and changes direction at every point. The change in direction involves
change in velocity or acceleration. The force which acts upon the stone is the
centripetal force.(Centre seeking force)
Then teacher will explain similarly the planets go around the sun. From the
above facts Newton concluded that not only does the earth attract an apple
and the moon. But all objects in the universe attract each other. This force
of attraction between objects is called gravitational force.
Universal Law of Gravitation:
➢ The force between two bodies is directly proportional to the product
of their masses.
➢ The force between two bodies is inversely proportional to the square
of the distance between them

Ice - Students will be divided in groups. Teacher will provide them with chits in a
breaker bowl where in the words of a particular song will be written. One group has to
2 come forward pick the chit and read the words. Other group has to identify
minutes and sing the song. As well as dance too.
Learning outcome: In a student’s life also, there are many mixed versions of
emotions which comes in and out every time. In moments of conflict or stress—
when feeling purely good may not be possible for us—mixed emotions could thus
be a healthy pattern. Just like the words frames a beautiful pattern of song
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 similarly our emotions also frame a beautiful pattern of life. Otherwise, life
will be boring and stressful. Emotions makes us agile and cheers up our mood.

Lesson Intext Questions Pg no. 134

End Q 1. State the universal law of gravitation
Written
The universal law of gravitation states that every object in the universe
part:
attracts every other object with a force called the gravitational force. The
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force acting between two objects is directly proportional to the product of
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their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between
their centers.

For two objects of masses m1 and m2 and the distance between them r, the
force (F) of attraction acting between them is given by the universal law of
gravitation as:

Where, G is the universal gravitation constant given by:

Q 2. Write the formula to find the magnitude of the gravitational force

between the earth and an object on the surface of the earth.

Let ME be the mass of the Earth and m be the mass of an object on its surface.
If R is the radius of the Earth, then according to the universal law of
gravitation, the gravitational force (F) acting between the Earth and the object
is given by the relation:

Back Exercise 143 Q1 & 2

1. How does the force of gravitation between two objects change when the
distance between them is reduced to half?

Solution:

Consider the Universal law of gravitation,

According to that law, the force of attraction between two bodies is

Where,

m1 and m 2 are the masses of the two bodies.

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 G is the gravitational constant.

r is the distance between the two bodies.

Given that the distance is reduced to half then,

r = 1/2 r

Therefore,

F = 4F

Therefore once the space between the objects is reduced to half, then the
force of gravitation will increase by fourfold the first force.

Q2. Gravitational force acts on all objects in proportion to their masses.

Why then does a heavy object not fall faster than a light object?

Solution:

All objects fall from the top with a constant acceleration called acceleration
due to gravity (g). This is constant on earth and therefore the value of ‘g’
doesn’t depend on the mass of an object. Hence, heavier objects don’t fall
quicker than light-weight objects provided there’s no air resistance.

Last 2 Value-based information – Focus on the good things. Challenging situations and
minutes obstacles are a part of life. ...
1. Practice gratitude.
2. Open yourself up to humour
3. Spend time with positive people.
4. Practice positive self-talk.
5. Identify your areas of negativity.
6. Start every day on a positive note.
Keep a balance between personal and social life.

Lesson plan
period -2
Learning Objectives
➢ What is mass?
➢ What is weight?
➢ Difference between mass and weight.
➢ Weight of the object in moon. 7
 Learning Outcome
➢ Students will understand the difference between mass
and weight.
➢ Weight of the object in moon
Knowledge (Cognitive)
Students will know and understand about
➢ Mass
➢ Weight
➢ Weight of the object in moon
Attitude and values (Affective)
Students will value :
Psychomotor skills
Students develop the qualities like
• Understanding the concepts
• Manipulate and ability to embody the definitions and
further details of Atoms.
Marzano’s Taxonomy
Level 1 Retrieval Recognize from the real life examples
of grocery market. Like going to
market and buying 1 kg of potatoes.
Level3- Understanding the concept of giving
Knowledge examples of weighing machine from the
utilization medical room and weighing BODY
MASS.

Detail of the teaching -learning experiences

Lesson Starting the class with Gayatri mantra

beginning Recapitulation of previous day’s teaching-learning Free fall, and Gravitational
(time : 5 constant.
minutes)

Lesson What are the different symbols of atoms of different elements?

middle Activity time: 10 minutes
Time : 20 Discussion with the students by giving examples from a grocery market.
minutes.
Purpos Techer will take the weighing machine from the medical room and ask each
e student to weigh the body weight.
This force is nothing but the gravitational force act on body known as weight of
body. Therefore,

Weight, W= mg

Weight of body is then product of its mass and acceleration due to gravity at the
given point.

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Since weight depends on the magnitude acceleration due to gravity ‘g’ it changes
from place to place. For e.g. weight of body on earth is maximum at poles whereas its
minimum at equator. Weight has directive property hence it is a vector quantity. SI
unit of weight is same as that of force i.e. newton (N)and CGS unit is dyne.

Hence from above discussion we can need to change one of our habits to start saying
mass of body instead of weight for objects like vegetables, grocery, and weight of
person. Means when we say that I have purchased the potatoes of weight 2 kg, then
its not the weight that we purchase, its just the mass. The weight of 2 kg potatoes
on the earth will be around 20 N as per formula.

Earth attracts every object towards it. We know that force is the product of mass
and acceleration due to gravity.

This means, F=m×gF=m×g ----(i)

The force by which earth attracts an object towards it is called the weight of the
object, which is the product of mass (m) of the object and acceleration due to
gravity (g).

Weight is denoted by ‘W’.

Therefore, by substituting in the expression ‘F = mg’ we get,

W=m×gW=m×g ----(ii)

Since weight is the force which is acting vertically downwards, therefore, weigh t has
both magnitude and direction and hence it is a vector quantity.

Since the value of ‘g’ is always constant at a given place,

Therefore, expression ‘W = m x g’ can be written as follows:

W∝mW∝m ------(iii)

This means weight of any object is directly proportional to its mass, i.e. weight will
increase with the increase of mass and decrease with decrease in mass.

This is the cause that weight of any object is the measure of its mass.

Unit of weight-Since, weight of an object is equal to the force by which an object is

attracted towards earth, therefore, unit of weight is same as the unit of force.

Therefore, Unit of weight is ‘newton (N)’.

Weight of an Object on the Surface of Moon

Since, weight of an object on the earth is the force by which earth attracts that
very object towards it. In similar way, weight of an object on the surface of moon or

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any other planet is the force by which moon or any other planet will attract the
object towards it.

We know that,

The Mass of Earth = 5.98 × 10 24 kg

Radius of earth = 6.37 × 106 m

Mass of moon = 7.36 × 1022 kg

Radius of moon = 1.76 × 106 m

Since, mass of the moon is less than that of earth, therefore, moon will exert less
force of attraction on any object; in comparison to the earth.

Let mass of an object is ‘m’

The weight of the object on earth is We
The weight of the object on moon is Wm
Mass of the earth is M
Mass of the moon is Mm
Radius of earth is R
Radius of moon is Rm
Acceleration due to gravity on earth is ‘g’
Acceleration due to gravity on moon is ‘gm’.

Therefore,

Weight of the object on earth We = m × g

By substituting the value of ‘g’ from the expression of Universal Law of Gravitation
we get

We=m⋅GMR2We=m⋅GMR2

⇒We=m×G×5.98×1024kg(6.37×106m)2⇒We=m×G×5.98×1024kg(6.37×106m)2

⇒We=m×G×5.98×1024kg6.37×6.37×106×106m2⇒We=m×G×5.98×1024kg6.37×6.37×106
×106m2

⇒We=m×G×5.98×1024kg40.57×1012m2⇒We=m×G×5.98×1024kg40.57×1012m2

⇒We=m×G×5.98×1012kg40.57m2⇒We=m×G×5.98×1012kg40.57m2

⇒We=m×G×0.1474×1012kgm−2⇒We=m×G×0.1474×1012kgm-2

⇒We=m×G×1.474×1011kgm−2⇒We=m×G×1.474×1011kgm-2
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Weight of the object on moon Wm=m×gmWm=m×gm

By the expression of universal law of gravitation,

Wm=mGMmR2mWm=mGMmRm2

⇒Wm=m×G×7.36×1022kg(1.74×106m)2⇒Wm=m×G×7.36×1022kg(1.74×106m)2

Wm=m×G×7.36×1022kg1.74×1.74×106×106m2Wm=m×G×7.36×1022kg1.74×1.74×106×10
6m2

⇒Wm=m×G×7.36×1022kg3.0276×1012m2⇒Wm=m×G×7.36×1022kg3.0276×1012m2

⇒Wm=m×G×7.36×1010kg3.0276m2⇒Wm=m×G×7.36×1010kg3.0276m2

⇒Wm=m×G×2.4309×1010kg m−2⇒Wm=m×G×2.4309×1010kg m-2

Now, WmWeWmWe =m×G×2.4309×1010kgm−2m×G×1.474×1011kg m−2=m×G×2.4309×1

010kgm-2m×G×1.474×1011kg m-2

⇒WmWe=2.43091.474×10⇒WmWe=2.43091.474×10

⇒WmWe=2.430914.74⇒WmWe=2.430914.74

⇒WmWe==16.030≈16⇒WmWe==16.030≈16

Therefore, Weight of an object on moon / Weight of an object on earth = 1/6

Or, Weight of an object on the moon = 1/6th of the weight of the object on earth.

Learning outcome:
We live by our four values of collaboration, innovation, excellence and respect. Mass
is the quantity of matter in a physical body. It is also a measure of the body's inertia,
the resistance to acceleration (change of velocity) when a net force is applied. An
object's mass also determines the strength of its gravitational attraction to other
bodies. Similarly, our values increases our mental mass and face any challenge in our
life.
Difference between Mass and Weight

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 Ice Students will stand in a circle and hold each other’s shoulder. when the teacher
- will instruct “Move on” The students will move forward and when the teacher will
bre instruct “Look back” they will jump backward. When the teacher will instruct
aker “Forever alone” students have turn 180 degree and turn opposite and jump
2 forward. The whole process will be done without removing the hands from the
minute shoulder.
s Learning Outcome: When students work in a team that always improves the
confidence level, self esteem, bonding between each other increases the social skills,
have respect instead of BULLYING. When a student knows she is valued and
respected by others, she will be able to rise above the hurtful acts or comments of a
bully.
Being a part of a team that genuinely cares about its members will also give a
student a strong support system.
Less Intext Exercise 3
on 1. What are the differences between the mass of an object and its weight?
end Ans: The difference between the mass of an object and its weight is given in the table
Wri below:
tten
part Sr.
11 Mass Weight
no.
minu
tes

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 Mass can be defined as the Weight can be defined as the
quantity of matter force of gravity acting on
1.

contained in the body. the body.

It is the quantity that is a measure It is the quantity that is a

2.
of inertia of the body. measure of gravity.

The value of weight varies at

3. Mass is constant everywhere.
different places.

4. It is a scalar quantity. Weight is a vector quantity.

SI unit of mass is SI unit of weight is

5.
kgkg NN
. .

2. Why is the weight of an object on the moon

16th16th
its weight on the earth?
Ans: Let the mass of the Earth be
MEME
and the mass of an object on the surface of earth
=m=m
and the radius of earth
RERE
.
According to the Universal law of gravitation, weight
WEWE
of the object on the surface of the earth is given by,
WE=GMEmRE2WE=GMEmRE2
Let
MMMM
and
RMRM
be the mass and radius of the moon. Then, according to the universal law of
gravitation, weight
WMWM
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of the object on the surface of the moon is given by:
WM=GMMmRM2WM=GMMmRM2
So, ratio of weight of object on moon to weight on earth is
WMWE=MMRE2MERM2WMWE=MMRE2MERM2
Where,
ME=5.98×1024kgME=5.98×1024kg

MM=7.36×1022kgMM=7.36×1022kg
RE=6.4×106mRE=6.4×106m
RM=1.74×106mRM=1.74×106m

Substituting the values in the ratio,

⇒WMWE=7.36×1022×(6.37×106)25.98×1024×(1.74×106)2⇒WMWE=7.36×1022×(6.37×
106)25.98×1024×(1.74×106)2
⇒WMWE=0.165≈16⇒WMWE=0.165≈16
Hence, the weight of an object on the moon is
16th16th
of its weight on the Earth.
3. What is the magnitude of the gravitational force between the earth and a
1kg1kg
object on its surface? (Mass of the earth is
6×1024kg6×1024kg
and radius of the earth is
6.4×106m6.4×106m
).
Ans: According to the Universal law of gravitation, the gravitational force exerted on
an object of mass
mm
is given by:
F=GMmr2F=GMmr2
Where,
Mass of Earth,
M=6×1024kgM=6×1024kg
Mass of object,
m=1kgm=1kg
Universal gravitational constant,
G=6.7×10−11Nm2kg−2G=6.7×10−11Nm2kg−2
Since the object is on the surface of the Earth,
r=r=
radius of the Earth (
RR
)
r=R=6.4×106mr=R=6.4×106m
Gravitational force,
F=GMmr2F=GMmr2
⇒F=6.7×10−11×6×1024×1(6.4×106)2=9.8N⇒F=6.7×10−11×6×1024×1(6.4×106)2=9.8N
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The magnitude of the gravitational force between the earth and a
1kg1kg
object on its surface is
9.8N9.8N
.

4. The earth and the moon are attracted to each other by gravitational force.
Does the earth attract the moon with a force that is greater or smaller or the
same as the force with which the moon attracts the earth? Why?
Ans: According to the Universal law of gravitation, two objects attract each other
and according to Newton's third law of motion, the force of attraction between two
objects is the same but acts in the opposite direction. Thus, the earth attracts the
moon with the same force as the moon exerts on earth but the force acts in the
opposite direction.
5. If the moon attracts the earth, why does the earth not move towards the
moon?
Ans: The Earth and the moon experience equal gravitational forces acting towards
each other.
By Newton's Second Law,
F=maF=ma
⇒a=Fm⇒a=Fm
For a certain force, acceleration is inversely proportional to the mass of an object.
a∝Fma∝Fm
Mass of the Earth
>>>>
Mass of the moon.
Hence, the acceleration experienced by earth due to the gravitational pull of the moon
is very small when compared to that experienced by the moon due to earth. That is
why the Earth does not move towards the moon.
6. What happens to the force between two objects, if
a) The mass of one object is doubled?
Ans: According to the universal law of gravitation, the force of gravitation between
two objects is given by:
F=GMmr2F=GMmr2
FF
is directly proportional to the product of masses of the two objects.
F∝MmF∝Mm
If the mass of one object is doubled, then the gravitational force will also change to
double the original.

b) The distance between the objects is doubled and tripled?

Ans:
Force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the objects.

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 If the distance between the objects is doubled, then the gravitational force becomes
one-fourth of its original value. Also, if the distance is tripled, then the gravitational
force becomes one-ninth of its original value.
Last Importance of food bank, cloth bank and donating toys for the needy people.
2
minu
tes

Lesson plan
Period 3
Learning Objectives:
➢ What is Thrust?
➢ What is pressure?
Learning Outcome
➢ Students will be able to understand thrust and pressure
➢ They will be able to understand the difference between
thrust and pressure
Knowledge (Cognitive)

Attitude and values (Affective)

Students will value: Life is all about permutation and combination. Mixed versions of
different people in our life. Which remark their presence and share their experience
and gives a combination effect and spark to our life.
Psychomotor skills
Students develop the qualities like
• Understanding the concepts and will learn to write the
chemical formula.
• Ability to identify the monoatomic diatomic and polyatomic ions.

Marzano’s Taxonomy
Level 1 Retrieval Students are aware about force and its pressure.
Level 3 Analysis Different types of examples of thrust and pressure.
Application based real life examples.
Level 4 Classifying – organize and identify.
Knowledge
utilization

Detail of the teaching -learning experiences

Lesson Starting the class with Gayatri mantra. Recapitulation of previous topic
beginning taught
(time : 5 ➢ What is mass?
minutes) ➢ What is weight?
➢ Difference between mass and weight
➢ Weight of and object in moon.
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Lesson Subtopic:
middle Thrust and pressure
( time : 20 Activity:
minutes) Take a brick and a tray containing sand; keep the tray on the table. Now keep
the brick in horizontal position on tray and push it downwards and pick is
slowly, so that it can penetrate through sand and leaves some mark. Now
measure the margin created by brick into sand as x1 . Now change the position
of brick to vertical do the same and mark the depth of sand as x2. What do you
observe? x1 = x2 or not? Definitely you will find that the distances x1 and x2 are
different. Why does it happen? It’s due the fact that, we had pushed with
same force but of different surface areas. In horizontal position, area of brick
facing sand is more, whereas in vertical position area of that brick on sand is
smaller. Hence the brick penetrates more in vertical position than in horizontal
position. i.e. though the applied push is same but the impact is different if the
cross section is different. The push what we exerted is termed as thrust and
the impact of it on sand known as pressure. Hence, the thrust is the force
acting on the object by means of push.

The thrust acting per unit area is known as pressure.

Hence, pressure= thrust/ area

Real life examples:

There are so many day to day examples where the concept of pressure can be
easily understood.

1. If you are sick and doctor suggested taking injection, then the needle
attached to syringe should be very sharp otherwise doctor has to apply
tremendous thrust so as to inject the medicine in your vein. Just
imagine this horrible situation!
2. The knives used for cutting the veggies should be sharp enough
otherwise we need to spend more energy to cut all of those veggies.
3. If the tyres of your cycles are flat, it would be very difficult to run a
cycle over the road; due to increase in area of tyre needs more force
to run it.
4. The point of nail should be sharp enough so that it can penetrate into
wall with help of hammer.
Ice breaker “The pen drop Activity”
2 minutes Students can stand in a circle along with their partners. Each pair will be
taking their pen. And they will be completely focusing on each other.
Facilitator will instruct that one of the partner will be holding the pen and
the moment the facilitator say drop the pen the other partner has to catch
the pen immediately. The pair who will be unable to catch the pen will be ut
of the game.
Learning outcome: Just in the game if the partner is not well focused to to
catch the pen. He or she loses and becomes out. Similarly, Being focused in a
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 student’s life is very important because it is the gateway to all thinking:
perception, memory, learning, reasoning, problem solving, and decision
making. Without good focus , all aspects of our ability to think will suffer.
Here's a simple reality: "If you can't focus effectively, you can't think
effectively."
Lesson end NCERT Textbook for Class 9 Science – Page 141 and 144
Written part Questin 1. Why is it difficult to hold a school bag having a strap made of
11 minutes a thin and strong string?
Answer: The force exerted by a thin and strong string is distributed to very
less area and hence the force applied due to the bag is more, the pressure
exerted on the body by thin straps will be more and hence will be more painful.
As pressure is inversely proportional to area, if the area is reduced
pressure

Q14. A stone is released from the top of a tower of height 19.6 m. Calculate
its final velocity just before touching the ground?
Ans. Data u = 0 m/s
v= ?
h = s = 19.6 m
g = 9.8 m/s2 (falling down)
v2 – u2 = 2gs
v2 – (0) 2 = 2 x 9.8 x 19.6
v = 19.6 m/s
The final velocity just before touching the ground is 19.6 m/s.
Q15. A stone is thrown vertically upward with an initial velocity of 40 m/s.
Taking g = 10 m/s2, find the maximum height reached by the stone. What is the
net displacement and the total distance covered by the stone?
Ans. u = 40 m/s
g = –10 m/s2 (going against gravity)
h=s=?
v= 0
v2 – u2 = 2gs
(0) 2 – (40) 2 = 2 (–10) x s

Net displacement of the stone = 0 (As the stone falls, back to the same
point.)
Total distance covered by stone = 80 m + 80 m
(up) (down)
= 160 m
Q16. Calculate the force of gravitation between the earth and the Sun, given
that the mass of the earth = 6 x 1024 kg and of the Sun = 2 x 1030 kg. The
average distance between the two is 1.5 x 10 11 m.
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Ans. Me = 6 x 1024 kg G = 6.67 x 10–11 Nm2/kg2
Ms = 2 x 1030 kg
d = 1.5 x 1011 m

Q17. A stone is allowed to fall from the top of a tower 100 m high and at the
same time another stone is projected vetically upwards from the ground with a
velocity of 25 m/s. Calculate when and where the two stones will meet.
Ans. h = 100 m
time t = ? g = 10 m/s2
Height covered by the falling stone = s1

The distance covered by the stone thrown upward = s 2

g = –10 m/s
u = 25 m/s

Total height given = 100 m

∴ s1 + s2 = 100m
5t2 + (25t – 5t2) = 100 m
∴ 25t = 100 m

Putting the value of (3) in equation (1), we get

∴ s1 = 5t2
= 5 × (4) 2 = 80 m
∴ The two stones will meet after 4 seconds when the falling stone
has covered a distance of 80 m.
Q18. A ball thrown up vertically returns to the thrower after 6 s. Find
(a) the velocity with which it was thrown up,
(b) the maximum height it reaches, and
(c) its position after 4 s.
Ans. u = ?
v=0
g = –9.8 m/s2 (thrown upward)
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 Total time = 6 s (to go up and down)

∴ Time for upward journey

(a) v = u + gt
0 = u = (–9.8) × 3
u = 29.4 m/s
(b) Maximum height h = s = ?

(c) Position after 4 s

t = 4s

∴ Position after 4 s = 39.2 m from the top.

Last 2 Importance of food bank, cloth bank and toy bank
minutes

Lesson plan 4
Learning Objectives :
➢ Students will learn about Archimedes principle
➢ They will also learn about Buoyant force
➢ Why does the object float or sink in water?

Learning Outcome:
➢ Students will understand the Archimedes principle, Buoyant force
➢ Why does the object floats or sinks in water?

Knowledge(Cognitive)
Attitude and values (Affective)
Students will value: When we are in lots of pressure we always sink with the mixed
emotions like depression, stress and anxiety. Our student’s life also should be always in
lighter mode where in without thinking much we should always float above all our
emotions. And face each and every challenge in our life.
Psychomotor skills
Students develop the qualities like
• Application of theories that are learnt as concept.
Marzano’s Taxonomy 20
Level 1 Retrieval What is Archimedes principle?
Level 2 Comprehension Describe the relationship of density and water

Level 3 Analysis Find the relative density

Level 4 Knowledge utilization Giving examples from real life application based
examples.
Detail of the teaching -learning experiences

Lesson Starting the class with Gayatri mantra.

beginning Recapitulation of
(time: 5 ➢ What is thrust and pressure?
minutes) ➢ Relationship between thrust and pressure

Lesson middle Sub topic: Archimedes principle, Buoyant Force and Relative density
( time : 20 ➢ Begin the lesson by placing an object that floats into a container of
minutes) water. Ask students why it floats. How is the water itself
interacting with the object to make it float?
➢ Make a collection of fruit and vegetables, such as: cucumbers,
carrots, pumpkins, green coconuts, husked coconuts, pineapples,
apples, pears, bananas, potatoes and ginger.
➢ Divide the class into groups of three (two groups had four students
each). Ask students to a. select a fruit or vegetable, and b. predict
whether it will float or sink. During discussion with each group, allow
students to change their prediction if a group member convinced
them otherwise.
➢ Explicitly explain to the class that in this lesson they are going to
‘think like scientists’ and that scientists sometimes make errors
before arriving at a definite conclusion; so they, too, should feel
free to go back and forth in their reasoning (iterative thinking
process).
➢ Prepare a template to record observations (see copy in appendix).
Encourage the groups to systematically record their predictions on
the template. Elicit a hypothesis from each group as to why they
think the fruit or vegetable will float/sink, and ask them to record
this on the template before setting out to verify the prediction.
➢ Arrange six buckets filled with water in widely spaced locations
outside of the classroom.
➢ Take the groups outdoors to allow a. independent testing of above
predictions, and b. systematic recording of their observations on
the template.
➢ After testing four or five fruits/ vegetables, revisit their reasoning
and draw out from each group a ‘rule’ that allowed them to
generalise floating/ sinking of fruits/vegetables.
➢ Teacher shows to pupils that an object that floats displaces a volume
of water equal to its weight compared to weight of displaced volume
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 by another object that sinks. The weight of displaced volume is the
buoyant force.
➢ It is important to learn that the quantity that takes place in
Archimedes’ principle is the volume and not the mass. Teacher can
make 2 different objects with same volume and show that they
receive the same buoyant force. In a second time teacher changes
the volume of the 1 objects and shows the diversity of the buoyant
force.

Ice breaker “Catch me if you can”

2 minutes Students will stand in two lines facing each other. In between the lines the
few glasses will be kept. The facilitator will instruct like touch your head,
nose eyes, knees, shoulder and other body parts. Suddenly facilitator will
ask to pick the glass. The one who will not be able to pick the glass will be
out & the student will move forward to follow the same process and so on
the game continues.
Learning outcome: Opportunities are what make life worth living, and you
can either thrive or suffer based on your responses to them. Sometimes,
taking advantage of an opportunity will be difficult. It might mean leaving
your comfortable job for a more challenging position.
Lesson end NCERT PG 144
Written part
18. A ball thrown up vertically returns to the thrower after 6 s. Find
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(a) The velocity with which it was thrown up,

(b) The maximum height it reaches, and

(c) Its position after 4s.

Solution:

Given data:

g = 10m/s2

Total time T = 6sec

Ta = Td = 3sec

(a) Final velocity at maximum height v = 0

From first equation of motion:-

v = u – gta

u = v + gta

= 0 + 10 x 3

= 30m/s

The velocity with which stone was thrown up is 30m/s.

(b) From second equation of motion

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The maximum height stone reaches is 45m.

(c) In 3sec, it reaches the maximum height.

Distance travelled in another 1sec = s’

The distance travelled in another 1sec = 5m.

Therefore in 4sec, the position of point p (45 – 5)

= 40m from the ground.

19. In what direction does the buoyant force on an object immersed in a

liquid act?

Solution:

The buoyant force on an object that is immersed in a liquid will be in a

vertically upward direction.

20. Why a block of plastic when released under water come up to the
surface of water?

Solution:

The density of plastic is lesser than that of water. Therefore, the force of
buoyancy on plastic block will be greater than the weight of plastic block.
Hence, the acceleration of plastic block is going to be in the upward
direction. So, the plastic block comes up to the surface of water.

21. The volume of 50 g of a substance is 20 cm3. If the density of

water is 1 g cm–3, will the substance float or sink?

Solution:

To find the Density of the substance the formula is

Density = (Mass/Volume)

Density = (50/20) = 2.5g/cm3

Density of water = 1g/cm3

Density of the substance is greater than density of water. So the substance

will sink.

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 22. The volume of a 500 g sealed packet is 350 cm3. Will the packet
float or sink in water if the density of water is 1 g cm–3? What will be
the mass of the water displaced by this packet?

Solution:

Density of sealed packet = 500/350 = 1.42 g/cm3

Density of sealed packet is greater than density of water

Therefore the packet will sink.

Considering Archimedes Principle,

Displaced water volume = Force exerted on the sealed packet.

Volume of water displaced = 350cm3

Therefore displaced water mass = ρ x V

= 1 × 350

Mass of displaced water = 350g.

Last 2 Talk about food bank, cloth bank and toy bank
minutes

Practice work from the chapter: Atoms and Molecules

Sr No Date Day PW
1 Monday 1. A wooden cuboid has a mass of 8 kg.The
length , breadth and height of this wooden
cuboid are 100 cm , 50 cm and 20cm
respectively. Find the pressure on the floors
on which this block is kept.
2. Pg no. 144 Q6, 7 8 & 9

2 Wednesday PG no. 144 Q 10, 11, 12 13 & 14

3 Friday Pg no. 144 Q15, 16 & 17

4 Monday ➢ Suppose gravity of earth suddenly becomes

zero, then which direction will the moon begin
to move if no other celestial body affects it?
➢ If the small and big stones are dropped from
the roof of a house simultaneously, they will
reach the ground at the same time. Why?
➢ When does an object show weightlessness?
➢ Suppose that the radius of the earth becomes
twice of its original radius without any change

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 in its mass. Then what will happen to your
weight?

At a glance of “Different Levels of Marzano Taxonomy” used in this lesson:

Marzano Taxanomy

Retrieval
37%
Comprehension
50%
Analysis
13% Knowledge utilisation

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