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PHYSICS 9 Unit 5 Lesson Plan 1

This physics lesson plan covers the topic of gravitation. It begins with an introduction discussing humanity's longstanding curiosity about celestial phenomena in the sky. It then provides a timeline of scientific thinkers from Aristotle to Stephen Hawking who studied planetary and celestial motion. Next, it describes Newton's universal law of gravitation, which states that every particle in the universe attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The lesson plan also notes that gravitation continues to be an active area of research, with the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for the detection of gravitational waves. It concludes by presenting Newton's law of gravitation mathematically and diagrammatically.

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PHYSICS 9 Unit 5 Lesson Plan 1

This physics lesson plan covers the topic of gravitation. It begins with an introduction discussing humanity's longstanding curiosity about celestial phenomena in the sky. It then provides a timeline of scientific thinkers from Aristotle to Stephen Hawking who studied planetary and celestial motion. Next, it describes Newton's universal law of gravitation, which states that every particle in the universe attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The lesson plan also notes that gravitation continues to be an active area of research, with the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for the detection of gravitational waves. It concludes by presenting Newton's law of gravitation mathematically and diagrammatically.

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PHYSICS

Class 9
Lesson plan
Subject: Physics
Unit: 5 / GRAVITATION

Topics / Cognitive levels


Student Learning Outcomes
Sub-topics K U A
Law of Universal Gravitation 1.1 state Newton’s law of gravitation; *

INTRODUCTION

1. Natural Phenomena

i. We are amazed looking at the Glittering sky.


ii. We wonder how the Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
iii. Why there are comets or why stars twinkle.

2. Our Curiosity towards these Phenomena


The sky has been an object of curiosity for human beings from time immemorial. We have
always wondered about the motion of stars, the Moon, and the planets.

3. Time Line
From Aristotle to Stephen Hawking, great minds have tried to understand the movement of
celestial objects in space and what causes their motion.
Ptolemy Nicholas Kepler Galileo Newton
Motion of Moon Sun as Center of Motion of Earth Calculate the Newton develops
the Solar System. is Elliptic orbit value of “g” the law on the
around sun. base of Kepler
and Galileo.
1. Why an object
move towards
earth.
2. What is the
force of attraction
/ gravity?
Answer:
Universal Law of
Gravitation
PHYSICS

UNIVERSAL LAW OF GRAVITATION


The ‘Theory of Gravitation’ was developed by Newton in the late 17th century to explain the
motion of celestial objects and terrestrial objects and answer most of the queries raised.
Objects
Celestial objects Terrestrial objects

Obects on sky Objects on the Surface of body


In spite of the study of gravitation and its effect on celestial objects, spanning last three centuries,
“gravitation” is still one of the active areas of research in physics today.

Tit bits In 2017, the Nobel Prize in Physics was given for the detection of ‘Gravitational
waves’ which was theoretically predicted by Albert Einstein in the year 1915.

Understanding planetary motion, the formation of stars and galaxies, and recently massive
objects like black holes and their life cycle have remained the focus of study for the past few
centuries in physics.
Newton’s law of Gravitation states that a particle of mass M1 attracts any other particle of mass
M2 in the universe with an attractive force.
“The strength of this force of attraction was found to be directly proportional to the product of
their masses and is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.”
In mathematical form, it can be written as:

Where r is the unit vector from M1 towards M2 as shown in Figure above, and G is the
Gravitational constant that has the value of 66.71-11N2m-2kg,and r is the distance between the two
masses M1and M2.
In Figure above, the vector F denotes the gravitational force experienced by M2 due to
M1. Here the negative sign indicates that the gravitational force is always attractive in nature and
the direction of the force is along the line joining the two masses.
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