Help I’m Falling!
Dance about gravity, mass verses weight and falling objects and choreograph a dance that defies gravity.
Resources
- Two balls: one heavy, one light
- Two pieces of paper: one flat, one crumbled
- Hammer vs. Feather – Physics on the Moon
- Gravity is a Mystery by Franklyn M. Branley
Fine Art Standards
- DANCE STANDARD 2: The student will identify and demonstrate movement elements (time, space, energy and motion) in performing dance.
- DANCE STANDARD 3: The student will improvise, create, perform, and respond to movement solutions in the art form of dance.
Integrated Standards
- 2ND GRADE: SCIENCE STANDARD 3: OBJECTIVE 1: Communicate observations about falling objects.
- a. Observe falling objects and identify things that prevent them from reaching the ground.
- b. Communicate observations that similar objects of varying masses fall at the same rate.
- 3RD GRADE: SCIENCE STANDARD 4: Students will understand that objects near Earth are pulled toward Earth by gravity.
- OBJECTIVE 1: Demonstrate that gravity is a force.
Objectives
Second and/or third grade students will understand that gravity is what keeps you on the ground and what causes objects to fall. They will understand these concepts through dance improvisations and choreographic assignments.