Gravity & Falling Objects
Explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object
Share and support
Teaching Table
Set out your lesson
Explain a safe falling-object observation with gravity.
Ask the learner to explain one prerequisite idea before starting. If uncertain, revisit it; graph order is not learner readiness.
Check readiness rather than assuming source graph order establishes attainment.
Optional soft sock dropped from just above a clear table with adult permission. No heights, hard objects or throwing. If unavailable, use supplied story only.
Use the supplied stage cards on screen or scrap paper; adult key stays separate.
Materials are ready in each step. Use them on screen or print just the current step. Put teaching examples aside before the learner tries.
What this lesson covers and its limits
These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.
- partial: Explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object
Bounded objective: Explain a safe falling-object observation with gravity. Gravity examples only; no acceleration measurement or claim all objects fall equally in air.
- partial: Define gravity as a force of attraction between the Earth and objects
Gravity explained as attraction toward Earth in everyday example.
- partial: Explain that unsupported objects fall because gravity pulls them towards the Earth
Release removes support, not gravity itself.
- partial: Give examples showing gravity in action (dropping objects, jumping, water flowing downhill)
Safe drop conditional; jump/water are supplied scenarios.
- partial: Can {{name}} explain why everything falls downwards when you let go of it, and name the force that causes this?
Try offers new-scenario-explanation for the bounded objective; it does not establish every part of the source assessment. Gravity examples only; no acceleration measurement or claim all objects fall equally in air.
Gravity examples only; no acceleration measurement or claim all objects fall equally in air.
Family records and proof options
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Learning resources
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Check understanding
- Define gravity as a force of attraction between the Earth and objects
- Explain that unsupported objects fall because gravity pulls them towards the Earth
- Give examples showing gravity in action (dropping objects, jumping, water flowing downhill)
“Can your child explain why everything falls downwards when you let go of it, and name the force that causes this?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Forces & Motion
- Age range
- Ages 9–11
Standards