Force and Laws of Motion - Dance (Contemporary and Ballet)

 

School: Blue Bells Public School, Sector 10, Gurgaon

Name of the Activity: Rhythmic Intellection

Grade Level: 9

Subject: Science

Art Integrated: Dance (Contemporary and Ballet)

Topic/Chapter: Force and Laws of Motion (Chapter 9)

Sub-Topic/Concept: Gravitation, Friction and Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion

Learning Outcomes: At the end of the activity, students will be able to-

• Recall and define the terms related to force and motion

• Demonstrate Newton’s three laws of motion through dance movements

• Observe and apply the laws of science in real life

• Showcase their understanding of friction while taking turns (pirouettes) in ballet

• Explore and learn contemporary and ballet style of dance

• Integrate and appreciate science in dance

• Compose and create beautiful music and dance video

Ideated by: Mr. Abhinav Goyal and Science Curriculum Team

Executed by: Riya Fulanbarkar, Bhuwan Bhardwa, Divyanshi Rajput, Kashish Rawat, Diya Dudeja, Ranjan Thakur

Description: 

Contemporary dance is an expressive dance that combines elements of several dance forms including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet. Contemporary dancers strive to connect the mind and the body through fluid dance movements.

Ballet is a theatrical art form that uses dance, music, and scenery to convey a story, theme, or atmosphere.

The given activity helped the students to learn, enjoy and understand the concepts of science by applying it in real life.

• The students read the chapter on their own as a first glance.

• The class was divided into groups and were given one law of motion and few other terms to study upon.

• Within groups the students shared their understanding of terms/laws in the chapter with examples.

• Each group was then given a chance to express their understanding of the concept, giving more examples similar to the ones given in the chapter.

• The groups also demonstrated situations in which the three laws of motion/friction applied.

• The facilitator intervened or guided the class wherever needed to bring the clarity of concept.

• The students were motivated to write their understanding of concepts in the form of a song combined with music.

• The dance teacher helped the students to express their understanding of the concept through contemporary dance style (which they had learnt in their Performing Art class) with few moves of ballet. 

• The students recorded and sent their video which was compiled by the team inhouse.

Variations possible: Similar activity can be done with the concept of Trigonometry, Periodic table, Verbs and Phrasal verbs for the students of Grade 9 and Grade 10 to make the concept easy and enjoyable.