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Date: 17th, October. 2009

Day: Saturday

Subject: Science

Year: 5

Topic: Energy & Forces

Sub-topic: Friction

Time: 10.30 – 11.30 a.m. (1 hour)

No. of pupils: 8

Objectives: At the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:

i) Explain how friction works and how it relates to motion and

force.

ii) Identify by experimenting whether a surface will have more or

less friction.

iii) Solve the worksheet given.

Set Induction:

 Teacher asks pupils whether they know about Friction (What is Friction? What
does it do? How does it work?)

 Then discuss their prior knowledge on the topic.

 Ask the students to place their hands together and rub their hands back and
forth. As they are in the act of rubbing their hands back and forth, ask them to
press their hands together harder and then even harder. Then ask, "What did you
noticed?" Explain to them this is ‘Friction’.

Procedures:

 Teacher shows the virtual experiment on ‘Friction’ from

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/friction/play.s
html

 From the virtual experiments, teacher than discuss with pupils the ideas that
demonstrate on the role of friction.

 Finally, teacher asks the pupils which surfaces give more/less friction. Then let
them explain their answers.

Closure:

 Ask questions to test pupils understanding on ‘Friction’. What is it

called when two objects rub together? (Friction) What is produced by friction?
(Heat) What makes the objects harder to rub together? (Resistance)
 If there is extra time, give the pupils the worksheet on ‘Friction’.

Norazlina , Nur Firzanah, Ninesuzrinah, &Tini Diana