Detailed Lesson Plan in Grade 8

Physics

I. Objectives: at the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

a. infer that when a body exerts a force on another, an equal amount of
force is exerted back on it
b. explain the phenomena behind the action and reaction forces
c. cite real life situations in which the 3rd law of motion can be depicted
II. Subject matter: Earth and Space
Topic: understanding typhoons
References: Physics; Exploring Life Through Science Second Edition
Strategy: Role-playing
Approach: Constructivist
Materials: manila paper, chalk, fill tip pen, publisher, LCD projector

III. Procedure:

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Preparatory activity
Good morning class! Good morning Sir!
I am teacher Bonnie, I will be your teachers this
morning.
First, let us all stand up for a prayer. Ms./mr. ________,
kindly lead the prayer.
Miss Secretary, whose absent today? No one is absent Sir.
Very good!

1. Drill / Review
To make everyone lovely, let us all stand up and do
some exercise. We must forget to leave a healthy life
shouldn’t we class?
Yes Sir!
I will show you a video and all you have to do is to copy
the actions of the dance instructor in the video. Am I
clear class?
Yes, Sir!

2. Setting of Standards
What does a good student do when someone
is speaking in the front?
Listen, cooperate and
participate.
Very good! Can I expect that from you class?
Yes, Sir!
 3. Motivation
Before we start our proper discussion, let us first have
a game. Do you love to play games class?
Yes, Sir
I see that you are eager to play the game for today
class. The name of the game is “Decode Me”. Now, I
will group the class into four (4). This will be team
royals, team beauties, team fabulous and team
dreamers. Each team will now form a circle to be able
to communicate will with each member. Now class I
want you to look at the board. In the board, you will
see numbers and letters which corresponds to the
codes that we will provide you later. Your task is to
wright the corresponding letters to the codes that we
will present to you on the board.

M T N A
I O C E

Yes, Sir!
Congratulations team _____. Let us all give them a
Dionisia clap.
1, 2, 3… 1, 2, 3…
Very good! Very good!
Very good!

Now class, what can you see in the pictures you have
solved?

4. Presentation of New Lesson

Our topic for today is about Newton’s Third Law
which is the Law of Interaction. At the end of the lesson
you should be able to infer that when a body exerts a
force on another, an equal amount of force is exerted
back on it, explain the phenomena behind the action
and reaction forces and cite real life situations in which
the 3rd law of motion can be depicted.
 We will be presenting to you a short video about
the background of the motions third law which is the
law of acceleration. Remember to take down notes and
comprehend the principle and ideas behind the law for
we will be having an activity after the video is
presented. Am I clear class?
Yes, Sir!
(the video is being presented to the class)
To make things exiting, let us have our
discussion through an activity. With your group, you are
to create a short play that shows or illustrates the law of
interaction within 3 to 5 mins. At the end of your play,
you will state a short explanation about the concept of
your short play to enlighten everyone. You will be judge
according to these criteria. The manner of whose team
goes to present first will be decided in a lottery game.
The group to pick up the number 1 will be the first to
present and so and so forth, any questions?
None, Sir!
You will be given 15 minutes to prepare for the
activity. Am I understood?
Yes, Sir!
(the students will present
their play)
Very good! Everyone did a wonderful
performance.
Class, remember that the third law states that
“when a body A exerts a force on body B, body B will
exert an equal but oppositely directed force on body A.”
That’s what it meant when they said that “to every
action, there is an equal but opposite reaction force.”
For example, if I touch the table of course my hand
exerted a force upon the table, does the table also
exerts a force on my hand?
Yes, Sir!
How much of a force did the table exerted?
Equivalent to the force
applied by your hand
teacher!
Very good! That is how the third law of motion works.
You cannot touch without being touched.
 If you push hard on a wall with by a force of 5 N,
the wall in turn pushes you back by a force of 5 N. We
can walk because we push backward upon on earth as
hard as the earth pushes us forward. Another popular
example is the horse cart paradox. Have you heard
about it before class?
No, Sir!
Before I tell you the story, I have a question.
Base on the given definition and example of the third
law of motion; the law of interaction, do action and
reaction forces cancel out each other?
(the students will give
their varied opinions
about the question)
Well, let me tell you the story, one morning, a
trainer and his horse were having an argument. The
horse that happens to know a little physics told his
trainer that it is useless for the former to pull the cart.
The harder the horse pulls on the cart, the harder the
cart pulls back on him. These forces will cancel each
other and the net forces will be zero in as much as
action and reaction forces are supposed to be equal
but opposite directed. The horse further said that since
there is no net force, then the cart will remain at rest in
accordance with Newton’s first law. If you are the
trainer, will you agree with the horse?
(the students will give
their different ideas
regarding the matter)
Of the two forces mentioned by the horse, it is
only the force that the horse exerts on the cart that is
acting on the cart. The other force in the action-reaction
force is acting on the horse and not on the cart. Since
action and reaction forces are acting on two different
objects, they will never cancel out. The cart will
accelerate if the forces exerted by the hors on the cart
is greater that the force of the friction between the cart
and the ground.

5. Generalization
Now, to go back to the question earlier, do
action and reaction forces cancel each other?
No, action and reaction
forces are acting on
different bodies therefore,
 they will never cancel out
each other.
What does the third law say?
In every action, there is
an equal but opposite
reaction force.
Action and reaction forces
are equal in magnitude
but oppositely directed.
Action and reaction forces
are acting on different
bodies will never cancel
out.
Forces always come in
pairs.

6. Evaluation
To test your understanding of the lesson, we will have a
short quiz. Get ½ sheet of paper and answer the
question on board.

An object of weight 30 N rests a table.

a. What are the forces acting on the object?
b. What are the reactions to these forces?

7. Assignment
To strengthen more your knowledge of today’s lesson,
let us have an assignment.
Direction: In your ½ sheet of paper, answer the
following questions.
A 650 student stands on a scale in an elevator. As the
elevator starts to move, the scale reads 780 N.
a. Find the acceleration.
b. Is the elevator going up or down?
Prepared by:

BONNIE RICK C. PATINO

Teacher - I

Checked by:

ALAN C. YICYEC
School Head