LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE IV

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of a 60-minute period and with the use of pictures, visual aids and some experiment stuffs,
100% of the Grade 4 pupils will be able to do the following with 75% mastery.
A. ;
B. do the experiments and activities about the first law of motion;
C. respond actively to different activities;

II.SUBJECT MATTER
A. Topic: law of inertia
B. Materials: Visual Aids, pictures and some experiment stuffs
C. Reference: Science for active minds pp. 55-60
D. Values Integration: Cooperation, helpfulness

III. PROCEDURE
A. Preliminary Activities
1. Opening Prayer
2. Checking of cleanliness

3. Checking of attendance

4. Drill
Put () if the picture shows movement and (x) if it’s not.

____1. ____4.

_____2. _____5.

_____3.
 B. Presentation
 Let the students compare the picture A and B.

A B

 Discuss the definition of “Motion” and Isaac’s influence about the study of motion briefly.
 Use pictures in discussing today’s lesson.
 Get the experiment stuffs and show them some hands-on experiments about inertia.

IV. GENERALIZATION

 What is motion?
 When do we say that something is in motion?
 According to Newton how does the thing move based on law of inertia?
 Can you some situation when law of inertia occurs?

V. APPLICATION

Group 1- Do the Penny Card Flick experiment.

Group 2- Perform the book flick experiment.

VI. EVALUATION

Which of the following statements is true about Newton’s law of inertia? Encircle the correct answer.

1. Running is an example of Inertia

True False

2. A horse that is standing at rest has the same inertia as it does when it is running.

True False

3. Inertia is the tendency to resist motion.

True False

4. An object in motion will stay in motion and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced
force.

True False

5. The mass of an object is dependent on its location.

True False