House Rules:

1. Always observe health protocols at all times.

2. Each member should focus and stay on task.
3. Be mindful of the allotted time in each activity.
4. Use the materials provided for the activity.
5. Present your output with in 1- 2 minutes only.

Activity 1: Think Pair Share (10 minutes)

Instruction: Read carefully the activity Let’s Read then explain your understanding by drawing a
diagram. Use your imagination and creativeness. After 5 minutes, go to your partner to discuss
your work. Share to the class your output.

Lets Read!
A device that changes thermal energy into mechanical work is a heat engine. A heat engine
consists of a gas confined by a piston in a chamber. If the gas is heated, it expands, making the
piston move. A practical engine is operated through cycles; the piston has to move back and forth.
When the gas has heated, the piston moves up. When it is cooled, the piston moves downward. A
cycle of heating and cooling will move the piston up and down.
A very important component of heat engines, then is that two temperatures are involved. At
one cycle, the system is heated, at another it is cooled.
Three things happen in a full cycle of a heat engine:
1. Heat is added. It is an input heat (QH) which is a relatively high temperature.
2. Some of the energy from that input heat is used to do work(W).
3. The rest of the heat is removed at a relatively cold temperature Qc).
Activity 2: Group (10 minutes)
Start the Engine!
Objective:
After the activity, the learners should be able to explain how the four-cycle stroke of a gasoline
engine transform thermal energy to mechanical energy that makes the engine work.
Materials:
Illustration of four-cycle stroke, Manila paper, Marker
Procedure:
1. Study the illustration and fill in the table. Answer the guide questions that follows.

CYCLE STROKE MOVEMENT OF THE WHAT HAPPENED TO

PISTON MIXTURE OF GASES?

Guide Questions:
1. What happens to the gas if it is heated inside the engine’s cylinder?
2. What happens to the piston and the gases during compression stroke?
3. What is the function of the spark plug? What is its effect to the mixture’s temperature?
4. Describe the piston and the gases during power stroke.
5. In exhaust stroke, what happens to the piston and mixture of gases?
6. What do you think is the effect of this exhaust gas to the environment?
7. Can we consider heat engine 100% efficient? Why? / Why not?
8. As a student, how can you help minimize the effects of thermal pollution?