Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOCOS NORTE

ACTIVITY SHEETS IN SCIENCE 8

QUARTER 1, WEEK 1

MELC: Investigate the relationship between the amount of force

applied and the mass of the object to the amount of change in the
object’s motion.
 K to 12 BEC CG: S8FE-Ia-15

Objectives:

1. State the Law of Acceleration.

2. Solve problems involving Law of Acceleration.
3. Infer and explain how force and mass affect acceleration.

Prepared by:

FIDELA C. JACOBO
Secondary School Teacher, Talugtog Solsona National High School
 Simple

Activities

Name: Date:
Grade/Section:__________________________________________________________Score:___________

Title of the Activity: Let there be force…and there was acceleration!

Most Essential Learning Competency: Investigate the relationship between the amount
of force applied and the mass of the object to the amount of change in the object’s
motion.
 K to 12 BEC CG: S8FE-Ia-15

Directions: Given below is a paragraph with blanks regarding the Law of

Acceleration. Complete the paragraph by choosing the right word/s found inside
the box.

Answer Pool:

F = ma force Newton(N)

acceleration mass twice

Newton’s second law of motion states that, “The acceleration of a body is directly
proportional to the (1)_____________ acting on the body and inversely proportional to the
(2)____________ of the body and is in the direction of the net force. The (3)___________
of an object is always in the direction of the net force. The law of acceleration is expressed
as an exact equation as a = F/m or (4)____________.
In the second law of motion, Newton gives a more precise idea of force. He says in
effect that force is anything that can accelerate an object. For a given object, twice the force
results in (5)___________ the acceleration. The more mass an object has the more force is
needed to move or accelerate the object. The SI unit of force is (6)____________ which is
equivalent to kg.m/s2.
 Directions: Pair the words with their corresponding description or definition. Write
your answer in Figure 1.

Word: acceleration Word: speed

____________________________ _________________________

Word: velocity Word: deceleration

___________________________ ____________________________

Figure 1
 Moderat
e

Activities
Name:________________________________________________________Date: ___________
Grade/Section:__________________________________________________________Score:___________

Title of the Activity: Gamble with Newton!

Most Essential Learning Competency: Investigate the relationship between the amount
of force applied and the mass of the object to the amount of change in the object’s
motion.
 K to 12 BEC CG: S8FE-Ia-15

Directions: Solve for the unknown in each problem set. Look for the final
answer in the bingo card and shade the corresponding box. If you get BINGO, a
reward awaits you. Good Luck!

B I N G O
5 m/s2 10 N 5 kg 0.2 kg 30 N

4N 0.4 kg 4 m/s2 25 N 50 N

0.5 kg 15 m/s2 0.8 kg 25 m/s2

40 N 7N 13 m/s2 15 N 2. 5 kg

2 kg 0.25 kg 2N 7 m/s2 3.0 kg

Figure 2. BINGO Card

 1. An unripe jackfruit with a mass of 2.0 kg accelerates 2.0 m/s 2 when an unknown force
is applied to it. What is the amount of the force? ______________________

2. A big rock along the river with a mass of 5.0 kg accelerates 8.0 m/s 2 when an unknown
force is applied to it. What is the amount of the force? ______________________
3. A ball accelerates 3.0 m/s2 when a kicking force of 6.0 Newton is applied to it.
What is the mass of the ball? ___________________________

4. A steel ball accelerates 12.0 m/s2 when a force of 6.0 Newton is applied to it.
What is the mass of the object? ___________________________

5. A box filled with toys has mass of 4 kg. When a force of 20.0 Newtons is applied to it,
what is the acceleration of the object? ____________

CONGRATULATIONS! Here is a badge. You are now an official Newtonian follower. Hope
this will motivate you even further to continue with this module.

Officially a
NEWTONIAN!
 Challengi
ng

Activities
Name: _______________________________________________________Date:____________

Grade/Section:__________________________________________________________Score:___________

Title of the Activity: Work and Play with Newton!

Most Essential Learning Competency: Investigate the relationship between the amount of
force applied and the mass of the object to the amount of change in the object’s motion.
 K to 12 BEC CG: S8FE-Ia-15

Directions: Given the illustrations, answer the questions briefly and concisely.

1. Friends in the neighborhood gather together to play tumbang preso. As part of the game, each
participant strikes an empty can with a slipper. Clifford strikes the can with a certain amount
of force. If Jerwin strikes the can double the force of Clifford, how is the acceleration of the
empty can affected?
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2. Audrey enjoys playing piko or hopscotch. She uses a puck or marker which is a smooth flat
stone. To land from one box to another, she has to jump and kick the marker using only one
leg. If she uses a heavier marker with twice the mass of the first one, how far the stone will
go or how will it be accelerated if she kicks it with the same force?

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3. The rain is about to come so Shiela went to fetch her two goats, a mother and a kid, grazing
on the green meadows not far enough from their house. The goats wanted to eat more
grasses so Shiela has to pull them with all her strength to put them under the shade of a tree.
Which of the goats will require a greater force? The mother who has a greater mass or the
kid with a lesser mass? Why?
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4. Tristan trains his cousin J-boy how to balance in a skateboard. He pushes his cousin while
his cousin stands on the skateboard. If the net force he acts to his cousin is somehow tripled,
by how much does the acceleration increase? Why do you say so?

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5. If a body has no acceleration like the stationary cow below, can you conclude that no force is
acting on it?
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Enrichme
nt

Activities
Name: _______________________________________________________Date: ___________

Grade/Section:__________________________________________________________Score:___________

Title of the Activity: Strike with Newton!

Most Essential Learning Competency: Investigate the relationship between the amount
of force applied and the mass of the object to the amount of change in the object’s
motion.
 K to 12 BEC CG: S8FE-Ia-15

Directions: Follow the simple experiment below and answer the guide questions
that follow.

NEWTON GOES TO THE KITCHEN

Materials:
 Can of sardines or any canned goods (big and small)
 Chopping board / ramp
 Block of wood or box
 Several pieces of onion and garlic
Background Information:
According to Newton’s Second Law, the acceleration of an object depends on the mass of
the object and the amount of force that is applied to an object. In this activity, you will
determine the effect of force of two rolling cans on pieces of onion and garlic.
Instructions:
1. Set up the given materials as shown in the given illustrations.

0.175 kg 0.425 kg
 0.3 m 0.3 m
0.14 m 0.14 m

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2. Roll the small can down the ramp. Observe what happens to the pieces of onion and garlic.
3. Roll the big can down the ramp. Observe its effect on the pieces of onion and garlic.

Questions:
1. Compare your observations to the motion or the distance traveled by the pieces of onion and
garlic when they are hit by the small can of sardines and by the big can of sardines.
2. How does the increase in mass affect the force of objects in motion?
3. How does the amount of force of the can affect the acceleration or the distance traveled by the
ingredients?
4. Suppose you use an even bigger can or increase the mass of the can, what will be your
observation on the pieces of ingredients when they are hit by it?
5. How does this activity relate to Newton’s second law? Explain.

Application:
Explain how the law of acceleration is applied in each indigenous game.
1. Sitik 2. Sipa
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B. Open the link below and answer the questions that follow. (Note: An illustration is provided
for those who don’t have access to the internet.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XewqlNSvJE

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Questions:
1. What did you observe when the ball and the small crumpled paper hit the pieces of
domino?
2. Explain what you observed from the video. Relate it to Newton’s second law of motion.
Answer Key:

For Simple Activities: Let there be force…and there was acceleration!

1. force
2. mass
3. acceleration
4. F = ma
5. twice
6. Newton (N)

For Moderate Activities: Gamble with Newton

1. Given:
m = 2 kg a = 2.0 m/s2
Formula : F = ma
F = (2 kg)(2.0 m/s2)

Answer: F=4N

2. Given:

m = 5 kg a = 8.0 m/s2

Formula : F = ma
 F = (5 kg)(8.0 m/s2)

Answer: F = 40 N

3. Given:

a = 3.0 m/s2 F = 6.0 N

Formula : m = F/a

m = 6.0 N / 3.0 m/s2

Answer: m = 2 kg

4. Given:

a = 12.0 m/s2 F = 6.0 N

Formula : m = F/a

m = 6 N / 12.0 m/s2

Answer: m = 0.5 kg

5. Given:

m = 4 kg F = 20 N

Formula : a = F/m

a = 20 N / 4 kg

Answer: a = 5 m/s2
 For Challenging Activities: Work and Play with Newton

1. The acceleration of the can is also doubled.

2. The stone’s acceleration is reduced to one-half.
3. The mother goat will require greater force to pull because it has more mass. According to
Newton, force is proportional to mass.
4. The acceleration is also tripled because force and mass are directly proportional.
5. No force acts on the cow. The law of acceleration tells that if there is no force there is no
acceleration.

For Enrichment Activities: Strike with Newton

Newton Goes to the Kitchen

1. The pieces of garlic are displaced farther when they are hit by the big can.
2. An object of greater mass will exert a greater force.
3. The lesser amount of force exerted by the can to the pieces of onion and garlic, the
lesser is the acceleration of the pieces of ingredients.
4. There will be greater distance traveled by the pieces of ingredients.
5. A greater force gives a greater acceleration.
Application:
1. If you flick the stone with a stronger force, the other stone that will be hit by the
moving stone will move further. Learn to control the force you apply in flicking the
stone to avoid hitting many stone with just a single flick. It is also harder to flick a
stone with greater mass than a stone with lesser mass.
2. If you don’t want to lose in the sipa game, kick harder on the sipa so it will fly farther
away from your opponent. It would be harder for him to run and kick the sipa in return.
Video:
1. The ball knocks down the pieces of domino while the crumpled paper did not.

2. The ball has greater mass therefore it exerts more force on the pieces of domino so the
pieces of domino knock down. According to the second law of motion, mass and force
are directly proportional while force and acceleration are also directly proportional.
References:
A. Books
Hewitt, Paul G. 1998. Conceptual Physics. Beethoven Publishing. Philippines.
Toledo, Salina B. et. al. 2013. Science Vistas 8. Don Bosco Press, Inc. Makati City.
Deauna, Melecio C. et. al. 1996. Physics. Phoenix Publishing House, Inc. Quezon City.

B. Government Publication
Department of Education. 2015. Science Grade 8. Learner’s Material. First Edition.

C. Online
https://betterlesson.com/lesson/resource/3307246/down-a-ramp
https://betterlesson.com/lesson/resource/3290450/newton-s-laws-vocabulary-graphic-
organizer
https://betterlesson.com/lesson/resource/3290489/data-analysis-assignment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XewqlNSvJE