Republic of the Philippines

TARLAC AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

Camiling, Tarlac

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN GRADE 7 SCIENCE

Learning Code: S7FE-IIIa-1

Learning Competency: Describe the motion of an object in terms of distance or

displacement, speed or velocity, and acceleration.
Week number (MELC): Week 1-2

A. Content Standard: The learners demonstrate understanding of motion in one

dimension
B. Performance Standard: The learners should be able to conduct a forum on
mitigation and disaster risk reduction

I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students are able to:
1. differentiate acceleration from speed and velocity;
2. calculate acceleration; and
3. relate the topic to their daily lives.

II. Learning Task

Topic: Descriptor of motion
Sub-topic/s: Acceleration
References: Science 7 Teacher’s Guide. Alvie A., Marie C., Leticia C., et al. 2017.
pp. 167- 173.
Science 7 Learner’s Module. Alvie A., Marie C., Leticia C., et al. 2013. pp. 130-
135.
Material: Power Point Presentation, Blackboard and chalk.
Strategy: Explicit learning, Demonstration, Explicit learning
Skills/Values: Critical thinking

I. Learning Activities:
 Teacher’s Activity

A. Preparation
a. Preliminaries
i. Greetings
ii. Prayer
iii. Checking of Attendance

b. Motivation and Review

A man walks 7 m East in 2 s and then 2.5 m West in 1 s.
a) What is the man's average speed for the whole journey?
b) What is the man's average velocity for the whole journey?

B. Presentation
a. Introduction
Ask: Have you ever been in a bus that turns a corner and the force presses you
against the door or the bus seems to change speed?

Ask: How will you describe an object that is changing its speed or velocity?

Is acceleration similar to speed and velocity?

Consider the situation below

Supposed you were having your on-job training in a private investigating
company.
You were asked to join a team assigned to investigate a “hit and run” case. The
alleged suspect was captured by the CCTV camera driving down a road leading to
the place of incident. The suspect denied the allegation, saying he was then driving
very slowly with a constant speed. Because of the short time difference he was
caught by the camera and when the accident happened, he insisted that it was
impossible that he would already be at the place when the crime happened. But
when you were viewing the scene again on the camera, you noticed that his car was
leaving oil spots on the road. When you checked these spots on the site, you found
out that they are still evident. So, you began to investigate the motion of the car of
the suspect and check whether he was telling the truth or not.

From the figure, draw a bar between each dot.

a. How do the lengths from the bar compare?
b. If each bar represents the distance travelled by the car each second, then
 what ‘quantity’ each bar represents?
c. What does the bars tells you about the speed of the car?
d. Is the suspect guilty or not guilty?

b. Discussion

In our previous discussion we described motion in terms of speed and velocity but
in this lesson we are going to have a talk about the acceleration in which velocity
changes in magnitude, direction, or both.

Object do not always move at a constant velocity but rather they do change the
speed, direction, or both. When object change their velocity, they are said to be
accelerating.

Acceleration is defined as the rate f change in speed or velocity of an object. It tells

how quickly an object speed up or slows down.

But how can we say the object is accelerating

An object is said to be accelerating if it does any of the following.

1. The speed is changing. For example, a car is traveling with the speed of 90 km/
hour to 120 km/h
2. The direction is changing. For example, a cyclist is traveling 50 km/h south, then
50 km/h East.
3. The speed and direction are changing. For example, a man is running from 10
km/h East to 9 km/h South.

When a moving object increases its speed or velocity, it is called positive

acceleration.

On the other hand, deceleration is the opposite of acceleration. Where the velocity
of an object decreases.

Acceleration can be determine using the formula

Acceleration=change in velocity / time

We can express acceleration using the SI Unit: M/s2

Let us take a look at this example to solve for acceleration.

A car accelerated from rest to 30 m/s in 10 seconds. What is its average acceleration?

Given Values:
Initial velocity: vi =0 ms

30 m
Final velocity: v f =
s

Time: t=10 s

Δv
Formula :a=
t

We don’t have the change in velocity yet so we are going to solve it first.

To solve for change in velocity:

Δv=v f −v j

Δv =30 m/ s−0 m/s

Δv =30 m/s

We have the given values. Substitute the given data.

30 m/ s 2
a= =3 m/s
10 s

Therefore, the average acceleration of the car is 3m/s2

Let us try another example.

A car slowdown to 10 m/s from a speed of 20 m/s in 10 s. what is its average acceleration?

Given:

Initial velocity: vi =20 ms

10 m
Final velocity: v f =
s

Time: t=10 s

We don’t have the change in velocity yet so we are going to solve it first.

To solve for change in velocity:

Δv=v f −v j

Δv =10 m/s−20 m/s

Δv =−10 m/s
 We have the given values. Substitute the given data.

−10 m/s 2
a= =−1 m/ s
10 s

So, the average acceleration of the car is -1m/s 2. This only means that the car slowed down
or decelerate.

Sample problem number 3

A bike accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 7.10 m/s over a distance of 35.4 m.
Determine the acceleration of the bike

Generalization

Is acceleration similar to speed and velocity?

Speed is the rate of change of distance (basically how much distance (m) has been covered
in a particular time (s)). Velocity is the rate of change of displacement (change of distance
in a particular direction with respect to time), and acceleration is defined as the rate of
change in speed or velocity of a moving object per unit of time.

So, the answer is no. Acceleration is different from speed and velocity

II. Evaluation:
1. What is the acceleration of a motorcycle moving on a straight path when
the speed goes from 0 to 70 miles per hour in 5 seconds?
2. What is the acceleration of a Honda Accord with a constant velocity of 50
km/h for 20 seconds? Does the car have a constant acceleration?
III. Assignment Direction:
Draw a line graph to present the acceleration of a falling object. Put labels such as
initial position, time, velocity and final position.

Prepared by:

John Christian G. Mejia

Practice Teacher