Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Division of Puerto Princesa City
SAN JOSE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Puerto Princesa City

A LESSON PLAN IN GRADE 7 SCIENCE

Topic/Title Thermal Energy and Heat

Grade Level Grade 7
Time Allotment 60 minutes
Teacher Mark Gerald Z. Dalanon
Time & Date 2:00-3:00, March 28, 2023 (Tuesday)

I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standard
The learners demonstrate an understanding of how heat is transferred.
B. Performance Standard

C. Learning Competencies
The learners should be able to infer the conditions necessary for heat transfer to occur.
D. Specific Learning Objectives
At the end of the 60-minute session, the Grade 7 students should be able to do the following with at least 75%
proficiency:
1. define thermal energy;
2. distinguish between temperature and heat and explain how they are related; and
3. apply their understanding of thermal energy and heat to explain the behavior of objects in different
situations, such as why a metal spoon gets hot when placed in hot water.
II. CONTENT
Thermal Energy and Heat
III. LEARNING RESOURCES
A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide pages
2. Learner’s Materials pp 246-248
pages
3. Textbook pages
4. Additional Materials
from Learning Resource
(LR) portal
5. Other Learning YouTube videos: https://youtu.be/p3zWIIAMSAg
Resources https://youtu.be/B_F96VAUJ2A
IV. PROCEDURES Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity
Preliminaries
(5 minutes) Everybody, please stand up.
Good afternoon, class!
Good afternoon, teachers! It’s nice to
see you today!
It’s nice to see you too.
Before you take your seats, kindly pick
all the papers under your chairs and any
trash that you can see near you. Also,
please make sure your chairs are
arranged properly. Thank you.

May I know who is absent today?

None, sir.
Okay, that’s good to hear.
1. Elicit (5 minutes) In our previous discussions, we have
talked about the two different forms of
A. Reviewing previous energy that travel as waves. What are
lesson or presenting the those?
new lesson Sound and light, sir.
Exactly, thank you!

Yesterday, you also had an activity to

introduce you to our topic today. May I
know from the class what you did to
complete the activity yesterday?
Using different containers with water
where one of them had hot water, we
got the initial temperature. Then we
placed two of the containers to the
other two larger containers and then
recorded the temperature after some
time. After that, we also answered
different questions about the activity
that we did.

Alright! Thank you!

Then, based on that activity, what have
you learned?
We learned that heat transfers from
something with high temperature to
the object with lower temperature.
Okay. Thank you. What else?
We also learned that the temperature
of an object changes as time passes
by. For example, the container with
hot water initially has a higher
temperature compared to others. But
after a few minutes, its temperature
decreases.
That’s a good point. I hope each and
every one of you really have learned
something from the activity yesterday.

Today, we will be talking about how you

were able to have such observations in
the previous activity. Our topic is about
thermal energy and heat. But before we
proceed, let’s have an initial activity first
to see how much you know about our
topic.
This game will be called, “Pictoword.”
I will be showing pictures that represent a
secret word, and to make it easier for
you, letters will also be shown and from
those letters you have to guess the secret
word.
Did you get the instructions, class?
Yes, sir!
All right. Let’s begin.

The first word too guess has these

pictures.
 What do you think the secret word is? Thermal

That is correct! Thank you!

Next, let’s see the pictures.

What do you think is the secret word? Energy

Energy, is correct!

Let’s proceed to the next pictures.

What is the secret word?

Heat
That’s right!
Now, for the last secret word. The
pictures are…

Who wants to answer?

Temperature
Exactly!
Thank you, everyone for the
participation.
2. Engage (5 minutes)
This time, let’s have again another game.
This will be called, “Fix Me, Define
Me!”
B. Establishing a purpose Since you have guessed all the words in
for the lesson the previous game correctly, it’s now
time to define what those words mean.
The words or terms are: thermal energy,
heat, and temperature. To do this, I have
there on the board the terms and also
C. Presenting examples/ their corresponding definition below
instances of the new them. But what did you notice? The definitions are rambled.
lesson
That’s right. As you can see, the
definitions do not make sense at all. And
for it to make sense, you have to
rearrange the words to correct the
definition of each term.
THERMAL ENERGY
Rambled definition:
That the movement of object possesses
due to its particles the an energy. Students’ answer should be:
The energy that an object possesses
due to the movement of its particles.

HEAT
Rambled definition:
Another transfers due to the energy a
temperature from one object to that
difference. It should be:
The energy that transfers from one
object to another due to a temperature
difference.

TEMPERATURE
Rambled definition:
How hot the measure of an object is or It should be:
cold. The measure of how hot or cold an
object is.

Now, before we proceed, let me present

our lesson objectives for this topic.
Everyone, please read. In 1,2,3 go.
At the end of the session, you are
expected to:
1. define thermal energy;
2. distinguish between
temperature and heat and
explain how they are related;
and
3. apply the understanding of
thermal energy and heat to
explain the behavior of
objects in different situations,
such as why a metal spoon
gets hot when placed in hot
water.

Okay, thank you.

Now, let’s talk about the definition that

you have correctly rearranged.
Let’s start with thermal energy. Based on
the definition that was rearranged and
even on your own knowledge, how
would you describe thermal energy?
It what makes things feel hot or cold.
Precisely!
Everything around us is made of tiny
particles called atoms and molecules.
These particles are always moving, even
when we can’t see them. The faster they
move, the more thermal energy they
have. That is why when we touch
something hot, like a stove or a hot drink,
we feel the heat. It means that the
particles in that object are moving very
fast and they transfer some of that energy
to our skin, which makes us feel hot.

And by heat, what do you think it is,

aside from the definition you have
rearranged?
The flow of thermal energy.
That’s correct. When thermal energy is
transformed, it is when heat exist. Heat is
the energy that can move from one object
to another. When something is hot, it has
a lot of heat energy, and when something
is cold, it has less heat energy. Heat
always flows from a warmer object to a
cooler object until they reach the same
temperature. For example, if you put a
hot cup of coffee on a table, the heat
energy from the coffee will transfer to the
table until they are both the same
temperature. This is why the coffee
eventually cools down and the table may
feel warm.

Now, let’s have temperature. What does

it mean as compare to the first two?
The measurement of how hot or cold
the object is.

That is correct!
Temperature is the relative hotness or
coldness of an object which can be
measured by, what?
Thermometer.
Thermometer.
And what unit of measurement is being
used? Degrees Celsius.

Yes, that’s one. Actually, there are other

units of measurement that we can use to
measure temperature. What do you think
those are?
Kelvin and Fahrenheit.
That’s right!

Now, you have to take note that

temperature, although, measurable using
thermometer, it is still relative. What do
you think it means?
It means, it depends to the person.
Yes, that’s right. It may vary from one
person to another. Something may be of
high temperature for others, but for some
it could be still at low temperature.
Another example is, on a cold weather,
 you might feel warm and cozy if you are
inside a heated room, but if you were
outside, you might feel very cold.

Do you now understand the concept

behind thermal energy, heat, and
temperature, class?
Yes, sir!
Are you sure?
Yes, sir!
All right! Thank you.
3. Explore (15 minutes)
Now, for you to understand more the
concept of thermal energy and heat, you
D. Discussing new will have a group activity.
concepts and practicing This is called, “Thermal Energy
new skills #1 Demonstration.” By doing this activity,
you will get to demonstrate yourselves
the concept of thermal energy and heat.
I will provide you sheets of paper where
E. Discussing new instructions are written. Make sure to
concepts and practicing read the instructions carefully and
new skills #2 understand them. You also have to fill in
the observation table there and answer
the questions. Also, make sure to be
careful when working with hot water. Do
this activity with your assigned group
and do it with full cooperation and
collaboration with one another.
Understand?
Yes, sir.
Feel free to ask me when you have
questions.
Okay, you may now start. You have 10
minutes to do the demonstration and
another 10 minutes to fill in the table and
answer the questions. After exactly 20
minutes, all groups should be done with
the activity and are ready to present their
answers and observations.
(Students proceed with their
respective groups and start doing the
task.)
4. Explain (15 minutes)
At this time, you will be presenting your
answers in the class. Since there are six
F. Developing mastery (6) questions and six (6) groups, each of
(leads to Formative the group will only have to present their
Assessment 3) answer to one question. Your group
number will serve as the question number
that the answer you will present in class.
Okay, let’s start.

Questions:
1. What happened to the size and shape
of the balloon placed on top of the
bottle filled with hot water? Did it
inflate or deflate? Explain why. Students’ answers may vary, but
should be similar to this:

1. The balloon placed on top of the

bottle filled with hot water inflated
 because the thermal energy from the
hot water caused the air inside the
balloon to expand, increasing its
volume and inflating it.

2. What happened to the size and shape

of the balloon placed on top of the
bottle filled with cold water? Did it
inflate or deflate? Explain why.
2. The balloon deflated because the
thermal energy from the air inside the
balloon was absorbed by the cold
water, causing the air contract and
decreasing its volume.
3. What was the temperature of the
water in each bottle? Did the
temperature of the hot water
decrease or increase over time? Did
the temperature of the cold water
decrease or increase over time? 3. The temperature of the hot water
decrease over time due to heat loss to
the environment, while the
temperature of the cold water may
increase due to heat gain from the
environment.
4. Why did the balloon on top of the
bottle filled with hot water inflate?
What caused it to do so?
4. This is due to the transfer of
thermal energy from the hot water to
the air inside the balloon, causing it
to expand.

5. Why did the balloon on top of the

bottle with cold water deflate? What
caused it to do so?
5. Due to the transfer of the thermal
energy from the air inside the balloon
to the cold water, causing the air to
contract.

6. Give other situations or activities in

life that involves the transfer of 6. Cooking food, taking a hot shower,
thermal energy. drinking a hot beverage, using a
heating pad, cooling down with a fan,
melting ice, and more.

Thank you, everyone! It seems that you

have clearly understood the concept of
thermal energy and heat, since you were
able to answer all the questions correctly.

And with that, give yourselves a Good

Job Clap. 1,2,3 go. G double O DJ OB, Good Job (clap),
Good Job (clap) (2x)
5. Elaborate (10
minutes) This time, please get a ¼ sheet of paper
and answer this question.
● What do you think is the importance
G. Finding practical of heat in your life as individual or
applications of concepts as a student?
and skills in daily living
Students’ answers may vary.

H. Making
generalizations and
abstractions about the
lesson
6. Evaluate (5 minutes) In the back of your paper, please answer
this by completing the statement and
filling out the words required to complete
I. Evaluating learning the thought. Just write the answer only in
the paper.

The is the energy possessed by an

object due to the movement of its
particles. While, heat is the of the
thermal energy that transfers from an
object to another. This transfer of energy
occurs due the difference.

If you are done, please pass your paper

forward in 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1. All papers
should be here in front already.

Let’s see if you got all the answers

correct. Students’ answers should be:
Thermal energy, flow, temperature.

Have you got the correct answers? Yes, sir.

Okay, very good!

7. Extend (5 minutes)

Now, before we end, I want you to

J. Additional activities research on the three types of heat
for application or transfer so that you will have prior
remediation knowledge of our next topic next
meeting.

So, if you have no more questions, I

think that would be all for today.
Everybody, please stand up.

Goodbye, class! Goodbye, teachers! Thank you for

teaching us. God bless you.

God bless you all too.

V. REMARKS

VI. REFLECTION
A. No. of learners who learned 80% on the
formative assessment
B. No. of learners who require additional
activities for remediation
C. Did the remedial lesson work? No. of
learners who have caught up with the lesson
 D. No. of learners who continue to require
remediation
E. Which of my teaching strategies worked
well? Why did this work?
F. What difficulties did I encounter which my
principal or supervisor can help me solve?
G. What innovation or localized materials did I
use discover which I wish to share with other
teachers?

Prepared by: Checked by:

MARK GERALD Z. DALANON LESLIE O. PULANCO
Student Teacher Cooperating Teacher