School: San Francisco High School Grade Level: Grade 8

Teacher: Learning Area: Science

Teaching Date: Quarter/Lesson No.

I. OBJECTIVE:
CONTENT STANDARDS
The Learners demonstrate an understanding of:
 work using constant force, power, gravitational, potential energy, kinetic energy, and elastic
potential energy
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
LEARNING COMPETENCY
The learners should be able to:
 differentiate potential and kinetic energy
o CODE: S8FE-Id-22
Specific Objectives:
Given the necessary materials, 75% of the learners are expected to:
 Differentiate potential and kinetic energy
 Give examples of potential and kinetic energy in real-world scenarios
 Compute potential and kinetic energy

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

a. Topic: WORK, POWER AND ENERGY – Potential and Kinetic Energy
b. Concepts:.
 The energy of a moving object is called energy of motion or kinetic energy
(KE). The word kinetic comes from the Greek word kinetikos which means
moving.

 There are many forms of kinetic energy: • translational (the energy due to
motion from one location to another). • vibration (the energy due to vibration
motion), • rotational (the energy due to rotational motion) We will focus upon
translational kinetic energy.
o WORKING FORMULA:

 Potential energy is energy at rest. It is a stored energy that can be converted
into kinetic energy. The potential energy gained and lost by an object is
dependent on the reference level. There are several forms of potential energy
including gravitational, magnetic, electrical, chemical, and elastic potential
energy.

o WORKING FORMULA:
 Conservation of Energy: A principle stating that the total energy of an isolated system
remains constant regardless of changes within the system. Energy can neither be
created nor destroyed.
c. Materials:
Visual Aids, worksheet, lapel, speaker, projector, laptop
d. References:
 Learner’s Science Module p.25-31
 Teacher’s Guide p 21-23
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lmPflVhW6U
 http://www.physics.unl.edu/~fulcrum/resources/RS_Activities/KINETIC
%20AND%20POTENTIAL%20ENERGY-1.pdf
 https://www.teachengineering.org/lessons/view/cub_energy_lesson01
 https://www.utah-home-search.com/fine/real/estate/blog/14993
 https://sites.google.com/site/6iscience/potential-kinetic
III. PROCEDURE:
 A. ELICIT
LET’S PLAY THE WORD TWIST!
Rearrange the letters to form a word and say something about it.
EYNEGR – ENERGY = the capacity to do work
ROFEC – FORCE = a push or pull
LEUOSJ – JOULES = the unit of energy
ORKW – WORK = is a means of transferring energy from one
object
to another
B. ENGAGE
LET’S WATCH THIS!
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lmPflVhW6U
C. EXPLORE
Try solving this:
1. A 1000 kg car has a velocity of 17 m/s. What is the car’s
kinetic energy?

2. When a 1.0 kg book is lifted 0.5 m from the table, the force
exerted in lifting
the book is equal to its weight.

D. EXPLAIN
 The energy of a moving object is called energy of motion or
kinetic energy
(KE). The word kinetic comes from the Greek word kinetikos
which means moving.

o WORKING FORMULA:
o From the equation, you can see that the kinetic energy
of an object depends on its mass and velocity.

o What will happen to the KE of an object if its mass is

doubled but the velocity remains the same?

o How about if the velocity is doubled but the mass

remains the same?

 Potential energy is energy at rest. It is a stored energy that

can be converted into kinetic energy. The potential energy
gained and lost by an object is dependent on the reference
level. (Example: water in the dam)
 o WORKING FORMULA:
 The energy of an object above the ground is called potential
energy because it is a ‘stored’ energy. It has the potential to do
work once released.

EXAMPLES OF KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY

Biking down a hill on a skateboard
Throwing a baseball
Jumping
A glass falling off a desk
A yoyo towards the ground
Waiting at the top of a hill on a bike
Holding a baseball in the backswing
Bending your knees before you jump
A glass sitting on a desk
Winding up a yoyo but holding on it

E. ELABORATE
Question/Answer: Ask the students and discuss as a class:
 What are examples of dangerous unsafe placement of objects?
(Possible answers: Boulders on the edge of a cliff, dishes barely on
shelves, etc.).
 How can you throw a ball and have its energy change from kinetic to
potential and back to kinetic without touching the ball once it releases
from your hand? (Answer: Throw it straight up in the air.)

F. EVALUATE
Calculating: Have students practice problems solving for potential energy
and kinetic energy:

 If a mass that weighs 8 kg is held at a height of 10 m, what is its

potential energy? (Answer: PE = (8 kg)*(9.8 m/s2)*(10 m) = 784
kg*m2/s2 = 784 J)
 Now consider an object with a kinetic energy of 800 J and a mass of 12
kg. What is its velocity? (Answer: v = sqrt(2*KE/m) = sqrt((2 * 800 J)/12
kg) = 11.55 m/s)

G. EXTEND
There is another form of potential energy, not related to height,
which is called spring potential or elastic potential energy. In this case,
energy is stored when you compress or elongate a spring. Have the
students search the Internet or library for the equation of spring potential
energy and explain what the variables in the equation represent. The answer
is
PEspring = ½ k∙x2
where k is the spring constant measured in N/m (Newton/meters) and x is
how far the spring is compressed or stretched measured in m (meters).