Lesson Plan

Lesson: Vertical motion in uniform gravitational field without air resistance

Aim: To study the vertical motion of an object in the Earths gravitational field, without air resistance. Learning Outcomes: At the end of the lesson, student should be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. explain motion of an object falling vertically in uniform gravitational field without resistance sketch displacement-time graph and velocity-time graph of motion of an object falling vertically in uniform gravitational field without resistance explain motion of an object thrown vertically upwards in uniform gravitational field without resistance sketch displacement-time graph and velocity-time graph of motion of an object thrown vertically upwards in uniform gravitational field without resistance explain the force acting on the body motion of the objects of different mass

Assumed Prior Knowledge 1. 2. 3. Understand the concept of displacement, velocity , acceleration and force Familiar with displacement-time graph and velocity-time graph Familiar with the equations of motion

Underlying Principles 1. 2. 3. 4. Illustrating a concept through visual Relating a physical phenomena with graph Interpreting graphs Using data from graphs to determine maximum height and time

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Development of Lesson No. 1. Steps Set Induction Strategy Teacher throws a ball vertically upwards Teacher invite students to explain the motion of the ball Teacher projects activities of Lesson 3 on the screen Teacher starts Activity 1 in Lesson 3 by following the instruction in the program and follows by questions and answers. Teacher may invite students to click the buttons Teacher together with the students summarize the lesson using the summary slide Teacher distributes the worksheets to the students They are asked to complete the worksheets individually The complete worksheets are collected by the teacher to be marked at home Resources A ball

2.

Student activity Summary of activity

LCD projector Teacher lap top computer Courseware

3.

Evaluation

Printed copy of the worksheets

4.

Extension activity

Students are asked to look for further information by 1)surfing the internet 2)looking up references

suggested websites recommended references

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Worksheet Answer

Activity 1 1. velocity

0 time
Acceleration = gradient of velocity-time graph 2.

Velocity/ ms-1 3.2

0 2
Acceleration = gradient =

Time / s

3.2 = 1.6 ms-2 2 1 2 3.2 = 3.2 m 2

Distance travelled = area under the graph = Activity 2 3. (i)

Velocity /ms-1 15

2t

Time / s

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t = time to reach the maximum height From : gradient = acceleration due to gravity 15 9.81 = t t = 1.53 s Time to fall back to ground = 2t = 3.06 s (ii) Maximum height attained = distance travelled for the upwards motion = area under the graph for upwards motion 1 = 1.53 15 2 = 11.5 m

4.

Velocity /ms-1 20 v 0 t

10 m

Time / s

Distance travelled = area under the graph 1 10 = (20 + v) t 2 But gradient = acceleration due to gravity 20 v = 9.81 t Substituting (2) into (1) 10 = 1 (20 + 20 9.81t ) t 2 9.81t2 40t + 20 = 0

(1)

(2)

Solving quadratic equation : t = 0.58 s or 3.5 s

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