Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region X- Northern Mindanao Division of Iligan City
Mindanao State University- Iligan Institute of Technology
Andres Bonifacio Avenue, Tibanga, 9200 Iligan City

Detailed Lesson Plan

Learning Area: Physics Subject: Physical Science 11

Grade Level: Grade 11 Quarter: 4
Submitted by: Marjorie M. Villaruz Date: May 17, 2023
Submitted to: James C. Guiuo DLP #: 12

I. CONTENT STANDARD
The learners demonstrate an understanding of how Galileo used his discoveries in
mechanics (and astronomy) to address scientific objections to the Copernican model.

II. PERFORMANCE STANDARD

Perform activities related to uniform acceleration.

III. LEARNING COMPETENCIES

Explain how Galileo inferred that objects in vacuum fall with uniform
acceleration, and that force is not necessary to sustain horizontal motion. -(S11/12PS-
IVc-47)

IV. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the learners should be able to:
1. Explain how Galileo inferred that objects in vacuum fall with uniform acceleration.
2. Relate the concept of uniform acceleration in real life.
3. Perform activities related to uniform acceleration.

V. SUBJECT MATTER
a. Topic: Uniform Acceleration
b. Values Integration: Cooperation, Teamwork
c. Duration: 60 mins
d. References: Physical Science 11 Learner’s Material

VI. LEARNING RESOURCES

a) Materials: Laptop (PowerPoint Presentation), Instructional Materials (cartolina),
markers, Ping-Pong ball, marble (jolen), bond paper, coin, notebook

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VII. PROCEDURE

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. BEFORE THE LESSON

Preliminary Activities (5 mins)

● Classroom Management

Please stand, everyone! Pick up the papers under your

chairs, and arrange them properly. Make sure you are in
your proper seats already.

● Prayer
Bow down your head and close
Kervin, kindly lead the prayer. your eyes… Amen.

● Greetings
(The students will greet first.) Good morning, Ma’am Sen!
Good morning, visitors!
Good morning, class! How are you feeling today?
We are fine, ma’am.
Very good! I am glad to hear that. You may now take your
seat. Thank you, ma’am.

● Checking of Attendance

Is there anyone absent today?

Class beadle, kindly check the attendance. Angel will check the attendance.

● Implementing Classroom Rules

Now, for us to have a smooth flow of discussion this
morning. I want you all to remember these classroom rules.

● Treat others with respect at all times.

● Listen when someone is talking in front.
● Raise your hand if you want to speak. (Do not
answer in chorus)
● Follow directions.

Alright! Thank you, class. Are we now clear on our

Yes, ma’am.
classroom rules?

“Very good.”

● Collecting of assignments
Yes, ma’am.
We have an assignment, right?
Pass your assignments. Pass it on the center aisle
first, and then pass it forward.
What is our assignment all about?
Compare and contrast Aristotelian
and Galilean concept of motion,
ma’am.
ELICIT (5 mins)
Review of the Past Lesson
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Yesterday, we discussed the concept of motion. Am I right? Yes, ma’am.

Now, let us see if you can still remember our topic from
our last meeting.
● Who were the two of the most important historical
figures that laid the foundation of motion concepts? Answer: Aristotle and Galileo
Very good!
This time, I will show you a statement on the monitor, and
you will tell me whose concept of motion it is. Whether it's
an Aristotelian concept or a Galilean concept. Is that clear? Yes ma’am.

1. Force is required to maintain horizontal motion. Answer: Aristotelian Concept

2. The rate of fall or acceleration of an object is Answer: Galilean Concept
independent of its mass.
3. A projectile moves two-dimensional motion in a Answer: Galilean Concept
parabolic path.
4. Heavier objects have more earthly elements than Answer: Aristotelian Concept
lighter ones hence they should fall faster and will
take a shorter time to reach the ground.
5. Objects moving in a straight line at a constant speed Answer: Galilean Concept
requires no force to keep them moving.

Wow! Very good class! I am glad that you can still clearly
remember our topic yesterday.
Let’s give a "good job" clap for everyone! *Good job clap*

ENGAGE (10 mins)

Motivation

Before we proceed to our lesson proper this morning, let’s

have an activity first.
Are you ready? Yes, ma’am!

Okay! This activity is called “I belong!”

I have here the letters of the words that you will

unscramble. What you are going to do is,
Direction: Unscramble the words first and then paste the
letters in the box provided.
Am I clear, class? Yes, ma’am!
Okay, are you all seated in your assigned seats with your
groupmates? Yes, ma’am!

Where is Group 1? Let me hear your yell!

How about Group 2?
Group 3?
Last, but not least, Group 4?

Alright! Thank you.

Reminder! The first group to finish the task first and post it
on the board will get a reward later!

(Distribution of the envelopes by group)

You may now do the activity silently.

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Answer:
● Free fall
● Gravity
● Vacuum
● Velocity
● Acceleration

Group #__ finished the activity first! Please claim your

reward after the class.

Posting of the Topic

What do you think is our topic this morning? Any ideas?
Uniform Acceleration
Our topic this morning is all about Uniform Acceleration

Presentation Of Objectives
For us to be guided in our lesson this morning, let us read
our objectives first. Everybody read.

At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to:

● Explain how Galileo inferred that objects in vacuum
fall with uniform acceleration.
● Relate the concept of Uniform Acceleration in daily
life.
● Perform activities related to Uniform Acceleration.

Alright, thank you!

Now, before we proceed, let us try to familiarize ourselves

with these terms and their definitions.
● Free fall- move under the force of gravity only; fall
rapidly.
● Vacuum- is a volume empty of matter, sometimes
called 'free-space'.
● Velocity- is the speed at which something moves in
a particular direction.
● Acceleration- is a vector quantity that is defined as
the rate at which an object changes its velocity.

EXPLORE (5 mins)
Imagine yourself holding a marble and a ping pong ball. If
you dropped these balls simultaneously, which ball do you
think would have greater acceleration upon reaching the
ground? Why?

-Allow the students to share their ideas in groups.

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Okay! Let us see if your answers are correct.
Ask one student to volunteer and demonstrate.

Now, based on your observation, which ball has the greater Both the Ping-Pong ball and
acceleration? Or which ball reaches the ground first? marble reach the ground at the
same time, ma’am.

Why do you think both balls reach the ground at the same
time, even if they differ in mass?

Okay, we’ll get back to that question later.

EXPLAIN (15 mins)

Lesson Proper
First, let us define what uniform acceleration is.

Uniform acceleration- If an object's speed (velocity) is

increasing at a constant rate then we say it has uniform
acceleration. The rate of acceleration is constant.

Galileo was interested in the behavior of falling objects. He

knew that as falling objects go down, they increase their
speed as they go down. This change in speed is
acceleration. Although he did not have any tool to measure
this change, so he used inclined planes to reduce the
acceleration of the moving bodies. He was then able to take
a close look at the moving bodies carefully.

With his experiments, Galileo proved that regardless of

their masses and air resistance, two objects dropped
simultaneously will reach the ground at the same time. He
also discovered that objects fall with uniform acceleration.

In his experiment, he had observed the following:

● A ball rolling down an inclined plane increases its
speed by the same value after every second.

For example, the speed of a rolling ball was found to

increase by 2 m/s every second. This means that the rolling
ball would have the following speeds for every given
second

In one of his experiments on the inclined plane, Galileo

was able to gather the data as shown in Table 1.

After every second, a ball rolling down an inclined plane

increases its speed by the same value. He then observed the
following;
● The acceleration of the rolling ball increases as the
inclined plane becomes steeper.
● When the inclined plane is positioned vertically, the
rolling ball has maximum acceleration.
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How did Galileo infer that objects in vacuum fall with
uniform acceleration?
By using the law of parabolic fall, Galileo concluded that
bodies fall with constant acceleration on the surface of the
Earth and that the force of gravity, which causes all bodies
to move downward, is a constant force. In other words, he
reached the conclusion that a constant force does not lead
to constant speed but to constant acceleration. This
conclusion was later followed by the claim that a body
continues its motion as long as no other factor disturbs its
motion.
This principle is called the Principle of Inertia.

Another example of Uniform acceleration

For example, in the vacuum of space, where there are no air
molecules or supportive surfaces, astronauts are only acted
upon by gravity. Thus, they are falling towards Earth at the
acceleration of gravity.
When an object is traveling in a straight line with an
increase in velocity at equal intervals of time, then the
object is said to be in uniform acceleration.
Who among you here has experienced skydiving?
Skydiving is a sport of jumping from an airplane and
typically executing a prolonged free fall before deploying a
parachute.

As a skydiver falls, he accelerates downward, gaining

speed with each second.
How is skydiving an example of uniform acceleration?
Immediately after leaving the aircraft, the skydiver
accelerates downward due to the force of gravity. There is
no air resistance acting in the upward direction, and there is
a resultant force acting downward. The skydiver accelerates
towards the ground.
Skydiving is a free fall, and a free fall is a special case of
motion with constant acceleration, because acceleration due
to gravity is always constant and downward.

Is everything clear?
Any questions?

ELABORATE (15 mins)

Generalization
Now, for you to better understand Galileo’s concept, let’s
have an activity.
Activity: FREE FALL
What: Perform the following activity to help you acquire
more understanding of the free fall concept.
Objective: Explain uniform acceleration.
Materials: used bond paper (any paper of the same size),
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old notebook, Marble/Jolen, and coin
Instruction: Follow the procedures below. After you get
the results of the experiment, every group must present the
results in a creative way. Answers to the guide questions
must be included in the presentation. Do the activity for 5
minutes of preparation, and each group will be given 2
minutes to present.
Group 1: News Report (Piece of paper and crumpled paper)
Group 2: Storytelling (Piece of paper and notebook)
Group 3: Role Play (Piece of paper and Coin)
Group 4: Talk Show + comedy (Marble/Jolen and Coin)

Rubric:
Criteria Points
Critical Thinking 15
Collaboration 10
Time management 5
Presentation 15
Do the If no, What if you
TOTAL 50 Gro Pair of
two
objects
which
falls to the
do the same
activity
up Objects reach the ground more than
ground at First? 1m above
Do the two If no, which What if you do the same the ground?
objects reach falls to the the same activity time?
(Yes/No)
Group Pair of Objects the ground at ground First? more than 1m
1 Piece of No Crumpled the same
the same above the paper and Paper
time? ground? crumpled
(Yes/No) paper
2 Piece of No Notebook the same
1 Piece of paper Paper and
and crumpled Notebook
paper 3 Piece of No Coin the same
paper and
2 Piece of Paper Coin
and Notebook 4 Marble/ Yes Both the same
Jolen and
3 Piece of paper Coin
and Coin
4 Marble/Jolen
and Coin

Procedures:
1. Hold Object 1 in one hand and Object 2 in another
hand at about a meter from the ground.
2. Drop them simultaneously.
3. Observe.
4. Repeat Steps 1-3 but this time at a higher height
(caution: safety first).
Guide Questions: air resistance; if there is no air
1. Which object falls to the ground first? resistance, objects having the
2. What factors affect the fall of the object? Justify same mass (such as the first pair-
your answer. piece of paper and crumpled
paper) will reach the ground at
the same time

3. Based on your activity, what is uniform

acceleration?

- Presentation (2 mins per group)

- Giving of points every after presentation

Now, let’s go back to our question a while ago, when we

dropped the marble and Ping-Pong balls at the same time.
- Because the only force acting
Why do you think both balls reach the ground at the same on both balls will be gravity,
time, even if they differ in mass? which will produce the same
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 acceleration in both balls.
- And also, because there is no
air resistance.

By using the law of parabolic fall,

How did Galileo infer that objects in vacuum fall with Galileo concluded that bodies fall
uniform acceleration? with constant acceleration on the
surface of Earth and that force of
gravity which causes all bodies to
move downward is a constant
force.

Students will give real life

How can you relate the concept of uniform acceleration to examples of uniform acceleration.
real life? Can you cite real life examples? Ex. a ball rolling down a slope, a
skydiver jumping out of a plane, a
ball dropped from the top of a
ladder, and a bicycle whose
brakes have been engaged.

Now, let’s go back to our objectives. Yes ma’am.

Did we achieve our objectives?

Any questions?
Encourage students to ask questions.

EVALUATE (3 mins)
Quiz (5 points)
1. Galileo proved that all falling objects fall with the same ______.
A. energy
B. acceleration
C. speed
D. velocity
2. What material did Galileo use to study the acceleration of a falling body?
A. balls
B. inclined planes
C. horizontal planes
D. rings
3. As Galileo changed the angle of inclination of the planes he used, what happened to the value
of the acceleration of the rolling ball?
A. The acceleration of the rolling ball increased as the steepness of the plane was increased.
B. The acceleration of the rolling ball stayed the same as the steepness of the plane was
increased.
C. The acceleration of the rolling ball decreased as the steepness of the plane was increased.
D. The acceleration of the rolling ball became zero as the steepness oPf the plane was increased.
4. Which of the following statements agrees with Galileo’s concept of falling objects?
A. Falling objects fall with changing acceleration.
B. Falling objects fall with constant velocity.
C. Falling objects fall with constant acceleration.
D. Falling objects fall with constant speed.
5. What is the straight-line motion caused by the gravitational pull of the earth?
A. free-fall motion
B. horizontal motion
C. projectile motion
D. none of these

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- Let’s check your papers.
- Who got perfect?
- Pass your papers to the front.

EXTEND (2 mins)
Assignment
Deadline: May 19, 2023 (Friday)
Create a graphic organizer to present a subtle distinction between Newton's Law of Inertia and
Galileo’s assertion that force is not necessary to sustain horizontal motion.
Criteria Points
Critical 10
Thinking
Creativity 5

Neatness 5

TOTAL 20

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