Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
JACINTO P. ELPA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Capitol Hills, Telaje, Tandag City

A Tool in Teaching and Learning Science IX

CONTENT Uniformly Accelerated Motion: Vertical Dimension

CONTENT STANDARDS The Learners demonstrate an understanding of the uniformly accelerated motion
in vertical dimension
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS The Learners shall be able to propose ways to enhance sports related to vertical
motion
LEARNING COMPETENCY Describe the uniformly accelerated motion in vertical dimension

Time Frame 1 Session

I – LEARNING OBJECTIVES
General Objective: Describe the uniformly accelerated motion (UAM) qualitatively and quantitatively.
Specific Objective: Solve problems related to motion with uniform acceleration in vertical dimension.

II – SUBJECT MATTER
A. Topic: The Uniformly Accelerated Motion: Vertical Dimension
B. References: Science and Technology III Learner’s Module
C. Materials: Scientific calculator Laptop
Projector Television MiniWhiteboard
Marker and Eraser
D. Skills to be Developed: Thinking, Explaining and Computing
E. Method: Lecture - Discussion
F. Approach: Inquiry - based Confirmatory, Groupings, and 4 A's

III – LEARNING TASKS

A. PRIMING ACTIVITIES
 Prayer
 Checking of Attendance
 Collecting of Assignment
 Recall
 Motivation
B. LESSON PROPER
Activity: “Drop Me”
1. Look for a tall building in your school. Drop the tennis ball from the
tall building.
2. Using the stopwatch, ask your classmate to record the time it
takes the ball to reach the ground. Then record your data.
3. Calculate the height covered by the ball using the formula
h=1/2agt2 (Since Vi = 0)

Table 1. Data on the Time and Height of the building

Trial Time, t(s) Height, h(m)

1
2
3
Average
4. Using the data from the table, calculate the final velocity of the ball using the formula V f = at, since
Vi = 0. Try also calculating final velocity of the ball using the formula Vf = 2agh and compare your
answers.
5. Using a very long string, get the actual height of the building.

Analysis/Concept Formation
Q1. What is the velocity of the ball just before it hits the ground?

Q2. How will you compare the actual height of the building from the result of the experiment?

Q3. What is the percentage error?

Abstraction
Vertical motion is referred as the movement of the object against the gravitational pull. It is
the motion that is perpendicular to the straight or flat surface. It can also be a straight upward and
downward motion but the perfect vertical motion does not usually pursue a straight line path.
The vertical acceleration has a constant value of minus g, where g is the acceleration due to gravity, 9.8
meters per second-squared on our planet.
Gravity acts on all objects. So, all objects being thrown up will go down. Things thrown upward always
fall at a constant acceleration which has a magnitude of 9.8m/s2. This means that the velocity of an object
in a free fall changes by 9.8m/s2 every second of fall.

Application/Valuing
Understanding vertical motion is knowing the way gravity works on objects to pull them back to the
ground. There are many real world applications that use the equation of gravity to either calculate launch
angles and initial velocities to produce the desired travel distance or height or time. Most of these real
world applications are related to the military. These are:
1. Cannon Projectiles(launch angle, propulsion needed)
2. Mortar Shell Trajectories(launch angle, propulsion needed)
3. Firing a gun(Bullet drop, launch angle)
4. Arrows(Pull length, angle of launch)
5. Military rockets(propulsion needed, angle of launch)
6. Bomb dropping from plane(initial velocity, effect of gravity)
7. High jump (initial velocity, angle of launch, center of gravity)
8. Gymnastics (angle of launch, center of gravity)
9. Olympic diving/diving (acceleration, center of gravity)
IV – EVALUATION
Solve the following problem:
A ball is thrown downward from the top of a building with an initial speed of 25 m/s. It strikes the ground
after 2.0 s. How high is the building, assuming negligible air resistance?

h = Vit + 1/2agt2

V - ASSIGNMENT

Study in advance the Projectile Motion: Motion in two dimensions.

Prepared by:

JOEL V. CUBIO
Practice Teacher

Observed by:

CHAILE M. SALINAS
HT IV/ Assistant Principal - CID