Specific Instructional

Objectives
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

– Show understanding of the Physics concept ofWork

– Correctly identify Work from given situations

– Recall and show understanding of the formula to

calculate work done

– Solve related problemsinvolving work

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 Work

• What does WORK mean to you?

• Are you doing WORK when…
– Lifting weights?
– Walking with a big bag of grocery in your
hand?
– Completing your homework assignment?
– Writing an essay?

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 Physics concept of WORK

• WORK is done only when a constant

force applied on an object, causes the
object to move in the same direction as
the force applied.

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 Physics concept of WORK

• What IS considered as work done in

Physics:

– You push a heavy shopping trolley for 10 m

– You lift your school bags upwards by 1 m

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 Physics concept of WORK

• What is NOT considered as work done:

– You push against a wall

– Jumping continuously on the same spot

– Holding a chair and walking around the

classroom
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 Physics concept of WORK
WORK can be calculated by:
Work done = Constant x Distance moved
force (N) in the direction
of force (m)
W =F x s
Units: [J] [N] [m]

SI Unit for Work is JOULE (J)

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 More Examples of WORK
• You are helping to push your mother’s heavy
shopping cart with a force of 50 N for 200 m.
What is amount of work done?

Work done, W= F x s
= 50 x 200
= 10,000 J
or
10 kJ (kilo-Joules)
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 More Examples of WORK:
• Jack put on his bag-pack of weight 120 N. He
then starts running on level ground for 100 m
before he started to climb up a ladder up a
height of 10 m. How much work was done?
From Physics point of view, no work is done on pack at
level ground. Reason: Lift is perpendicular to movement.
Work is done on pack only when Jack climbs up the ladder.

Work done, W = F x s
= 120 x 10
= 1200 J or 1.2 kJ
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