A Detailed Lesson Plan

in Science 9

I. Objective
At the end of 60 minutes discussion, at least 70% of the students will be able to
conceptualize the law of conservation of energy and how mechanical energy is conserved.

II. Subject Matter

Science 9
Fourth Quarter, Physics
Topic: The Law of Conservation of Mechanical Energy

Materials:
visual materials for the discussion
strips of papers with words for the motivation
tape
marker or chalk

III. Learning Activities

Teachers’ Activity Students’ Activity

A. Preliminary

Good morning students! Good Morning Ma’am!

May I request everyone to stand for (students follow)

the prayer?

(For the Catholics, In the name of

the Father, the Son and to the Holy
Spirit. Amen
Lord, thank you for this day. Thank
you for the gift of life. Please
continue to shower us blessings and
happiness. Guide us and our loved
ones who are in home and work..
Keep us safe from illnesses and heal
those who are sick. Give us this day our daily bread and
Our Father who are in Heaven, forgives us our trespasses, as we forgive
hallowed be Thy name. Thy those who trespass against u. And lead us
kingdom come. Thy will be done on into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
earth as it is in Heaven…..) Amen)

Please sit down properly, arrange

your chairs and pick up the pieces of (students’ are following)
paper or trash under your chairs.

Are all in the room now? Yes Ma’am

Is there an absent today? None Ma’am

B. Motivation

We have a simple activity today.

Your class will be divided into 3
groups. I have here pieces of papers
with a text or words in it. Your task
 is to arrange the words to create a
statement. The first group to
arrange the word correctly will be
the winner. Is the instruction clear? Yes Ma’am

(the teacher give the papers to very

group) You may start now. (the students are doing their tasks)

After 5 minutes.

Please read the statements you’ve
constructed.
Very good students. You may go to
your seats and arrange your chairs
properly.
The total energy of an isolated system is
constant. Energy is neither created nor
destroyed, it can only be transformed from
one form to another or transferred from one
system to another.

C. Discussion

Are you all familiar with the

statements you have constructed?
What law is stated? That is the law of conservation of energy.

Very good remembering class. No, Ma’am. Energy conservation means

Is conservation of energy and saving energy while conservation of energy
energy conservation the same? is about energy changing forms.

Exactly.
Conservation of energy is
completely different from energy
conservation.

Let’s have a short recap of different
energy changing forms. Who can
give an example?
(the teachers calls different
students)
(students’ are raising their hands)
Students responses:
- In televisions, the energy changes
from electrical energy to sound,
light and heat energy.
- In electric fan, the energy is from
electrical to mechanical energy.
- In cars, energy transformed from
chemical energy to mechanical
energy then to kinetic energy.
- When a moving car hits a parked
car and causes the parked car to
move, energy is transferred from
the moving car to the parked car.
- An electric heater transformed
electrical energy to heat energy.

Very good students. Obviously,

there are a lot of uses or evidences
of the different energy forms
everywhere.

Now let relate this law to

mechanical energies.
We have 2 major forms of energy
which is Kinetic Energy and
Potential Energy which is
categorized under Mechanical
energy.

What is kinetic energy?

It is the energy in moving matter.
Very good. How about potential
energy? It is the energy in position. It is commonly
considered as stored energy having the
We will be needing this forms to potential to do mechanical work.
understand the conservation of
mechanical energy.

So, how do you think mechanical

energy is conserved? The mechanical energy is conserved when
Any guess? potential energy and kinetic energy is
equal.

The mechanical energy is conserved if

potential energy transformed into kinetic
Let us confirm your answers using energy.
this illustration.
(the teacher posted an illustration of
pendulum)

How do we describe the pendulum

based on the illustration?
At which point does the pendulum
has its maximum potential energy?
At which point does kinetic energy
is maximum.
The pendulum swing back in forth in a
form of an arc.
At point A and E because as the pendulum
goes up, the pendulum will have maximum
potential energy while kinetic energy is
minimum.
At point C

Thus, what is mechanical energy?

Mechanical energy is the sum of kinetic
Very good. mathematically it is energy and potential energy.
express as: ME = KE + PE, where
KE = 1/2 mv2 and PE = mgh

What is stated in the Law of

Conservation of Mechanical “the total mechanical energy in the sum of
Energy? the kinetic energy and potential energy in a
conservative system is constant”
What is the SI unit for energy?
Joules
Another example a ball raised above
the ground. When the ball starts
falling downward, its potential
energy is gradually converted into
kinetic energy. When the ball hit the
ground, its KE is converted into heat
and sound energy.

KE = PE
½ mvi2 + mghi = ½ mvf2 + mghf
 D. Application

As we said a while ago,

conservation of energy have a lot of
essential application in real life even
in humans’ body. We convert food
to energy through chemical energy
and many more.
As we progress through the 21st
century, people, scientists continue
to try to find more efficient ways to
convert energy from natural
resources to operate our civilization
needs. Solar and wind energy, they are use or
What are the examples of energy converted into electrical energy for human
from natural resources? consumption.

Very good class.

IV. Evaluation (it can be written or oral)

1. Cite examples of energy changing form.
2. Restate the Law of Conservation of Energy
3. What is mechanical energy?
4. How mechanical energy is conserved?

V. Assignment
1. Prepare and bring your calculator next meeting.
2. Solve the following problem. Write your answer on your notebook.

A 25.0 kg object falling towards earth has a velocity of 8.5m/s when it is 100 m above the
ground. What will be its velocity when it is 20m above the ground?

Prepared by:

JOYCE F. ARDALES