Lesson Activity Breakdown:

Time Teacher Activity Student Activity Notes

5 min Preparation and Motivation
- Ask the students to group themselves. - Make some groups. Introduction
- Introduce the topic they’re going to study - Listen to teacher’s material and
and tell the learning outcomes they will explanation. learning
possess after the study. outcomes may
be displayed
on the screen.
10 min Triggers and Lesson Starters
- Ask questions to three students about - Communicate their Teacher uses
their daily experience, if they had ever experience about stopwatch and
measured the length of an object, or length and time clock to show
measure time interval of an event. Why measurement to how to
they had to measure it and how they did others. measure time
it. interval.
5 min - Teacher gives example of time - Students think and Teacher uses
measurement, such as: measuring the share other examples board to
time taken by the students to go from of time measurement visualize the
classroom to physics lab. in their daily lives. example.
5 min Concept Development
- Introduce a length and a time as physical - Listen to teacher’s Teacher uses
quantities in science (physics). explanation. They may power point
ask any questions that presentation.
relevant to the topic.
10 min Activity 1
- Ask the students in group to measure - Work in groups to Each student
length of several objects using a ruler, for measure the length of should bring
examples: the length of a copper wire, the objects given by his/her own
diameter of a coin, and the thickness of a teacher. ruler before.
piece HVS paper. - Communicate the Other stuffs
- Ask the students to calculate a volume of steps they used to such as:
a regularly shaped object such as cuboid, measure the length of copper wires,
and cylinder. the objects and suggest HVS papers,
the way to improve the and coins are
accuracy of their provided.
measurement.
- Apply their knowledge
to calculate a volume
of any regularly shaped
objects.
10 min Activity 2
- Give the students an irregularly shaped - Demonstrate how to Teacher
object such as: a small rock or a small use measuring cylinder provides a
ceramic cup then ask them students to to measure volume of measuring
demonstrate how to use measuring an irregularly shaped cylinder,
cylinder to measure volume of solid object. water, and a
solid object
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10 min - Introduce the use of a mechanical method - Learn how to use Materials
for the measurement of a small distance. vernier caliper and needed are
- Provide the students by vernier caliper micrometer screw vernier calipers
and micrometer screw gauge then gauge. and
demonstrate how to use it to measure a micrometer
small length. A visual diagram is used to screw gauges.
explain how to measure a small length by
using vernier caliper and micrometer
screw gauge.
10 min Activity 3
- Each group is asked to measure different - Each group does the Materials
lengths by using vernier caliper and measurements of the needed are:
micrometer screw gauge, such as: the objects given by the -copper wires
length of a copper wire, the diameter of a teacher. -some coins
coin, and the thickness of a piece HVS - Communicate their -HVS papers
paper. measurement -vernier
processes and results. calipers
- Compare and discuss -micrometer
the results found. screw gauges
10 min Activity 4
- Introduce stopwatch to measure time. In - Explore human Materials
this occasion, the teacher asks the reaction time under needed are a
students to investigate human reaction teacher guidance. ruler and a
time. stopwatch.
- Guide the students how to measure a - Observe the Stuffs needed
short time interval (including the period of demonstration are a
a pendulum) by demonstration and performed by teacher. stopwatch and
computer simulation from internet. a pendulum.
http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/pendulum-
lab/pendulum-lab_en.html
15 min Generalization and Assesment
- Summarize Key Ideas and let students - Attempt the questions Teacher uses
practice on Questions 1-4 (TB** pg. 5-6). given by the teacher. concept map
- Summarize and recap the entire unit using and
the concept map and ask the students to worksheet.
do Worksheet 1.1

Extension work: Homework:

Practical work: Measurement of the period of a Read about power of ten shorthand and
pendulum on Activity 1.1 (45 minutes). significant figures on TB* pg. 44-45 to attempt
Questions 1-12 (TB* pg. 49-50).

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 Activity Rubric

Criteria 95-100 86-94 81-85 75-80

Components All required All required One required Several required
of elements are elements are element is elements are
the report present and present. missing, but missing.
additional additional
elements that add elements that add
to the report (e.g., to the report (e.g.,
thoughtful thoughtful
comments, comments,
graphics) have
been added.
Data Professional Accurate Accurate Data are not
looking and representation of representation of shown OR are
accurate the data in tables the data in written inaccurate.
representation of and/or graphs. form, but no
the data in tables Graphs and tables graphs or tables
and/or graphs. are labeled and are presented.
Graphs and tables titled.
are labeled
Drawings Clear, accurate Diagrams are Diagrams are Needed diagrams
and diagrams are included and are included and are are missing OR are
diagrams included and make labeled neatly and labeled. missing important
the experiment accurately. labels
easier to
understand.
Diagrams are
Appearance/ Lab report is typed Lab report is Lab report is Lab report is
organization and uses headings neatly handwritten neatly written or handwritten and
and subheadings and uses headings typed, but looks sloppy with

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 to visually and subheadings formatting does cross-outs,
organize the to visually organize not help visually multiple erasures
material. the material. organize the and/or tears and
material. creases.

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