Teacher: Merry Jie S.

Onyong

LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE 8

I - OBJECTIVES

Given an activity, the students are expected to do the following, at the end of
the class discussion, with at least 75% level of accuracy:

a) define energy;
b) diferrentiate between kinetic energy and potential energy;
c) describe what causes potential energy to change into kinetic energy.

II - SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Energy
Reference: Grade 8 Learner's Material, pp.
Teacher's Guide, pp
Materials: mini-board, chalk, potential vs. kinetic worksheet,

III - PROCEDURE

a. Preparation
Greetings....

IV - LEARNING PROCESS

Engage: 5 minutes
The teacher will begin the lesson by talking to the class about energy.
What is energy?
Where does energy come from?
How many kinds of energy are there?
What are the different kinds of energy?

The teacher tell the students that they will be learning about two kinds of energy:
potential and kinetic energy.

Explore: 35 minutes

The teacher will group the students into four to do the activity and pass out 3
copies of the Potential versus Kinetic energy worksheet to each group and let them
discuss their answers with each other.
 Explain: 10 minutes

The teacher will explain that energy is the ability to do work, and that energy
comes from all sort of sources, such as the sun, wind, petroleum, and the muscles inside
our body.

Elaborate: 30 minutes

 Tell the students when we are sitting or standing, we're using potential energy. Once we
start walking, the potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.
 Define potential energy as energy at rest. Give a few examples of potential energy, such
as standing and sleeping.
 Define kinetic energy as moving energy or energy in motion. Give a few examples of
kinetic energy as walking and swimming.
 Draw a t-chart on the board, labeling one side Potential and the other side Kinetic. Ask
the students (by group) to give some examples of potential and kinetic energy, and list
their responses on the board.

Evaluate: 15 minutes
The teacher will introduce a game called charade. Teacher will act out 5 actions
and they students will guess the actions and tell whether the action used potential or
kinetic energy.

V - ASSIGNMENT

Let the students write about their after-school routine. Tell them to list five actions they
take between the end of school and bedtime and let them include what energy is being used.