THE LEPRECHAUNS

MS. JANALIN FAE TATIL-ROMBLON

TEACHER 1 PASAY CITY WEST HIGH SCHOOL 2012

Bingo! There you are! I am glad I found you! I heard you are the best treasure hunter in this town. Whew!! Can you help me find my pot of gold?

Hi! I am Helena. Dont worry, I know where to find but you have to work on something so that I will give you clues where to find it.

How to find the Leprechauns Gold?

1. Helena will help you find the gold by giving you clues on where it is located. 2. All you have to do is follow Helenas task for you. 3. In each task you finish will earn you clues. 4. At the end of all tasks you and I are going find the pot of gold and I will reward you with of my treasure. 5. You should do the task alone. 6. If you wish to ask for help you can do so but Helena will collect 20 gold coins from your reward. But you only have 2 chances to get help. 7. Is that a deal?

Yes! I will do it!

Take our deal?

Great! You have taken our deal. Now, before we start the treasure hunt you should remember the important ideas below.

Work is the product of force and the displacement. Work is done when the following is present: 1. Force exerted 2. Displacement caused by the force 3. The same direction of the force and the displacement The formula for work is W = Fd where: W is the work done F is the force exerted D is the displacement The unit of work is Joules. 1 Joule = 1 Nm

So let us begin! Ready?

This is your first task. You have to analyze the picture I have for you below. You have to identify whether THERE is WORK done or there is NO WORK done. If you are able to answer 8 CORRECT items then I will give you your first clue to locate the Leprechauns gold. To check your answers go to ANSWER SHEET #1. If YOU failed to get 8 correct answers you have to do the task again but you lose 5 gold coins for the second try. Please answer honestly.

TASK #1
TASK 2 TASK 3

TASK 1

If you need help just put an X mark on the first help button. Remember you have only two chances to get help.

TASK 4

TASK 5

TASK 6

I did not understand

Pushing a cabinet Skating on the floor along the floor Answer: ___________ Answer: ___________

Sitting Answer: _______

Carrying a box Answer: _______

Kicking a ball Answer: _______

Clues

Lifting a block of wood Answer: _______

Pushing a cart Answer: _______

Sliding Answer: _______

Climbing a stair Answer: _______

Playing on a seesaw Answer: _______

Are you ready to do the next task? Do you have anything that you dont understand? If there is, then go to the REFERENCE CARD and see if it can help you. Remember you still have 5 tasks to finish.

This is your second task. You have to read and analyze the problems below. You have to answer them correctly before I will give you your second clue to locate the Leprechauns gold. To check your answers go to ANSWER SHEET #2. If YOU failed to get the correct answer you have to do the task again but you lose 5 gold coins for the second try. Please answer honestly.
Dont listen to Helena kidShe just wants your gold.. YOU CAN DO IT!!

TASK #2
TASK 2 TASK 3

TASK 1

You know what to do with the help buttons. I need gold..

Problem 2: How much work is done in lifting a 2 kg box to a height of 1.5 m high?

TASK 4

TASK 5

TASK 6

Problem 1: How much work is done when a force of 500 N is used to slide a heavy cabinet 1 meter across the floor?

I did not understand

GIVEN:

FORMULA:

GIVEN:

FORMULA:

SOLUTION:

SOLUTION:

Clues

FINAL ANSWER:

FINAL ANSWER:

On your third task!

You are great kid! I believe in you. You can do it. Do you have anything that you dont understand? If there is, then go to the REFERENCE CARD and see if it can help you. Remember you still have 4 tasks to finish.

This is your third task. You identify whether there is work done or none. Encircle you choice. You have to answer 4 out of 5 items correctly before I will give you your third clue to locate the Leprechauns gold. To check your answers go to ANSWER SHEET #3. If YOU failed to get the correct answer you have to do the task again but you lose 5 gold coins for the second try. Please answer honestly.

TASK #3
TASK 2 TASK 3

TASK 1

I heard from Helena that you are doing very well. Let me see if you can answer this. By the way I am Anna, Helenas best friend..

You know what to do with the help buttons. I need gold..

TASK 4

TASK 5

TASK 6

ACTIVITY
A teacher applies a force to a wall and becomes exhausted. A weightlifter lifts a barbell above her head. A waiter carries a tray full of meals across a dining room at a constant speed. A rolling marble hits a note card and moves it across a table. A shot-putter launches the shot.

WORK DONE?

I did not understand

YES

or

NO

YES

or

NO

YES

or

NO
Clues

YES

or

NO

YES

or

NO

YES!!! 3 more to go!!

This is your fourth task. You have to determine whether the work done is positive or negative. Just write + or respectively. You have to get 4 out of 5 questions correctly before I will give you your fourth clue to locate the Leprechauns gold. To check your answers go to ANSWER SHEET #4. If YOU failed to get the correct answer you have to do the task again but you lose 5 gold coins for the second try. Please answer honestly.

TASK #4
TASK 2 TASK 3

My kid is undefeated GO Kid!!!

You know what to do with the help buttons. I need gold..

TASK 1

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TASK 6

Directions: Indicate whether there is positive (+) or negative (-) work being done on the object. _____ 1. An eastwardmoving car skids to a stop across dry pavement.

_____ 3. At Great America, a roller coaster car is lifted to the peak of the first hill on the Shock Wave. _____ 4. A catcher puts out his mitt and catches the baseball. _____ 5. A falling parachutist opens the chute and slows down.

I did not understand

_____ 2. A freshman stands on his toes and lifts a World Civilization book to the top shelf of his locker.

Clues

WOW!! Helena is right! You are an intelligent kid. Hmmm see if you can get this right.

YOU ARE #1 KID!!

I am Primie a friend of Leprechauns.

This is your fifth task. You have to read and analyze the problem below. You have to answer it correctly before I will give you your fifth clue to locate the Leprechauns gold. To check your answers go to ANSWER SHEET #5. If YOU failed to get the correct answer you have to do the task again but you lose 5 gold coins for the second try. Please answer honestly. A leprechaun is a type of fairy in Irish folklore, usually taking the form of an old man, clad in a red or green coat, who enjoys partaking in mischief. The leprechauns spend all their time busily making shoes, and store away all their coins in a hidden pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

TASK #5
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TASK 1

You know what to do with the help buttons. I need gold..

TASK 4

TASK 5

TASK 6

I did not understand

Problem:
A 2-kg object is sliding at constant speed across a frictionless surface for a displacement of 5.0 m to the right. What is the work done?

GIVEN:

FORMULA:

GO! GO! GO! Kid!

SOLUTION:

Clues

FINAL ANSWER:

Hey Helena! That kid seems to be very good! So how much gold do you have now?

I am not worried. I have a few golds..

This is your last task. You have to read and analyze the question below. You have to answer it correctly before I will give you your last clue to locate the Leprechauns gold. To check your answers go to ANSWER SHEET #6. If YOU failed to get the correct answer you have to do the task again but you lose 5 gold coins for the second try. Please answer honestly.

TASK #6
TASK 2 TASK 3

You know what to do with the help buttons. I need gold..

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TASK 1

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I did not understand

Question:

Answer:
___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________

When a force is applied to do work on an object, does the object always accelerate?

Clues

THANK YOU KID! AT LAST I FOUND IT. I KEPT MY GOLD AT THE RAINBOWS END. NOW HERE IS YOUR REWARD!!

Here is your guide to the answers of the task given to you.

ANSWER CARD #1

Pushing a cabinet along the floor Answer:

Skating on the floor Answer:

Sitting

WORK

WORK

NO WORK
Answer:

Carrying a box

NO WORK
Answer:

Kicking a ball Answer:

WORK

Lifting a block of wood Answer:

Pushing a cart Answer:

Sliding Answer:

Climbing a stair

Playing on a seesaw Answer:

WORK

NO WORK

Answer:

WORK

NO WORK

WORK

Clue: IT HAS MANY COLORS.

Here is your guide to the answers of the task given to you.

Problem 1: How much work is done when a force of 500 N is used to slide a heavy cabinet 1 meter across the floor? Problem 2: How much work is done in lifting a 2 kg box to a height of 1.5 m high?

ANSWER CARD #2

GIVEN:

FORMULA:

GIVEN: m = 2 kg d = 1.5 m SOLUTION:

FORMULA: W = Fd W = Fd = mgd

F = 500 D = 1m
SOLUTION:

W = Fd

W = 500 N x 1m

W = 500 N-m or 500 joules

W = 2 kg x 9.8 m/s2 x 1.5 m W = 19.6 kg m/s2 x 1.5 m = 29.40 kg m/s2 . m

W = 29.40 N-m or 29.40 joules

FINAL ANSWER:

500 joules

FINAL ANSWER:

29.40 joules

Clue: IT ALWAYS COMES AFTER THE RAIN.

Here is your guide to the answers of the task given to you.

ANSWER CARD #3

ACTIVITY
A teacher applies a force to a wall and becomes exhausted. A weightlifter lifts a barbell above her head. A waiter carries a tray full of meals across a dining room at a constant speed. A rolling marble hits a note card and moves it across a table. A shot-putter launches the shot.

WORK DONE?

YES

or

NO

YES

or

NO

YES

or

NO

YES

or

NO

YES

or

NO

Clue: RAINDROPS CAUSE IT.

Here is your guide to the answers of the task given to you.

ANSWER CARD #4

Directions:
Indicate whether there is positive (+) or negative (-) work being done on the object. (+) 1. An eastward-moving car skids to a stop across dry pavement. (+) 2. A freshman stands on his toes and lifts a World Civilization book to the top shelf of his locker. (+) 3. At Great America, a roller coaster car is lifted to the peak of the first hill on the Shock Wave. (-) 4. A catcher puts out his mitt and catches the baseball. (-) 5. A falling parachutist opens the chute and slows down.

Clue: LEGEND SAYS IT IS A BRIDGE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH.

Here is your guide to the answers of the task given to you.

ANSWER CARD #5

Problem:
A 2-kg object is sliding at constant speed across a frictionless surface for a displacement of 5.0 m to the right. What is the work done?

GIVEN: m = 2 kg d=5m SOLUTION:

FORMULA: W = Fd = mgd

W = 2 kg x 9.8 m/s2 x 5 m W = 19.6 kg m/s2 x 5 m = 98 kg m/s2 x m

W = 98 N-m or 98 joules

FINAL ANSWER:

98 joules

Clue: PHYSICS SAYS THAT IT IS ALL BECAUSE OF LIGHT AND WATER.

Here is your guide to the answers of the task given to you.

ANSWER CARD #6

Question:

When a force is applied to do work on an object, does the object always accelerate?

Answer:
YES. Because when a force is applied on an object the object will either gain or change its velocity. The change in velocity over a period of time will bring about acceleration.

Clue: IF YOU GO UNDER IT YOU WILL BE TRANSFORMED.

Are you sure you will still make it?

The direction of work done is dependent on the direction of the force acting on it. If the force is acting on the north and east the work is positive but when it acts on the south and the west then the work is negative. The unit of work is joules Work is equal to the product of force and displacement. When an object changes its velocity as when it moves from rest or it went faster or when it slowed down, in any of these cases the object is said to be accelerating If force is acted oat an angle then W=F x cos x d To have work the force and displacement must be in the same direction.

Gravity is = to 9.8 m/s2

Weight of an object is the force exerted by an object. Weight is equal to mass times gravity

Work can be negative and positive

When the force is directed at an angle then the x-component of the force must be in the direction of the displacement.

REFERENCES

Most often students perception of Physics as a subject is difficult. This stigma attached to Physics post a challenge on both the teachers and the students as well. Teacher finds it very hard to break the walls of this perception and infiltrate the idle minds of the students. The students as well is very much challenged in coping with the how to understand different Physics concepts. This interplay between students and teachers lead to rising of different strategies and intervention to help strengthen this link. Fortunately the author is privileged to validate one of these interventions the use of the Strategic Intervention Material.

This material is intended to help students with the topic on work. The skill sought to be enhanced by this Strategic Intervention Material is the students analytical skills in understanding different concepts in Physics as well as the problem solving skills which is most often used to further understand Physics concept. And these skills are found to be least mastered by students even when dealing with other topic in Physics. In this study students were given a pre-test on the topic of work. Pre-test mean score was taken. After which the Strategic Intervention Material (SIM for brevity) was given to them for use and post-test was also administered and mean score was also taken. The Pre-test and Post-test means were compared and the results show comparable differences which led the author to conclude that the SIM is effective in improving students performance. There were 40 students who were randomly chosen as respondents for this study. These students belong to the lower 50% of the graduating class of Academic Year 2012-2013 base on the first quarter results of the periodic test.

Table 1. The Pre-test and Post-test Scores

Student 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Mean Pre-test Score 6 3 5 6 8 5 6 7 6 4 5 6 7 3 3 8 4 7 6 3 3 7 4 7 7 4 6 8 5 6 6 6 5 7 4 5 6 7 6 3 5 5.488 Post-test Score 10 11 8 7

11 10 8 11 11 4 2

11 9 10 5 4 11

14 8 9 9 7 8 5 10 10 8.577

Table 2. Scores of Students who took Both Tests

Student 1 2 3 5 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 20 21 23 24 26 28 31 32 33 34 36 37 38 40 41 Mean Pre-test Score 6 3 5 8 7 6 4 6 7 3 3 3 3 4 7 4 8 6 6 5 7 5 6 7 3 5 5.269 Post-test Score 10 11 8 7 11 10 8 11 11 4 2 11 9 10 5 4 11 14 8 9 9 7 8 5 10 10 8.577

Table 3. Mean Scores of Students According to Gender

Student 1 2 5 8 9 13 14 20 23 28 34 40 MALES Pre-test Score 6 3 8 7 6 7 3 3 4 8 7 3 Post-test Score 10 11 7 11 10 11 4 11 10 11 9 10 Student 3 10 12 15 21 24 26 31 32 33 36 37 38 41 Mean FEMALES Pre-test Score 5 4 6 3 3 7 4 6 6 5 5 6 7 5 5.143 Post-test Score 8 8 11 2 9 5 4 14 8 9 7 8 5 10 7.714

Mean

4.000

7.250

1. The data reveals that out of the 40 students only 26 students took the post-test because of reasons beyond the control of the author. 2. That out of the 26 students who took the pre-test and post-test 21 of them has increased their post-test scores. This is equivalent to 81% of the students who took both exams. 3. The mean score in table reveals that there is a marked difference in the results from the mean pre-test score of 5.269 to 8.577. This further reveals that the scores increased from the pre-test to the post-test. This is attributable to the used of the Strategic Intervention Material. 4. From Table 3 it reveals that regardless of the students gender, there is an increase in the scores of students from the pre-test to the post-test. Further, the mean scores of female students who took both exams are higher than that of the male students with a mean of 7.714 and 7.250 respectively. 5. That the Strategic Intervention Material if used in a student learning situation can improve the scores of students.

The Strategic Intervention Material is effective in improving the scores of students. The author recommends that the SIM be used over a big sample of the population of fourth year students taking the Physics subjects or even better if administered to the entire population.