Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Lipa
Bolbok Integrated National High School
Bolbok, Lipa City

Detailed Lesson Plan in Science 7

I. Learning Objectives
1. Identify changes in motion that produce acceleration.
2. Calculate acceleration as the rate at which velocity changes.
3. Explain the importance of acceleration.

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic: Acceleration
B. Reference: Internet
C. Materials: Powerpoint presentation, television, stopwatch, activity sheet,
meter stick, tape measure, record sheet, calculator.

III. Learning Procedures

Teacher’s Activities Student’s Activities

A. Preliminary Activities
 Prayer
 Greetings
 Checking of orderliness and
cleanliness
 Checking of attendance

B. Review
Before I introduce our topic for
today, let’s have some review about
distance and displacement.

 What is speed?
Speed is the distance traveled
Very Good! per unit of time.

 What is velocity?
Velocity is the speed of an object
Very Good! moving on a particular direction.

 What are the things to be considered

when we talk about speed? Distance traveled and time spent.

Very good!

 How can we get the running and the By getting the total distance
walking speed of an object? traveled over time.
Very good!
 How can we get the velocity of a By getting the speed over time
moving object? and direction.

Very good!

 What are the things to be considered Emphasize speed and specific

when we talk about velocity? direction.

Very good!

C. Motivation

 When traveling in a closed car with your

eyes closed, it is hard to tell how far you
have traveled or how fast you are going
but you can feel accelerations.

1. How do you know when you are
speeding up or slowing down?
Very good!
When speeding up, it feels as
you are pressed against the back
of the seat. When you are
slowing down, it feels as you are
pulled forward against the seat
belt.

2. How can you tell if you are You can feel yourself pulled to
changing direction? one side away from the direction
the car is turning.
Very good!

D. Activity

I will group you into 5.

Every group will have a task to do and

after you finish, one or two
representative(s) per group will present
their collaborative work.

Group 1
RUNNING SPEED

Group 2
RUNNING SPEED

Group 3
RUNNING SPEED

Group 4
TIME ACCELERATION GRAPH

Group 5
TIME ACCELERATION GRAPH
E. Analysis

 What are the conditions so that the When an object is increasing

object is accelerating? speed and change in velocity.

Very good!

 When do objects not accelerating? When the speed is equal to 0 and

Very good! it is moving constant speed.

F. Abstraction

 What is acceleration? Acceleration is the rate of change

of velocity of an object with
Very good! respect to time.

 What is the formula for acceleration? a = Vf-Vi

t
Very good!

 If an object does not change its position Not accelerating.

at a given time interval, is it
accelerating?

Very good!

 Describe the speed of an object if it Not accelerating.

covers equal distance at equal intervals
of time. Is it accelerating or not?

Very good!

 Describe the speed of an object which Yes, it is accelerating.

covers varying distances at equal
interval of time. Is it accelerating?

Very good!

 What makes acceleration so important Acceleration is the most prized

for runners? running skill in sport. And it is the
phase of speed that every athlete
utilizes.

G. Application

• A car accelerates from rest to a speed 0.5 m/s²

of 10 m/s in 20 seconds. What is the
acceleration of the car in m/s²?

• A boy on a bicycle increases his 0.15 m/s²

velocity from 5 m/s to 20 m/s in 10
seconds.
H. Evaluation

Answer the following:

Write the letter of the correct answer.

For numbers 1 and 2, refer to this

situation.

 A car engine is leaking oil. The oil drops

hit the ground at regular time intervals,
one every two seconds. The diagram
below shows the pattern of the drops of
oil as the car runs from point A to C.

1. Which of the following

correctly describes the
motion of the car from
points A and B, and points
B and C?

A. From point A to B the car is not in

motion then at point B to C the car
the car is in motion.

B. From point A to B the speed of

the car is constant then from point B
to C the speed of the car is
increasing.

C. From point A to B the speed of

the car is constant then from point B
to C the speed of the car is
decreasing.

D. From point A to B the speed of

the car is increasing then from point
B to C the speed of the car is
constant.

2. At which points does the

car accelerate?

A. B to C
B. A to B
C. A to C
D. C to A
3. Which of the following
statements is NOT true
about the object moving with
constant speed?

A. The object is not

accelerating.
B. The speed of the object
is equal to zero.
C. The distance travelled
by the object increases
uniformly.
D. The speed of the object remains
the same all throughout the
travel

4. Which of the following graphs

shows that the object’s motion is
accelerating?

5. Carefully analyze the motion of

the body in these cases:

I. A car moving at 80 km/h on a

straight highway.
II. A bus moving at 35 km/h around
a curve.
III. A typhoon moving at 120 km/h
Northwest and changing its path
to 180 km/h Southwest.
IV. A jeepney moving on a straight
road, slowing down to a stop.

Which bodies have changing

velocity?

A.I and II
B. I and III
C. I,II and III
D. II, III, and IV
 Key to correction:
1. B
2. A
3. A
4. A
5. D

I. Assignment

Do research about motion detectors.

Prepared by:

JEROME M. DIMAANO
Practice Teacher

Noted by:

KAREN P. LLAGA
Cooperating Teacher