REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

SULTAN KUDARAT STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
EJC MONTILLA, TACURONG CITY

LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE

FRICTION
I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson students should be able to:

a. Determine the friction and differentiate the types of friction;

b. Realize the importance of friction in our daily activities
c. Create their own activity related in friction and;
d. Analyze the problems involving friction;

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Friction

References:
 Exploring life through science series, General Physics I,
Angelina A. Silverio, page 102-103
Materials:
Two pieces of paper

An elongated bottle or jar with a lid)

Salt

Marble or gumball

2 Sticks

Key concepts to be taught in this lesson:

 Definition of friction
 Types of friction
 Importance of friction in our daily lives
III. TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGY
A. Preliminary Activity
 Prayer
 Greetings
 Checking of attendance
 Setting classroom standards
 Review
B. Lesson proper

Motivation:

“Pick in the word”

Students will guess what’s the color of the word not the word.

a. Engagement
Floating Paper Air

Wad one of the pieces of paper into a ball. Leave the other
piece of paper like normal. Have someone ready with a timer if you
want to make measurements.

Hold the pieces of paper above your head. Drop the pieces at
the same time. The wadded piece will fall to the ground immediately.
The flat piece of paper will flutter down more slowly because it has
more surface area to create friction or drag on the air as it drops.

b. Exploration

Reducing Friction with Salt and a Marble

Put the marble (or gumball) into the bottom of the bottle or tube.
Fill the tube about 3/4 of the way full with the salt. Screw the lid on
tightly. Try to get the marble to the top of the bottle. The trick is all in
how you move the bottle. Try shaking the bottle straight up and down.
Watch for the marble to work its way to the top. It works because the
friction is reduced when the bottle is shaken. All of the particles are
moving around and the marble is free to move.

c. Explanation

Friction refers to a force that resists motion between materials

in contact.
 Static Friction occurs in cases where friction is sufficient to
prevent relative motion between the surfaces.

Kinetic or sliding friction present when there is a relative

motion between the surfaces in contact.

Rolling friction occurs when one surfaces rotates as it moves

over another without sliding nor slipping at the point or area of
contact.

Fluid friction refers to the forces that resist relative motion of an

object through a fluid or of a fluid through another fluid.

d. Elaboration

Heated Friction

Students will take two sticks and rub them together in a back
and forth motion, kind of like sawing. Rub as quickly as you can for
about 30 seconds to a minute.

Use your hand to feel where the sticks rubbed against each
other. You will be able to feel warmth. You are probably not going to be
able to make fire this way, but you can understand friction from it.

The friction will even rub part of the bark off the stick. It's a good
way to demonstrate how friction can heat up objects as they come into
contact with each other and how friction can wear away objects after a
time.

e. Evaluation
Application of friction:
Students will make their own activity using the ball pen.

IV. ASSIGNMENT

Friction Forever Journal

Keep a journal tracking to your students all the activities being

performed in one day where friction plays a role. Create a class list to see
how friction will “forever” affect our lives.
Cerdaña, Sarah Kristene A.
Demonstrator number 21