SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN

IN
SCIENCE

Target year Level : Grade 7

Time Allotment : 1 hour
Module : No. 1, Third Quarter
Topic : Speed and Velocity

I- Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
1. Define speed and velocity.
2. Distinguish Constant speed and instantaneous speed.
II- Subject Matter: Science
III- A. Reference: Science and Technology II
B. Code: S7
C. Materials: PowerPoint/ Visual aid, Video
D. Teaching Strategies:
Exposition, Discussion, Cooperative Learning. Brainstorm, Reporting,
IV- Procedure:
A. Preliminaries:
 Greetings
 Checking of attendance
B. Motivation:
The teacher will ask the students the following questions. Each questions
worth 1 chip that costs 5 points. This will be given to the student who can answer
the questions.

Who runs fastest?

1. Bicycle vs. motorcycle
2. Dog vs. mouse
3. Cheetah vs. Lion
4. John who covered 10 m in 5 s? or Ryan who took 10 s to cover 20 m?
5. A car whose speed is 90m/s or a motorcycle whose speed is 120 m/s?

C. Lesson Proper
1. Review of the past lesson
2. The Teacher will introduce the topic
3. The Teacher will discuss about speed and velocity

After determining how far the object moves, the next question will be “How fast did the
object move?” This information can be provided by the object’s speed or velocity.

Speed is defined as distance travelled divided by the time of travel.

𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =
𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒
The unit of speed can be miles per hour (mi/h), kilometers per hour (km/h) or meters
per seconds (m/s).

Ex. A cyclist travels 3 km in ½ hour, his speed is?

3𝑘𝑚
𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =
0.50ℎ

Speed = 6 km/h

But, is this 6km/h is the actual speed of a cyclist? No. This is just an average speed.
It is considered average speed because it represents the speed of the cyclist
throughout his travel. During his travel, there were instants that his speed would
vary. His speed at an instant is called instantaneous speed. When an object’s
instantaneous speed values are always the same, then it means that the object is
moving with constant speed.

In describing motion of an object, we do not just describe how fast the object moves.
We also consider the direction to where it is going. Speed with direction is referred to
as velocity.
Ex. 5 m/s, East
60 km/h, Northeast

V- Assessment and Evaluation: “Agree” or “Disagree”

Direction: The students will draw a star if she/he is agree with the statement and a
circle if she/he is disagree

1. The lesser the time of travel, the greater the speed of travel
2. The greater the distance travelled, the greater the speed of travel.
3. The fastest participant is the one with highest computed value of distance over
time.

VI- Assignment

1. Research and study about Acceleration.

Prepared by:

Bianca Z. Labis
Teacher I