INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN

PRELIMINARY DETAILS
Name of the teacher:Lekshmi priya r
Standard:8
Name of the school:Govt. P.V.H.S.S Perumkulam
Date:
Name of the subject:physics
Strength:
Name of the unit:Motion
Duration: 40'
Name of the topic:Acceleration
Stage:12+
CURRICULAR STATEMENT
Pupil develop factual knowledge, conceptual knowledge,
procedural knowledge, and meta cognitive knowledge on the
concept
of
acceleration
through
observation,
experimentation, discussion and evaluation by group
activities.
CONTENT ANALYSIS
New terms: acceleration, retardation
FACTS : The velocity of a departing train from station goes
on increasing
increases

The velocity of a train approaching the station

The unit of velocity is meter per second
The unit of time is s.

CONCEPT
The rate of change of velocity is acceleration .
The unit of acceleration is m s.
Negative acceleration is called retardation.
LEARNING OUTCOME
Enable the pupil to develop
1.Factual knowledge on acceleration by
A) Recalling different daily life situations.

B) Reconizes that speed, velocity, time,

acceleration are inter
related.
2 . Conceptual knowledge on acceleration by
A) Explaining the concept of acceleration
B) Demonstrating it through acting
3. procedural knowledge on acceleration by
A) Doing and observing activities based on
acceleration
B ) Applying the information to new and unfamiliar
situations
4. Meta cognitive knowledge on acceleration by
Focusing on the concept that rate of change in
velocity is called acceleration.
5. Develop different process skills like observation ,
inferring, hypothesizing, inferring and
communicating.
6 . Develop a positive attitude towards science.

PRE-REQUISITES
Pupil know about velocity

TEACHING LEARNING RESOURCES

Activity cards, observation sheet....
REFERENCE
Textbook of standard 9
Teachers handbook

Classroom Interaction
Procedure

Pupil Response

INTRODUCTION
Teacher enters the class and greet the
students. Teacher narrates an
accident which happened at her home
the day before. Teacher told that her
sister came from kozhikode yesterday.
She came in train .It was her first
experience in train .She was so
Pupil listen carefully
excited with the journey. She found
that when train approaches the
station its velocity decreases and
when the train depart from the
station the velocity increases.
Do you know the secret behind
this.Now we can study some fact
relate to this.

PRESENTATION
Activity 1

Teacher arrange some students for a

small drama. Select 6 students for
play. first student is given the role of
distance. Second student got the role
of displacement .Third student got the
role of time. Fourth student got the
role of speed and finally fifth student
acceleration.
Teacher take the players outside and
made the drama clear to them
Then asks the other students to listen
it carefully.
Pupil starts the drama
Distance and displacements are
brothers. Their common friend is time.
Speed is the friend of distance and
time. Velocity is the friend of
displacement and time. They all meet
in a party. As they enjoying the party
there come acceleration.
Acceleration: HEY happy to see you all
here.
Distance: Hei , how are you?
Acceleration: Fine , Hey look you and
displacement are looking almost the
same .Is you both are related?
Distance: Yes he is my brother
Pupil observe carefully

.Actually he is the measure of change

of position of an object un a particular
direction.
Acceleration: Oho that is you both
have same unit; metre.
Displacement: Yes, actually we look
almost same but we are different in
calculation .But in one situation we
both have same reading. Can you
guess it?
Acceleration: If an object travels from
one place to another in a straight line
then distance and displacement will
Pupil discuss in groups about the
be same.
ideas they got from the play and
Distance: Yes you are right. meet our
writes it in the activity card.
common friend time.
Acceleration: I know him, I am also his
friend.
Displacement: Meet velocity. He is my
and times friend.
Velocity: Hei acceleration
Acceleration: OHO so you are
displacement in unit time.
Velocity: Yes and my unit is meter per
second

Activity 2

Teacher narrates the remaining

portion to the actors.
Distance: Also I and time have a
friend speed meet him.
Speed: Nice to meet you acceleration
Acceleration: Oho so you are distance
in unit time.
Speed: Yes and my unit is meter per
second.
Acceleration: So I think when distance
and displacement become same sped Pupil observe carefully
and velocity looks same.
Speed: You get it. Actually we are
related to each other we are friends.
Acceleration: Oho But the truth is
that I also have some relation with
you; is nt velocity?
Velocity: Yes, you are rate of change
of velocity.
Acceleration: HE he and my unit is
meter per second square.
Speed: What is this change of
velocity? I cant understand.
Pupil disscuss about the points
Velocity: That is the final velocity and that they got from act and note it.
intial velocity
Acceleration: Yes as the final velocity

is less than intial velocity then I

become negative acceleration .that is
retardation.
Speed: Is there any chance to see u
both?
Acceleration: There is one chance
where u can see me and retardation
simultaneously when train
approaches the station velocity
decreases at that time I become
retardation. When train depart from
station velocity increases at that time
I become acceleration.
Displacement: So we are all related
All of them: Hei all come our same
family that is MOTION.
The drama ends.

Consolidation

Rate of change in velocity is called

acceleration
Unit of acceleration is meter per
second square.
Negative acceleration is called
retardation

Review

What is acceleration?
What is the unit of acceleration?
What is retardation?

Follow up activity
Brakes are applied suddenly to a
racing car, travelling at 50 meter per
second. If the car stops after 20
second, calculate the retardation of
the car.