Daily Lesson Plan

Subject : Physics
Class : Form 4S4
Date : 23 July 2009
Time : 8.50 am – 9.30 am (40 minutes)
No. of students : 26 students
Learning Area : Force and Pressure
Learning Objective : Understanding Pressure

Learning Outcomes : At the end of the lesson, a student is able to:

A. Master content knowledge

• Define pressure and state that P = F/A
• Describe applications of pressure.
• Solve problems involving pressure.

B. Master Scientific Skills/TSTS

• Prediction, observing, inferring, comparing, predicting and
communicating.

C. Demonstrate Scientific Attitudes and Noble Values

• Having an interest and curiosity towards the environment.
• Realising that science is a means to
• Understand nature.
• Appreciating the balance of nature.
• Appreciating the contribution of science and technology.
• Being thankful to God.
• Having critical and analytical thinking.
• Thinking rationally.

Scientific Concepts:
Pressure is the magnitude of the force acting perpendicular to a surfaceper unit area
of the surface

Materials, equipments and resource materials:

Notes on PowerPoint slides, interactive courseware

Consideration of Safety Precautions:

None

Prior Knowledge:
Students know and understand the concept of force, area and weight.
 Teaching and Learning Activities
Phase Content Student Notes
Teacher Activities
Activities
Introduction/ - Force Elicit students’ prior Students Strategy/Technique:
Eliciting - Area is total of knowledge on pressure respond to Whole class Q&A
Ideas length of an and introduce the teacher’s
(5 minutes) object multiplied students to the concept questions Resources: PP
by its width of pressure slides, courseware
- Weight is the Q1: Why the footprints
force of gravity have different depth?
acting on the Q2: Are they due to the
object different in weight?size
of shoes?sole of
shoes?
Structuring/ Pressure is the Shows footprint picture Students Strategy/Technique:
Restructuring magnitude of the of father, mother and respond to Interactive
of Ideas force acting child. Ask students to teacher’s demonstration by
(15 minutes) perpendicular to a predict which one of questions teacher
surface per unit them exerted highest by making
area of the pressure. prediction. Resources: PP
surface slides, courseware
Then show a Students
simulation. Ask student make
their observation, observation
inference and the and make
physic quantity involve. inference.

Guide students to Student use

define formula for thinking skill
pressure by using to answer
illustrating. teacher
question.

Ask central guiding Student

questions: answer the
Now I want u to define central
pressure? guiding
questions

Explain to the student Student use

the unit of pressure by thinking skill
referring the formula and make
conclusion
Application of - Pressure is Describe application of Students Strategy/Techniques
Ideas directly pressure such cutting respond to Group discussion
(10 minutes) proportional to tool and a man which teacher’s followed by individual
force going to cross wooden questions presentation
- Pressure is plank. By using the by making
inversely new knowledge, ask prediction. Resources: PP
proportional to student to predict the slides, courseware
surface area best way to cross the
river either by crawling
or walking
Reflection/ Refer Waja Evaluate student Students Strategy/Techniques:
Closure Worksheet performance by ask solve Whole class Q&A
(10 minutes) them to solve problem problems in
involving pressure by groups Resources: Waja
answer 5 question from Worksheet
Waja Fizik worksheet Students
2009 present their
solutions
Conclude by stating the
main ideas and relating
to students initial ideas.

Give assignment of
problem solving by
referring text book for
their homework