This microteaching lesson plan for Grade 10 Physics focuses on Archimedes' Principle and relative density, with a 15-minute inquiry-based approach. Students will learn to describe the principle and conduct related experiments, including measuring upward thrust and understanding buoyancy. The lesson includes interactive activities to engage students and evaluate their understanding of the concepts.
This microteaching lesson plan for Grade 10 Physics focuses on Archimedes' Principle and relative density, with a 15-minute inquiry-based approach. Students will learn to describe the principle and conduct related experiments, including measuring upward thrust and understanding buoyancy. The lesson includes interactive activities to engage students and evaluate their understanding of the concepts.
Lesson outcomes – after the lesson, students will be able to
➢ Describe Archimedes’ Principle
➢ To carry out the Archimedes’ principle experiment Teaching Learning Activities TLMS Core Points Evaluation/Exercise INTRODUCTION Introduce the lesson through questions “what is density?” “if the density of Aluminum is 2.7 kgm-3, what is the relative density of aluminum?” “why does ship not sink in the water?’ “which things are sink or float in the water.” Call a pupil in front of class to pick up a Wood piece of wood and then place this wood in Water sink the water sink. And then, pull the wood. Ask students the following questions - “why wood is lighter in the water than in the air?” - “why does wood float in the water? TEACHING AND PRACTICE ACTIVITY (1) Students put a Ping-Pong balloon in the water, press to sink it and leave it. Ping-Pong Water is pushing What is upward Ask students the following Balloon up the balloon. thrust? “How do you feel in your fingers?’ Water sink This pushing force “Why Ping-Pong balloon does not sink and is called upward bounce above the water?” fore or upward “Is the water pushing the balloon?” thrust or buoyant force. ACTIVITY (2) Balloon, Loss in weight Upward thrust is Students are asked to think about how do coin, = equal to -----------. you measure this upward thrust. Sand, real weight - Put the sand or coin in the ping-pong Spring – balloon and measure the weight by balance apparent weight spring balance and write it as real Water sink The loss in weight weight. (eg.500g) of object which is - Partially immerse the balloon in water immersed in water and carefully observe the reading of is equal to the the spring balance. upward thrust. - The weight of the balloon which is immersed in the water is noted as apparent weight. (eg.200g) - “why the balloon is loss in weight in water?” - “What loss in weight of balloon?” (300g)
The loss in weight
Balloon of the object is ACTIVITY (3) filled with equal to the sand or weight of liquid Find upward thrust? coin displaced by the Why the massive Spring body. The upward ship is not sink in balance thrust acting on a water but a coin is body which is sink in water? Water sink partially or totally and weight immersed in the Review box liquid is equal to How do you the weight of the understand liquid displaced by Archimedes’ the body. principles? By Archimedes’ principle, the (a) Observe the reading of spring weight of body is balance more than (b) Partially immersed case, observe buoyancy or the reading of spring balance and upward thrust, it measure the weight of water will be sink. displaced by the balloon In water, when the (c) Totally immersed case, observe the relative density of reading of spring balance and measure the weight of water water is greater displaced by the balloon than 1, it will sink. Conclude the findings. Tell students the In the partially immersed case, MEMONICS next lesson goes to Loss in weight = weight of liquid displaced F up solving Archimedes In the totally immersed case, = and crown problem. Loss in weight = weight of liquid displaced Buoyancy Think about which condition, the body will = sink in the water. Weight of liquid displaced