Science 8
Name: _____________________________________
Acti
Grade & Section: __________________________
Date: __________________ Parent Signature: _____________________ Score:
Quarter: 1 Week: 2 Day: 1
Title of the Activity: You’ve Got Potential
Activity no: 1
Learning Competency:
➢ Identify and explain the factors that affect potential and kinetic energy (S8FE-Id-22)
Learning Objectives: The learner should be able to:
1. infer that the object possess Gravitational Potential Energy; and
2. define Gravitational Potential Energy.
Materials: worksheet, pen and paper
Procedure:
[Link] down below are objects or activities you might have at home. Decide if it has
Gravitational Potential Energy state your reason. Number 1 is done for you.
Table 1:
Objects/Activities YES/NO Reason
Food has a mass, located on
top of the table at a distance
[Link] on the table YES from the floor
2. a hanging curtain
[Link] on a rack
[Link] on the floor inside
the comfort room
[Link] on a cabinet
[Link] on a chair
[Link] with your pet
on the floor
[Link] Dishes
[Link] on the floor
[Link] on a ceiling
1. What is gravitational Potential Energy? _________________________________________
Closure: How can an object possess or gain gravitational potential energy?
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Science 8
Name: _____________________________________
Date: __________________
ActiGrade & Section: __________________________
Parent Signature: _____________________ Score:
Quarter: 1 Week: 2 Day: 1
Title of the Activity: Factors Affecting Potential Energy
Activity no. 2
Learning Competency:
➢ Identify and explain the factors that affect potential and kinetic energy (S8FE-Id-22)
Learning Objectives: The learner should be able to:
1. determine the factors affecting potential energy; and
2. explain how these factors affect potential energy.
Materials:
[Link] five(5) small objects with different masses at home. Using a weighing scale,
determine the mass (m) in kilogram (kg).
[Link] its weight (W) in Newton (N) by multiplying its mass to acceleration due to gravity
9.8 m/sec 2.
Note: In case you don’t have weighing scale at home, make an acceptable estimation
3. Place the objects at same position (on top of the table).Measure the height of the table in
meters.
3. Complete table 1 and 2 below (no.1 is done for you)
Table 1: Different objects at the same height
Object Mass (kg) Height (m) Potential Energy
(m x g x H) (J)
[Link] phone 0.25kg 1.5 m 3.7 J
2. 1.5 m
3. 1.5 m
4. 1.5 m
Table 2: The same object placed at different heights
Object Mass (kg) Height (m) Potential Energy
(m x g x H) (J)
[Link] phone 0.25kg 1.5 m 3.7 J
2.5 m
3.5 m
4.5 m
Guide Questions:
1. Which object has the highest potential energy? ______Lowest potential energy?
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[Link] factor/s affects the potential energy in table 1? __________________Table 2? _______
Closure : Explain how each factor affects potential energy.
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Science 8
Name: _____________________________________
Date: __________________
Acti
Grade & Section: __________________________
Parent Signature: _____________________ Score:
Quarter: 1 Week: 2 Day: 1
Title of the Activity: Potential Energy: Problem Set
Activity no. 3
Learning Competency:
➢ Identify and explain the factors that affect potential and kinetic energy (S8FE-Id-22)
The learner should be able to apply mathematical equations to compute the potential
energy.
Solve the following and show complete solution on the space provided below each problems.
1. A 10 kg mass is lifted to 2 m. What is its weight? What is its potential energy? How much
work is being done? Hint: work done = potential energy
2. At what height is an object that weighs 490 N if its potential energy is 4900 N-m?
3. Analyze the figure below: Given the position of the ball at the lowest part of the stair has
zero (0) potential energy and at the highest point having 50 Joules of potential energy. Find
the potential energy of the ball at positions A, B, C, D , E and F? Show your solution.
Closure: How do you determine the amount of Gravitational Potential Energy
gained by an object? _____________________________________________________