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OBJECTIVES  Define  Discuss  Relate  Solve

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accelerated motion momentu on
motion  Cite m collision
operationally; examples
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examples of projectiles
bodies that  Solve
exhibit problems
uniformly on
accelerated projectile
motion; and motion
 Value the
importance
of following
and
observing
speed limits
on the roads.

ELICIT In Grade 8 you have learned

about Newton’s Second Law
of Motion- the Law of
Acceleration. According to
this law, the net force (F) is
equal to the product of the
mass(m) of the object and its
acceleration (a), F=ma.

Can you state this Law?

ENGAGE The teacher will give an
activity.
 Let’s have a simple activity to
refresh your mind. State the
Second Law of motion by
completing the paragraph
below. Choose your answer
from the two words inside the
parentheses for each
number.

Newton’s Second Law of

Motion: The Law of
1.__________ ( Inertia /
Acceleration)
The acceleration of an object
as produced by a net force is
2. ____________
( directly / inversely)
proportional to the magnitude
of the net force, in the 3.
_________ ( same /
opposite) direction as the net
force, and 4. ____________ (
directly/ inversely )
proportional to the 5.
____________ ( mass/
weight) of the object.

EXPLORE Choose the letter of the best

answer. Write the chosen
letter on a separate sheet of
paper.

1. It is important for
 motorists to know the
speed of their vehicle
when driving. Which
device is used to
determine the speed
of a moving vehicle?

a. Barometer
b. Odometer
c. Speedometer
d. Thermometer

2. In a body exhibiting a
uniformly accelerated
motion, which of the
following quantities is
constant?

a. Acceleration
b. Speed
c. Velocity
d. Time

3. Which of the
following statements
is NOT TRUE about
an object in uniformly
accelerated motion?

I. Velocity is
constant
II. Acceleration is
not zero
III. Acceleration
does not change
IV. Velocity changes
at a constant
rate.

a. I and II
b. III and IV
c. IV only
d. I only

4. Uniformly
accelerated motion is
evident in our
everyday living.
Which scenario or
object exhibits
uniformly accelerated
motion?

a. A falling leaf
b. A sleeping cat
c. A ringing cellphone
d. A hanging wall clock

5. Speed limits vary

with the type of road
and area. Which of
the following
statements is NOT
TRUE about speed
limit?

a. It permits vehicles to
 move in uniformly
accelerated motion.
b. It regulates the flow
of traffic in different
areas.
c. It minimizes vehicular
accidents on the
road.
d. It restricts the speed
of vehicles.

EXPLAIN Acceleration is defined as the Projectile motion plays a

rate of change in velocity with major role in how
time. It is a vector quantity athletes perform and
having both magnitude and how some sports are
direction. Acceleration of played.
vehicles usually changes The motion of a body
from time to time. A vehicle projected horizontally or
may speed up as it travels to at an angle other than 90
highways or slow down as it degree with the
approaches an intersection. It horizontal is called
should also halt when the projectile motion. A
stoplight is red and eventually soccer ball being kicked, a
accelerate when the light basketball that was
turns green. We can say that thrown, a bullet fired,
most type of acceleration that and water out of a
we observe is not constant or fountain are all examples
non-uniform due to these of projectiles.
factors.

When you are riding vehicle,

you can say that its speeds
up or slows down based on
its speedometer. A
speedometer indicates the
speed of a vehicle, it is
usually combined with a
device known as an
odometer that records the
distance traveled.

Assume that you are riding a

vehicle and observed these
speedometer readings:

Elapsed Reading on
Time the
Speedometer
After 1 30 km/h
minute
After 2 31 km/h
minutes
After 3 32 km/h
minutes

What can you say about the

readings on the speedometer
during each minute?
What can you infer from the
data in the table above?

This means that the vehicle

speeds up. Every minute
there is a 1 km/h increase on
the speed of the vehicle. The
increase for every minute is
constant, therefore we can
say that the vehicle has
uniform acceleration.

The vehicle in the example

above exhibits a uniform or
constant acceleration. It is a
type of motion in which the
velocity of an object changes
by an equal amount in every
equal time period.

In Uniformly Accelerated
Motion (UAM), the value of
the acceleration is constant. It
does not change. The
velocity changes but at a
constant rate. An object with
zero acceleration is said to be
uniform motion. An object in
uniformly accelerated motion
has non-zero but constant
acceleration. Acceleration
represents how velocity
changes with time, velocity
represents how position
changes with time.

Toss a coin upward. Does it

stay up? What makes it go
down?

Gravity pulls the coin down.

Things that are thrown
upward, will go down
because of this force. Gravity
also pulls us towards the
earth. That is why we are not
being thrown outside space.

What floor was your

classroom when you were in
Grade 7 and 8? Was it on the
4th, 5th or 6th floor of the
school building? Which is
easier, climbing to your
classroom or going down to
the school canteen?

When you climb a high place,

you go against gravity. When
you are on a high place, and
you go down, you are moving
toward gravity so you use
less force. Same is true with
freely-falling objects. Objects
at free fall also exhibit
uniformly accelerated motion.
The acceleration due to
gravity (9.8 m/s2) neglecting
air resistance, is a constant
acceleration for all falling
bodies, regardless of their
mass and weight.

All objects on the earth’s

surface are being accelerated
toward the center of the earth
at a rate of 9.8 m/s2. This
means that if you raise an
 object above the surface of
the earth and drop it, the
object will start from rest and
its velocity will increase by
9.8 meters per second for
each second it is falling
toward the earth’s surface
until it strikes the ground.

In general, a uniformly
accelerated motion is the one
in which the acceleration of a
body throughout the motion is
uniform. It can be observed in
either vertical or horizontal
dimension, and also in two
dimensions.

ELABORATE FACT or BLUFF.

The following statements are
about bodies and objects
exhibiting Uniformly
Accelerated Motion (UAM).
Write FACT if the statement
is TRUE and write BLUFF if
the statement is FALSE.

Who wants to read and

answer no.1 ?

_________1. Acceleration is
constant in bodies in
uniformly accelerated motion.
_________2. UAM can only
 be observed along the
horizontal line of action.
_________3. Objects at free-
fall exhibit uniformly
accelerated motion.
__________4. In UAM
velocity changes but at a
constant rate.
__________5. An object in
UAM has zero acceleration.

EVALUATE ACTIVITY 1: “Am I in

UAM (Uniformly
Accelerated
Motion)?”

Analyze each scenario. Write

UAM if it exhibits Uniformly
Accelerated Motion, write
Non-UAM if it DOES NOT.

___________1. A bike that is

at rest.
___________2. A boy
holding a book.
___________3. A girl walking
leisurely.
___________4. A hanging
picture frame.
___________5. A rock falling
from cliff.
___________6. A fruit
dropping from a tree.
___________7. A rolling ball
 on an inclined plane.
___________8. A man
standing still in an escalator.
___________9. A car
increasing its velocity at a
constant rate.
___________10. A truck
running with a constant
acceleration.

EXTEND Assignment:

Activity 3: “Observing Speed

Limits”

Write an open letter

addressed to drivers and
motorists. Make an appeal to
them to follow speed limits
and explain to them the
consequences of not
following such. Integrate what
you have learned about
uniformly accelerated motion.
You can cite examples to
deliver your message clearly.