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SUBJECT AREA: Physics GRADE LEVEL: Sec 3NT
Name of Teacher: Zhuang Haoyang
LESSON TITLE: Distance–Time Graph TIME ALLOTTED: 50 min
LESSON DESCRIPTION: (Write a concise description of what occurs in this lesson.)
Pre-requisites:
Distance
• Calculate the speed of an object using the formula: Speed =
Time
• Know that the definition of acceleration is the rate of change of speed over time.
• Calculate the gradient of a linear graph.
Objectives of the lesson:
• Plot and interpret a distance–time graph
• Recognise from the shape of a distance–time graph when a body is
o at rest
o moving with constant speed
o accelerating
o decelerating
The students will explore a Flash animation. In this animation, the graph will be plotted alongside with the motion of
an animated person.
As the graph is plotted as the motion of the animated person changes, students can immediate relate the shape of the
distance-time graph to the actual motion of the object.
A worksheet will be given to the students. This worksheet contains exercises to help the students to consolidate and
reinforce their concepts on distance-time graph.
CLASSROOM LAYOUT AND GROUPING OF STUDENTS:
(Where will the learning take place? How will the room be organized with the computers? How will the students be
grouped (class group, individuals, pairs, small groups, etc…)
Computer lab. Individual work.

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INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:
(Identification of the specific learning outcomes expected to happen based on Competency Standards.)
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Critical Thinking,
Problem Solving and
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Digital Citizenship

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MATERIALS, RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY:
1. Materials and Resources for this Lesson (special devices)
Technology Components for this Lesson
• Computer with Flash player installed
• Flash animation file: “JourneyToSch.swf”
STUDENT’S PRESENT LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE AND KNOWLEDGE:
( Do the students have the adequate knowledge to complete the lesson successfully? What pre-requisite skills must
the students have to complete the lesson content? Include technology skills.)
The student should be able to:
• Plot and interpret a distance–time graph
• Recognise from the shape of a distance–time graph when a body is
o at rest
o moving with constant speed
o accelerating
o decelerating
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES:
1. Motivation:
• To extract useful information from a distance-time graph
2. Activities:
Distance
• Recap the concept of speed. Speed =
Time
• Recap the definition of acceleration: Acceleration is the rate of change of speed.
• Introduce the distance-time graph by drawing a distance-time graph on the board (draw a distance-
time graph that describes an object travelling at a constant speed) and name the various parts of the
graph.
o x-axis: time
o y-axis: distance

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o gradient: speed
• Ask the students to start the program “JourneyToSch.swf” and play it several times to observe how
the graph changes as the animated person changes his motion.
• The program is “equipped” with “play” and “pause” buttons so that the slow learners can split up the
motion of the animated person.
• A worksheet will then be given to each student to be completed and submitted by the end of the
lesson.
3. Closure:
Summary of the lesson and future lesson.
• Recap the objectives of the lesson.
• Extend the concepts learnt from this lesson to curves instead of piecewise straight line graphs.
• To carry out experiments to obtain data to plot an actual distance-time graph of a real moving object.
SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITIES:
1. Additional activities to expand the lesson
2. Remediation activities for the student needing more instruction and practices
3. Assignments
Students will be given a topical test.

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ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION:
How will you measure the student’s success? Formally or informally? Formal evaluation of student work requires that
a grade is taken while informal might be monitoring of work, or class discussion. This section should contain a
description of the assessment process, the criteria for achievement, and performance levels. The criteria should
directly align to objectives and instruction. Describe your plan for providing feedback to your students.
The worksheets that are submitted by the students at the end of the session will be marked. If the student can get
correct answers for two parts of question 1 (at rest & constant speed), whole of question 2 and two parts of question
3 (at rest & constant speed), then he/she would have understand can grasped the basic concepts for this lesson.
If the students and get the correct answer for the rest of the worksheet, then he/she is able to infer further
information from a distance-time graph. i.e. the student had acquired a deeper understanding of gradient of a
distance-time graph.
The worksheet will be returned to the student and the correct answer will be given to them during the next lesson.
During that lesson, the students will be introduced to curved distance-time graphs.
A topical test would also be given to the students to assess their competency to plot and interpret distance-time
graphs and to recognise the shape of the distance-time graph for the different states of motion of an object.

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STUDENT PRODUCTS:
What artifact(s) or products will result from the lesson? (such as a report, newsletter, diagram, slideshow, drawing,
etc.)
Worksheet.