LESSON PLAN
SCIENCE
Month: September 2024 Class: VIII
Syllabus:
Syllabus: Chapter 01: variation, heredity and cell division Chapter o4: biotechnology Chapter 05;
periodic table Chapter 06: chemical reaction Chapter 08: forces and pressure
Chapter 01: variation, heredity and cell division.
Chapter 04: biotechnology
Chapter 05: periodic table
Chapter 06: chemical reaction
Chapter 08: forces and pressure
Date and Days: 1st ---- 30th September 2024, Monday to Friday.
Chapter: chapter 05: periodic table, chapter 08: force and pressure
Topics/Lessons: the periodic table, magnificent metals, non metal elements , explaining
metals and non metals properties, radius and reactivity, force and pressure, friction,
tension and upthrust, floating and sinking, pressure, using pressure, pressure in liquid ,
pressure in gas, steam.
Exercise/Page No: 70---80, 128—132, 136, 140---148.,
Duration/Unit: 40 minute each /6 units.
Aim: To promote and upgrade the knowledge about the periodic table group number,
finding elements in periodic table, properties of metals and non metals, atomic radius
and reactivity of elements. Forces and pressure, friction and its uses, tension and
upthrust, density floating and sinking, pressure and its application, pressure in liquid
and gases.
Objective (s): By the end of the lesson students will be able to:
Week 1 1. Recognize the organization and structure of the periodic table.
2. Identify the way of classifying elements in groups and periods.
3. Identify the names and locations of the first 18 elements.
4. Identify the properties of metals.
5. Relate the properties of metals to the use of metals.
6. Identify the properties of non-metals.
7. Name the non-metals in gaseous state and solid state.
8. Compare the properties of metals and non-metal.
9. Deduce whether an element is a metal or a non-metal.
10. Explain differences in the physical properties of metals and non-
metals.
11. Define atomic radius and reactivity of elements.
12. Relate the reactivity of elements to their atomic sizes.
Week 2 1. Define force and explain the difference between balanced and
unbalanced force.
2. Explain resultant force and describe the effects of balanced and
unbalanced force.
3. Discuss why we need a force.
4. Define friction and explain its effects.
5. Describe how to reduce friction.
6. Describe how friction can be useful.
7. Explain what happens when stretch a spring.
8. Describe what is meant by elastic limits.
9. Explain how upthrust is produced.
10. Explain Archimedes principal.
Week 3 1. Explain why things float or ink.
2. Define density.
3. Calculate density of any object by using formula.
4. Compare the upthrust with the weight.
5. Define pressure.
6. Differentiate between the weight and pressure.
7. Calculate the pressure by using formulas.
8. Apply ideas of pressure to a range of situations.
9. Describe how large pressure can be useful.
10. Describe how small pressure can be useful
Week 4 1. Explain what is meant by liquid pressure.
2. Describe what determines the pressure in liquid.
3. Explain liquid pressure in terms of particles.
4. Explain why liquid pressure increases with depth.
5. Discuss measuring pressure.
6. Explain what is meant by gas pressure.
7. Explain the gas pressure in terms of particle.
8. Describe the factors that affect gas pressure.
9. Describe atmospheric pressure.
10. Discuss hydraulic elevator.
11. Demonstrate two stages of rocket.
12. Build and operate model of hydraulic elevator and two stage rockets.
CHAPTER O5: PERIODIC TABLE
Materials / Resources:
● White board, marker, textbook, note books, reference books. pictorial presentations,
multimedia.
● https://youtu.be/ksDG7Tq5pns?si=0ogL2KpK5UVlP_xF
● https://youtu.be/7mLPC74GHMo?si=EUDzxI394-QgiYkB
● https://youtu.be/TtK64sZg2Ik?si=pNCoqd0oUdjez6bx
● https://youtu.be/2dyCe1GPagE?si=pZA0PTp04hEyqGHC
● https://youtu.be/K5g6P8-GmBg?si=VGUANZrjgvVHlTVV
● https://youtu.be/ISA2lVYkyqM?si=_aZnstYqV47LPKnm
● https://youtu.be/NzKAJWTmlwg?si=dodLbAWhc88MC5YT
Methodology/ Directions:
UNIT 5.1: the periodic table
Students read pages 70 and 71, introduce the periodic table and its
importance. Use periodic table printout to explain the periods and groups.
Discuss the relationship between the elements. Describe the properties
and name of group 2 elements. use magnesium as an example to
demonstrate how we find the elements in a periodic table.
UNIT 5.2: magnificent elements
Students read pages 72 and 73 from book, ask students to share prior
knowledge about metals. Explain the characteristics properties of metals
i.e. appearance, malleability, conductivity etc. Describe the uses of
different metals groups.
UNIT 5.3: non-metal elements
Introduce non-metals elements and significance. Explain the
characteristics properties of non-metals like brittleness, dullness etc.
Describe the properties of non-metals in gaseous and solid state. And
compare the metals and non-metals by using some examples. Ask
students to design a metal or non-metal theme project or display.
UNIT 5.5: radius and reactivity
Introduce atomic radius and reactivity in metals. Explain the concept of
atomic radius, discuss trends in atomic radius across periods and groups,
use diagram to illustrate radius trend. Explain the factors influencing
metal reactivity like atomic radius, electronegativity, ionization energy.
Explain how atomic radius affects metal reactivity. Use example to
illustrate the relationship.
CHAPTER 08: FORCES AND PRESSURE
UNIT 8.1: force and pressure:
Students read pages 128 and 129 from the student book. Introduce force
and define force and its types. And their importance. Apply force concept
to real world scenarios. define resultant force and its calculation. Use
force diagram to illustrate resultant force. Define balanced force and
unbalanced forces and their characteristics. explain the concept of
acceleration use example to illustrate the balanced and unbalanced
forces.
UNIT 8.2: friction
Introduce friction and its importance. Ask students to share prior
knowledge about friction. Explain the factors affecting the friction. Use
demonstration to illustrate each factor. Discuss example of friction in
everyday life. Explain how friction affects motion and energy.
demonstrate the newton meter to measure friction.
UNIT 8.3: using forces tension and upthrust
Define and explain tension. Explain the forces involved intension i.e
stretching force. Use spring or rubber band to demonstrate tension.
Define and explain upthrust. Explain the force involve in upthrust i.e
buoyant force. Explain how tension and upthrust are related. Use example
to illustrate relationship. Explain Archimedes principal by using diagrams
from page 133.
UNIT 8.5: sinking and floating
Introduce the idea about the density. Ask students to share prior
knowledge about calculating densities. Students think about the reasons
why solids have different densities to liquid. They learned how density is
related to floating and sinking. Discuss the densities of different
substances by using the table given on page 137.
UNIT 8.7: pressure:
In this lesson students learn about the idea of pressure and how to
calculate it. The look at the situations where it is advantageous to spread
the force over a large area. They will look in detail at where we need the
pressure to be small or large. Introduce the concept of a force being
spread out over a particular area and we call that pressure. Discuss what
you might measure pressure in and show students how to calculate it
using the pressure questions.
Show some pictures of bird’s feet, camel feet and earth mover and ask
students for connection between them. elicit that the area in contact with
the ground is large so the pressure is small.
UNIT 8.8: using pressure
Students apply what they have learned about pressure in a variety of
situations. They use what they have learned to think about the design of
footwear, spreading force over a big area in term of animal feet and
quicksand and bike tyres.
UNIT 8.9: pressure in liquid
Demonstrate an experiment of a plastic bag full of water over a big bowl.
What happens if you make holes all over the bag to show the water leaves
the bag in which direction. Discuss how pressure varies with depth. Show
picture of a dam wall and a submarine vessel. Discuss the pressure gauge
to measure the pressure.
UNIT 8.10: pressure in gas
Students learn about the way that a gas exerts pressure on the wall of a
container because the gas molecules collide with them. They learn how
the pressure changes with the volume. They learn about atmospheric
pressure and explain some effects of atmospheric pressure. Explain what
is happening in terms of particles using a suitable animation. Discuss how
gases produce pressure because of collision with the container. Ask
students to describe what happens to the collision between the molecules
and the wall of the container as the volume is decreased or increased.
Demonstrate model of gas pressure from page 146.
Class Work: Questions given at the end of each units, review questions and
workbook activities.
Home Work/Assignment:
Chapter 05: periodic table
● Write the group and period number of magnesium, nitrogen, lithium and helium
● Copy table from page 75.
● Define conductor and insulator.
● Do Q4 from exercise.
● Draw the relative size of atom of the period 2 and period 3 element.
Chapter 08: forces and pressure
● Do Q1 from exercise.
● Define tension, extension and elastic limit.
● State Archimedes principle.
● Ice is made of water, so how can it float?
● Practice the numerical given on page 141, 142 and 143.
● Why the atmospheric pressure at sea level is bigger than the atmospheric
pressure high up a mountain?
Assessment/Evaluation:
● Participation in class discussion and activities.
● Class test
● MCQs
● Practical demonstration and short quiz
● Design project presentation
