Lesson 6 — 1.3 Friction

• Natuurkunde / Scheikunde
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Lessonplan

Lesson plan

Opening - 5 min

- Show books folded into each other as opener.

Class phase - 20 min

- Discussion on what is friction.

> Who has heard of the word friction? What does it mean?

> Give a definition of friction. 

> Examples of friction + video

- After video -> Read 1.3 What is friction

- What causes friction?

- How does friction effect motion?

Solo phase - 15 min

- Read 1.3 + Do 1.3 workbook exercises

Closing - 10 min

- How to reduce friction + how can friction be useful?

- Check the goals

- Give homework for next lesson + mention homework check

Learning goals

- Give examples of friction. 

- Describe the effects of friction on moving objects

- Explain how to reduce friction

- Describe how friction gan be useful

Mention at the end of the lesson that you will check the homework next lesson

This lesson

•  Discussing the homework
• 1.3 Friction
  
• Working independently

Learning goals

• Give examples of friction
• Describe the effect of friction on motion
• Explain how to reduce friction
• Describe how friction can be useful

balanced forces:

forces that are equal in size

and opposite in direction. Balanced forces do not result in any change in motion.

unbalanced forces: forces applied to an object in opposite directions that are not equal in size. Unbalanced forces result in a change in motion.

Class Phase

Discussing 

the Homework

Friction

Friction

• What is Friction? + Examples
  
• What causes friction?
  
• Friction and motion
  

What is friction?

Friction

A resistance between two sufraces moving over each other. 

Examples

What causes friction?

Friction

How does this effect motion?

Solo Phase

Read 1.3

• Reducing friction
• Friction can be useful

Do 1.3

• Workbook exercises

Read 1.3

• Reducing friction
• Friction can be useful

Do 1.3

• Workbook exercises

Everyone has to be able to explain this by the end of the lesson.

• Explain how to reduce friction
  

• Describe how friction can be useful

Friction can be 

useful

Reducing 

friction

Friction can be 

useful

Reducing 

friction

Friction can be 

useful

Reducing 

friction

Next lesson

homework check

Learning goals

• Give examples of friction
• Describe the effect of friction on motion
• Explain how to reduce friction
• Describe how friction can be useful

Next lesson