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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE

The Aristotelian and Galilean Conceptions of Vertical, Horizontal, and Projectile
Motions and Understanding Newton’s First Law of Motion
Name of Learner: ________________________________________________
Grade Level: 11______________________________________________
Strand/Track: ACADEMIC_ _______ ______________________________
Section: _________________________________________________
Date: 2nd Quarter 2nd Week – Day 1 to 4 (Introduction to Assimilation)

A. Background Information for Learners

The lesson on The Aristotelian and Galilean Conceptions of Vertical, Horizontal, and
Projectile motions and Understanding Newton’s First Law of Motion provide you with
fun and meaningful opportunities for guided and independent learning.

B. Learning Competency with code

Compare and contrast the Aristotelian and Galilean conceptions of vertical motion,
horizontal motion, and projectile motion. (S11/12PS-IVc-46)
Explain how Galileo inferred that objects in vacuum fall with uniform acceleration, and
that force is not necessary to sustain horizontal motion (S11/12PS-IVc-47)
Explain the subtle distinction between Newton’s 1st Law of Motion (or Law of Inertia)
and Galileo’s assertion that force is not necessary to sustain horizontal motion
(S11/12PS-IVd-51)

C. Directions/ Instructions

While going through this unit, you are expected to:

1. Read and follow each direction carefully.

2. Accomplish each activity for the mastery of competency.
3. Use the Learning Activity Sheets with care.
4. Do not write on any part of the Learning Activity Sheets. Use a separate
sheet of paper in answering the activities.
5. Always aim to get at least 80% of the total number of given items.
6. Contact or see your teacher through messenger, if you have any questions.

D. Exercises / Activities

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DAY 1
D.1 INTRODUCTION

a. What I need to Know

While going through this Learning Activity Sheet, you are expected to:

1. compare and contrast the Aristotelian and Galilean conceptions of vertical

motion, horizontal motion, and projectile motion;
2. explain how Galileo inferred that object in vacuum fall with uniform
acceleration;
3. state Newton’s first law of motion;
4. recognize the relationship of mass and inertia;
5. explain the subtle distinction between Newton’s first Law of Motion and
Galileo’s assertion that force is not necessary to sustain horizontal motion;
and;
6. apply Newton's first law to understand the effect of applying a force on an
object.

b. What’s New?

Activity 1: Drop It!

Directions: The pictures below show a pig and a mouse were dropped from the same
point in the sky, at the same time, which one would reach the ground first without air
resistance?

Guide Questions:

1. Which falls first, the heavier or lighter

object? Defend your answer.

2. What is the role of air resistance here?

3. What is the impact of this activity to

you?

MY SCORE:
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Activity 1.1:

Directions: Answer the given guide questions below.

This is a bowling game. A heavy ball is rolled down a narrow lane aiming the pins.
What makes the ball keep on rolling? What makes the pins fall in different direction?
Guide Questions:
1. What keeps an object at rest and what
keeps it moving?

2. What cause the object change in

motion?

3. How does an object’s mass affect its

inertia?
MY SCORE:
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DAY 2
D.2 DEVELOPMENT

a. What I Know?

Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Who was the Italian physicist who played a major role in the scientific revolution,
studied natural forces and conducted theoretical and experimental work on motions
of bodies?
a. Galileo Galilei b. Isaac Newton c. Johannes Kepler d. Tycho Brahe

2. Who claimed that heavy and light objects drop in the same way?
a. Aristotle b. Copernicus c. Galileo d. Ptolemy

3. What is Galileo's concept of falling objects in his experimentation?

a. object falling with changing acceleration
b. object falling with changing direction
c. object falling with uniform acceleration
d. object falling with changing speed

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4. Three objects X, Y, and Z, with masses of 6 kg, 8 kg, and 16 kg respectively, were
dropped simultaneously. Provided that there is no air resistance which object will first
reach the ground?
a. object X c. object Z
b. object Y d. object X,Y, and Z will fall at the same time

5. A piece of paper is at rest on your desk. Which of the following statements best
describes this situation?
a. There are no forces acting on the paper.
b. The paper pushes on the desk only.
c. The desk pushes on the paper only
d. The forces acting on the paper are balanced. MY SCORE:
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b. What’s In

Activity 2: Word Pool

Directions: To get started, you have to choose the terms related to motion from
the WORD POOL below. List down these words on the table and write what you
know about it.

Aristotle Galileo Newton

Acceleration Vacuum Gravity
Mass Friction Leaning Tower of Pisa
Velocity Energy Inertia

Term What I know about it?

MY SCORE:
c. What is It __________
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Directions: Refer to the given lecture to have a better understanding of the topic.
For additional information, please visit the uploaded resources in the FB
messenger.

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DAY 3

D.3 ENGAGEMENT

a. What is more?

Activity 3: Mini Lab: Aristotle or Galileo?

Directions: Test the following activities below. Take note that in every activity, both
objects should be dropped at the same time and at the same height. (In choosing the
height, be sure that you are safe).
1. Drop a book and a flat sheet of paper.
2. Drop a book and a sheet of paper crumpled to a ball.
3. Drop a book with a small flat sheet of paper on top of it.

Guide Questions
1. In all three cases, which object reaches the ground first?
2. In activity 1, what causes the flat sheet of paper to move sideways?
3. In activities 2 and 3, why did the objects fall at the same rate regardless of their
masses?
4. Whose view is more acceptable? Why?
MY SCORE:
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Activity 3.1: Type of Inertia
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Directions: Test your understanding on the different types of inertia. Read and
analyze the different situations given below. Identify the type of inertia.

1. When pulling a Band-Aid off, it is better to pull it fast. Your skin will remain at rest
due to inertia, and the force pulls the Band-Aid off.

2. When pedaling a bicycle and you stop pedaling, the bike continues going until
friction or gravity slows it down.

3. When you stir coffee in a cup and stop, the swirling motion continues due to
inertia.

4. If a car is moving forward it will continue to move forward unless friction or the
brakes interfere with its movement.

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5. If the wind is blowing, tree branches are moving. Fruits that fall from the tree will
fall in the direction the wind is moving into because of inertia.
MY SCORE:
b. What I can Do? ____________
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Activity 4: Acrostic Poem

Directions: Now that you have understood the lesson, create an acrostic poem
using the word MOTION. In creating your poem, you may share what you have
learned or experienced facing the COVID-19 pandemic.
MY SCORE:
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c. What other enrichment activities can I engage in? _
Activity 5: Moment of Inertia

Directions: Let us see if you can recognize inertia when you see or feel it occur
every day. List at least 5 activities you do every day. You might be surprised at how
much moment of inertia you have in your life.
MY SCORE:
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D.4 ASSIMILATION

a. What I have Learned?

Activity 6: Table Summary

Directions: Summarize your understanding about the Aristotelian and Galilean

conceptions of motion by filling out the table below

ARISTOTELIAN DESCRIPTION EXAMPLES

Horizontal Motion
Vertical Motion
Projectile Motion
GALILEAN DESCRIPTION EXAMPLES
Horizontal Motion
Vertical Motion
Projectile Motion

MY SCORE:
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b. Assessment / What I can show

Activity 7:

Directions: Read each statement carefully. Write TRUE if the statement is correct.
If it is not, write the correct term to make the statement right.

________1. Aristotle claimed that violent motion is an imposed motion.

________2. In natural motion, an object will move and will eventually return to its
natural state depending on the composition that the object is made of.
________3. According to Galileo, heavy objects will fall faster than light ones.
________4. All living things show motion whereas non- living things show motion
only when force acts on them.
________5. Galileo inferred that objects in vacuum fall with constant acceleration.
________6. Aristotle had the idea that heavier object falls faster than lighter
objects.
________7. In Galileo's experimentation using two different weights of ball
dropping in the leaning Pisa tower, he proves that heavier and lighter object fall at
the same time provided that there is no air resistance. He also measures the
acceleration.
________8. Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist motion.
________9. Newton’s first law of motion is also called the law of acceleration.
________10. If an object is at rest, inertia will keep it at rest.
MY SCORE:
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E. Guide Questions
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Directions: Answer the given guide question.

1. Explain the difference on Galileo’s idea of inertia and Newton’s first law of
motion
2. Based on Galileo’s experiments, when do you say that motion is uniformly
accelerated?
MY SCORE:
F. Rubrics ____________
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G. Reflection

As a 21st century learner, what would be the impact to you of this learning? On a
separate sheet of paper, create a checklist of things that would be beneficial to you
from this learning.

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https://www.merriam-webster.com

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