A Semi-detailed Lesson Plan in General Physics 2

I. Objectives

At the end of the lesson the students should be able to do the following with 75% proficiency:

a) describe charging by rubbing and charging by induction;

b) explain how electrons transfer from one object to another;
c) explain what happens when an object is rubbed with another material;
d) explain what happens when a charged object is brought near but not touched to a neutral
conducting object.

II. Content and Materials

Topic: Electric Charge (STEM_GP12EM-IIIA-1) (STEM_GP12EM-IIIA-2)
Materials: circularly shaped cartolina, negative and positive charges, glass rod, plastic rod, silk,
animal fur, manila paper, marker, projector, laptop
References: 9 Awesome Tricks using Static Electricity
Charging objects by friction and induction
http://www.studyphysics.ca
www.loc.gov
http://highered.mheducation.com
http://www.introduction-to-physics.com
III. Procedure
A. Routine Activity
- Prayer
- Students will be ask to pick up the pieces of paper on the floor.
B. Preliminary Activity
a. Review/Motivation
- Students will be divided into six groups consisting of six members each. Each one will
be given a cartolina shaped like a circle and 10 strips of positive and negative charges.
- Each group will be ask to make a model of the atom out from the materials that were
given to them.

- Ask the students, do you think everything around us is a matter?

- If yes, what do we call that thing that comprises matter? What comprises an atom?
- Therefore if everything that occupies space and has mass is matter, are we safe to say
that everything is made up of atom? and that everything are made up of charges?
- Recall the law of electric charge to the students Like charges repel while unlike
charges attract.

b. Main Activity
- What will happen if a positively charged is placed near a negatively charged object?
How about a negatively charged object placed a negatively charged object?
 - Discuss the terms positively charged, negatively charged, and a neutrally charged
object.
- Prepare six stations for the students. Stations 1 to 3 will be doing the charging by
friction/rubbing while stations 4 to 6 will be doing charging by induction.
- Let the students perform the short experiments prepared in every stations.
- After every 7 minutes, groups doing charging by friction will exchange with the group
charging by induction so that after 14 minutes every group was able to perform the two
kinds of charging.

Station 1
Materials: glass rod, plastic rod, silk,
animal fur Station 4
Procedure: Let the plastic rod rubbed
in an animal fur hang lightly. Rub the
glass rod on the silk, after rubbing
bring it near the plastic rod

Station 2

Materials: animal fur, 2 plastic rods Station 5

Procedure: Let one rod hang lightly,

after rubbing the plastic rod on the fur
bring it near the rod that was hanged.

Station 3
Materials: silk, 2 glass rods Station 6
Procedure: Let one rod hang lightly,
after rubbing the glass rod on the silk
bring it near the rod that was hanged.

c. Analysis
- How did you find the activity?
- Do all of the materials have an attraction with one another? Why?
- What are those materials that exhibit an attraction with one another?
- What do we call the process that we use on station 1 to 3? on station 4 to 6?
d. Abstraction
- Given the illustration below
- How will we know what material is positively or negatively charged?
- Discuss the triboelectric series to the students.
- From the triboelectric series, which among the strips of paper and the comb will
become positively charged? will become negatively charged? after combing the
comb to the hair.
- Draw the diagram showing the flow of charge.

- That is charging by friction, how about charging by induction?

- We have two metal spheres. What will happen if we put a charged object near the
sphere which is neutral?
- What do we mean by a neutral particle?
- What will happen to the two spheres if we separate them again and removing the
positively charged particle?
- Discuss the concept behind charging by induction from the diagram below.
 e. Application
- Now that we already know what objects becomes positively and negatively charged,
let us now draw the flow of charges from the experiments that you have done.
- Each group will be given a manila paper where they can put their illustration.
- They will be ask to use the triboelectric series or the electrostatic series in making their
illustration.
- Each group will present their illustration to the group both for charging by friction and
charging by induction.

IV. Evaluation
Multiple Choice
1. An object develops a negative charge on its surface when brought near a positively charged
object. This is known as charging by _______
a. induction c. friction
b. conduction d. precipitation

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the common ways for a neutral object to become
charged?
a. induction c. electrostatic discharged
b. conduction d. friction

3. When charging by induction, the charged object

a. should be far away from the object that is not charged
b. 5 meters away from the object that is not charged
c. should touch the object that is not charged
d. should be close to the object that is not charged

4. After charges have been induced to 2 spheres,

a. the charges are equal, but they are not opposite
b. the charges are not equal, but they are opposite
c. the charges are equal
d. The charges are equal and opposite

5. Electrons on fingertips cause electrons on doorknob to move away, leaving doorknob with a
positive charge.
a. charging by induction c. charging by induction example
 b. charging by conduction example d. charging by friction example

Essay
1. What happens when two charged objects were drawn closely to each other?
2. What will happen when a piece of glass rubbed with silk is exposed to a piece of wax
rubbed with wool?

V. Assignment

How is static electricity used in air pollution control?

How does a Xerox machine work?
How is static electricity used to paint cars?

Prepared by:

Jessa Lynn Acala

Samar National Pilot Opportunity School of Agriculture
SHST-2