Putting it all together in a Golf Swing!
MA. JELEN C. ROBLEDO
Science 8 Teacher
Short Overview
Question 1:
What is a Scientist?
A professional person who scientifically investigates
about the natural world and how it functions.
Question 2:
What things do scientists study?
• About forces, movement and energy (a physicists).
• How plants and animals grow and interact (a biologist)
• All about chemicals. (a chemist)
• Volcanoes and earthquakes, and the way the Earth is
shaped. (a geologist)
Question 3:
How do scientists contribute to our society?
Answers:
They conduct investigations to solve complex real-world
problems such as fixing local pollution,
developing new medicines for COVID, developing ways to
reduce global warming, establish early
warning systems for earthquakes; and designing new batteries
for pollution-free vehicles.
Lesson Purpose and Intention
Lesson Purpose and Intention
The lesson is a consolidation lesson and is designed to help students to
recognize that Newton’s three Laws of Motion can be applied to a single
situation. It is important to help students to recognize that in many
situations many laws and principles of science do not occur in simple and
unrelated situations. To make sense of the physical world, scientists often
isolate small components to study each in depth and with precision.
Lesson Language Practice
Lesson Language Practice
Situations Newton
Maximum Vertical
Acceleration Horizontal
Velocity
Lesson Activity
How do we make sense of it all?
Can we apply Newton’s three Laws of Motion to a single situation?
When a golfer uses a golf club to hit a golf ball, there are basic forces involved.
There are forces acting on the golf ball when it is sitting on the tee. There are
forces acting on the golf club supplied by the arms of the golfer as he swings.
There are forces acting on the golf ball as the golf club hits the ball. There are
forces acting on the golf ball once it has left the golf club.
How do we make sense of it all?
Try using each of Newton’s three laws to help you explain it to someone
else.
Question 1:
The text in the Information Box
states: ‘There are forces acting
on the golf ball when it is sitting
on the tee.’ Would these forces
be balanced forces or
unbalanced forces?
The text in the Information Box states: ‘There are forces acting
on the golf ball when it is sitting
on the tee.’ Would these forces be balanced forces or unbalanced
forces?
Balanced forces (because the ball is not
moving)
Question 2:
What does the acceleration
of an object depend on?
What does the acceleration of an object
depend on?
• the mass of the object.
• The force acting on it.
Question 3:
Why does the diagram in the
Information Box indicate that
the path of the golf ball after
the club
hits the golf ball is a straight
line?
Why does the diagram in the Information Box
indicate that the path of the golf ball after the
club
hits the golf ball is a straight line?
Because according to Newton’s First Law, an object will stay in
motion in a straight line unless acted on by an external force.
When the golf ball is hit, it will be travelling with very high
velocity, and it will not be easy to see the effects of gravity and
air resistance slowing the ball until the ball is further away from
the golfer.
Question 4:
The word ‘exert is used
three times in the
information provided. What
is another word that
means the same as ‘exert?
The word ‘exert is used three times in the
information provided. What is another
word that
means the same as ‘exert?
Question 5:
Question 6:
Look at the pattern of ticks you have
placed in the table in Q2. What does
this tell you about how Newton’s
Laws can be applied to hitting a golf
ball?
Look at the pattern of ticks you have placed in the table
in Q2. What does this tell you about how Newton’s
Laws can be applied to hitting a golf ball?
The pattern of ticks shows that all of Newton’s laws play
a part in hitting a golf ball.
The pattern of ticks shows that all of Newton’s laws play
a part in hitting a golf ball, but the first and second laws
seem to play a more significant part.
[If a student ticks three laws for situation 2:] Some parts
of the golfer’s action can have all three laws operating at
the same time.
Lesson Conclusion
Question 1:
Has the lesson helped you
apply Newton’s three Laws?
What other situations could
you apply the laws to?
Question 2:
Which questions were easier
to answer – the ones in 4B or
the ones in 4C? Why?
Question 3:
What strategies do you use to
answer the harder questions?
Question 4:
What did you enjoy about the
lesson?
