LESSON PLAN Centre: Coimbatore Name of the student teacher: Bemi Jerald.B.R Co-operating teacher: Mrs.

Mary Magdaleen School: St. Michaels Higher Secondary School Class and Section: IX B Name of the institute supervisor: Dr. Anwar Subject: Physical Science Topic: Coal and Petroleum Date: 17-07-09 Time: 40 minutes

Lesson no: 12

Instructional Objectives: During the teachinglearning process, students will be able to; ! State the meaning of natural resources. ! Differentiate inexhaustible and exhaustible natural resources. ! Define fossil fuel. ! Cite examples of fossil fuel. ! Describe how coal is formed. ! Illustrate the products of coal. Concepts/ Teaching Points: " Resources which are obtained from nature like air, water, soil, minerals etc are called as natural resources. " Natural resources are classified into inexhaustible and exhaustible natural resources. " The resources which are present in unlimited quantity in nature and are not likely to be exhausted by human activities are called as inexhaustible natural resources. " The resources which are present in limited quantity in nature and are likely to be exhausted by human activities is called as exhaustible natural resource. " Examples of exhaustible natural resources are coal, petroleum, natural gas, forest, wild life, etc " Fossil fuels are formed from the dead remains of living organisms. Coal, petroleum and natural gas are called as fossil fuels. " Coal is as hard as stone and is black in colour- used to cook food, railway engines, thermal power plants to produce electricity. " Formation of coal. " Products of coal are coke, coal tar and coal gas. Previous Knowledge: Students already know about natural resources and some examples of it. Teaching Aids:

Picture of a coal mine. Activity using stones to show sustainable development.

Expected Learning Outcome. Sequential Learning Activities With In Built Evaluation.

Evaluation / Black- board Work.

Students classify them as: A Water Air Soil Sun light Wild life B Furniture Mobile House Clothes Books

Good morning students. Today I am going to give you a set of examples. You have to divide them into two groups based on some commonness. Ok. (Teacher writes the words on the board).

A Furniture Mobile Water Air Soil Sun light

B House Clothes Wild life Books

So, what made you to divide these materials into A and B?

Students recall that group A is natural and B is man-made. Students recall natural materials.

So, what shall we call group A as?

Why do we call group A as natural materials?

Students recall that they are obtained from nature.

Very good. What shall we call group B

Students recall manmade materials.

Students reason out that they are not obtained from nature and are made by human beings. Students state that the resources which are obtained from nature are called as natural resources. Students recall air, water, soil, wild life, forest, etc Students dont respond.

Why do you call them as man-made materials? Define natural resources. Good. So, from this how can we define natural resources?

Good. Can you name some natural resources? Give examples of natural resources. Ok. Can we use all our natural resources forever? Ok. What are the basic needs of

Students list out food, shelter and clothing.

man? So, in order to fulfill our basic needs, man is going on using the natural resources without conserving it. So, we cant use all our natural resources forever.

Students classify them as: A Sunlight Air Water Soil B Trees Electricity Coal Petroleum

Ok. Now Ill give you a set of examples and you have to divide them into two and give appropriate topics to them. (Teacher writes the words on the black board.) Ok. Based on which attribute did you divide them into two?

Sunlight Trees Air Electricity Coal Water Petroleum Soil

Students reason out that group A can be renewed again and again but group B cant. Students state the names as renewable natural resource for group A and non renewable natural resources for group B.

So what name can we give to them? Good. We can also call them as inexhaustible and exhaustible natural resource. How can we define inexhaustible natural resource?

Students state that inexhaustible natural resources are those which can be renewed again and again.

Exactly . (teacher redefines it) The resources which are present in unlimited quantity in nature and are not likely to be exhausted by human activities are called as inexhaustible natural resources. Can you give some examples of inexhaustible natural resources?

Students cite examples as sunlight, air, water etc

Ok good. So, how can you define exhaustible natural resource?

Students state that exhaustible natural resources are those which are present in nature in limited quantity and can be exhausted by human activities.

Very good. Can you give some examples of exhaustible natural resources?

Students cite examples as forest, coal, petroleum, wildlife etc

Good. Shall we do one activity now. Ill divide the whole class into two. Here Ive a container having stones. In both the groups, the 1st and 2nd benches resemble the 1st generation. 3rd and 4th benches are the 2nd generation and 5th and 6th benches are 3rd generation. All right. Ok. Now in group A, Ill come to each student and youve to take the pebbles in both the hands. Like this Ill move till the last one. But in group B youve to take the stones in limited quantity and with one hand only. From that you have to save at least one pebble. Ok. Shall we start the activity? (The teacher takes the container and moves to the 1st group benches. One by one they took the pebbles as much as their hands could hold. But the pebbles got over in the 2nd generation that is 3rd and 4th benches. Now she goes to the 2nd group and ask them to take the pebbles in limited quantity and from that they have to save at

Students infer that in group 1, they took the pebbles which was more than the sufficient quantity and they did not save for the next generation. So, shortage was there . But in group 2, they saved it for the next generation. So, everyone got the pebbles in an equal amount.

least 1 pebble which was collected in another box. Like this the teacher moves to the last student where the pebbles in the 1st container got over. She now ask him to take the pebbles from the second box where they have saved. In the 2nd group, some pebbles remained even after the last student took.) So students you observed both the groups. isnt it. Now what could you conclude from this activity? The pebbles in the container represent the total availability of an exhaustible natural resource like coal or petroleum. In 1st group, they were greedy and they did not save for the next generation. But group 2, they were concerned about the coming generation and left something for them. So, the process in which the natural resource is utilized in limited quantity and sustained for the future generation is called as sustainable development. So, in todays class well learn about the exhaustible natural resourceCOAL. Can you tell me how coal is formed?

Correct. Not only plants, they are formed from the dead remains of living organisms. What do we call for the dead remains of living organisms? So, coal is also known as fossil fuel. Have you heard about or seen coal? What is the colour of coal and how does it look like? Good. Can you suggest some places where coal is used?

Students recall that they are formed from the dead remains of plants.

Why coal is called a fossil fuel?

Students recall fossil.

Students respond yes. Very good. Coal is also used to cook food, Students state that coal used in thermal power plants to produce is black in colour and it as hard electricity and also as a fuel in various industries. as stone. So, coal is having so many usefulness. But where do we get coal from Students identify that and how it is formed? they are used in railway engines once upon a time. Good. But the actual story of coal formation is that about 300 million years ago the earth had dense forests in low lying wetland areas. Due to natural processes, like flooding, these forests got buried under the soil. As more soil deposited over them, they were compressed. The temperature also rose as they sank deeper and deeper. Under high pressure and high temperature, dead plants got slowly converted into coal. As coal contains mainly carbon, the slow process of conversion of dead vegetation into coal is called carbonization. Since it was formed from the remains of vegetation, coal is also called as a fossil fuel. (The teacher shows the picture of a coal mine.) See how they dig the place to get coal. Coal is then processed in industry to get some useful products. Can you name some products? Good. Coke, coal tar and coal gas are the products obtained when coal is processed. So far we have discussed about natural resources, its classification and coal as an exhaustible natural resource in detail. Now lets review.

Students recall that coal is formed from the dead remains of living organisms.

Students recall tar.

Review Questions: ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Assignment: " Identify the important coal mines in India. " Write a note on the adverse effect of coal mining and oil drilling. Define natural resource. How is natural resource classified. What is fossil fuel? Name some fossil fuel. What is coal? Where is coal used? How coal is formed? What are the products of coal?