_Municipal_Seal.png&w=64&q=75 "Municipality of New Lucena, Iloilo"){kind=small}
Anchoring Physics in
Local Cultural Heritage
An interactive digital learning package designed to enhance conceptual mastery of Junior High School physics through the lived experience of the Cry of Jelicuon Festival.
The Research
This e-learning platform is the thesis output of Jayne Paul Sucob, a physics educator from New Lucena, Iloilo. The study tests whether abstract physics principles become more intuitive when taught through a familiar local celebration — one that students already participate in and care about.
The platform covers Junior High School Science competencies from the Department of Education. Each module translates a real festival activity into a physics investigation, replacing generic textbook contexts with specific scenes from the Cry of Jelicuon reenactment.
The package is formally evaluated by three content and instructional design experts using the DepEd Learning Resource Management and Development System (LRMDS) rating instrument.
Local History
The Cry of Jelicuon Festival
Celebrated every October 25 in New Lucena, Iloilo, the Cry of Jelicuon Festival commemorates the historic revolt led by General Martin Delgado in 1898 at Barrio Jelicuon — a pivotal act in the Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonial rule.
The festival features street dancing, massive parade floats, theatrical war reenactments, and live drumline processions. Hundreds of student performers participate each year — making it a living laboratory for kinematics, forces, energy, momentum, waves, and heat transfer.
How the Lessons Work
Each module contains three lesson types working together as a learning sequence — video for engagement, reading for depth, and interactive exploration for conceptual ownership.
Festival footage with timed quiz checkpoints. The player pauses automatically so students answer before continuing.
Contextualized readings with inline comprehension checks — dropdown and fill-in-the-blank — embedded in the text.
Slider-driven physics simulators that update outputs in real time. One visualizer activates a Web Audio oscillator for the pitch module.
Curriculum Coverage
The six modules cover competencies across Grades 7, 8, and 9 — each one re-framed through a specific moment in the Cry of Jelicuon.
MODULE 01
Motion & Kinematics
Distance, displacement, velocity, and 2D motion observed in performer entrances and prop throws.
MODULE 02
Forces
Newton's Three Laws, F=ma, friction, and equilibrium through riser handling and fight choreography.
MODULE 03
Work & Energy
Work, potential energy, and kinetic energy demonstrated through riser jumps, lifts, and sustained dance.
MODULE 04
Momentum & Impulse
Momentum and impulse through the collision-like interactions and timed direction changes of the war scene.
MODULE 05
Waves & Sound
Sound wave characteristics and frequency-pitch through the live drumlines driving the reenactment tempo.
MODULE 06
Heat Transfer
Conduction, convection, and radiation through post-performance cool-downs and performer recovery.