Grade 5
Detailed Lesson Plan
Name of Teacher: DIANNE S. CRUZ Section: Carnation/Sunflower
Learning Area: SCIENCE Time: 8:50 am – 9:40 am
1:00 pm – 1:50 pm
Grade Level: Five Date: April 01, 2024
I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standard The learners demonstrate understanding of weathering and soil erosion shape
the Earth’s surface and affect living things and the environment
B. Performance Standard The learners should be able to participate in projects that reduce soil erosion
in the community.
C. Learning Skills / Competencies Describe how rocks turn into soil.
Match the agents of mechanical weathering base on the description.
Appreciate the importance of rocks.
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II. SUBJECT MATTER
A. Topic How rocks turn into soil
B. Reference ADM Module-ROVIII & ROIII
C. Materials PowerPoint, Pictures, Tarpapel
D. Integration English, Math
III. Procedures Teacher’s Activities Learner’s Activities
Before Lesson
A. Preliminary Activities
1. Prayer The teacher will lead the prayer.
2. Greetings / “In the name of the Father...” “Amen.”
Classroom
Arrangement “Good morning, Grade 5 pupils.” “Good morning, Madam
3. Checking of Dianne.”
Attendance
“Look to the left. Look to the right. Look at the back. Look (Students will tell who is
in front. Who is missing beside you?” absent for the day.)
“Before we start, these are our classroom rules.”
“A ribbon will be given on each right answer. The learner
who has the biggest number of ribbons will have a prize at
the end of the week.”
Lesson Proper
B. Reviewing previous Direction: Clap your hands once if the statement is correct
lesson and twice if it is incorrect.
1. An electromagnet works only when there is a flow of “Correct.”
electricity.
2. Without core or magnetic material, electromagnet cannot “Incorrect.”
be produced.
3. Coil of wire serves as the conductor of electricity. “Incorrect.”
4. Even without source of the electricity from the battery, “Correct.”
electromagnet can still be produced.
5. When the current is broken, the iron nail is no longer a “Correct.”
magnet.
C. Presenting the new Activity:
lesson
Look at the picture below:
What is in the picture? “A rock.”
Have you seen that kind of rock? “Yes.”
How big it is? “Same with the rocks in the
river.”
D. Establishing a Observe the rock.
purpose for the new
lesson
“It is a rock.”
What can you say on the picture provided?
“It has cracks.”
What happen to the rock?
Rocks break up into smaller pieces and resulted in the
formation of soil and different landforms.
This is also the reason why we have an amazing rock
formation.
The crust of the Earth is a layer that covers the entire
surface of the planet and is the top component of the
lithosphere. The surface of the earth is always changing.
Some changes occur very slow while others take place very
rapidly. These changes are brought about by many factors.
Some factors are caused by natural forces such as volcanic
eruptions and earthquakes, others from human activities,
animal actions, or even the growth of plants.
E. Discussing new The main cause of soil formation is weathering.
concepts and practicing
new skills #1 Weathering is the breaking of rocks into fragments.
It is an important process that helps shape the surface of the
Earth. Weathering occurs when rocks near or on the surface
of the Earth are exposed to air, water, and other living
things.
Weathering can be classified into two general types:
mechanical or physical weathering and chemical
weathering. In this lesson, we will study the processes of
mechanical weathering.
F. Discussing new Mechanical weathering refers to the process by which rocks
concepts and practicing disintegrate into small particles due to change in
new skills #2 temperature, human activities, and the actions of plants,
animals, and frost.
In this process, the physical characteristics of rocks are
changed but their chemical composition remains the same.
It occurs when water enters cracks and crevices of rocks and
exerts more pressure, causing the rocks to
break. Only the physical appearance (form and
shape) of rocks is changed.
Agents of Mechanical Weathering
Temperature
Rocks are exposed to changes in temperature. When the sun
heats rocks to high temperatures it causes rocks to expand.
At night, rocks cool off because of the low temperature
which causes the rocks to contract unevenly. This uneven
expansion and contraction of rocks cause minerals that
makeup rocks to loosen. As a result, the rocks crack or flake
and fall apart. The outer layer of rocks may peel off known
as exfoliation.
Wind
The wind carries with it pieces of sand and small rocks that
scratch and hurl other rocks. This process is called abrasion.
The weathered rocks break off from cliffs and are pulled
down by the gravity of heavy rains.
Plant
The plant also grows on the surfaces of rocks. They help
break down rocks by forcing their roots into smaller cracks
in the rocks. As the root of the plant grow bigger the roots
of the plant grow bigger which will make the cracks on the
rocks grow bigger. This causes the rocks to crumble into
smaller pieces.
Animal
Ants, earthworm, moles, and other burrowing animals dig
their habitats in the soil or rocks. In this process, these
animals expose fresh rock surfaces to different weathering
processes. Chicken, dogs, wild animals, and other animals
scratch on rocky surfaces and expose them to weathering
process.
Human
Human activities also cause weathering of rocks which
include drilling, building roads and tunnels, wells, mining
activities, and quarrying. Huge pieces of rocks are broken
into smaller pieces so that people could use them.
G. Developing Mastery
(Leads to Formative Say It!
Assessment) Describe how the following agent of mechanical weathering
contributes to rock weathering.
1. Human
2. Plants
3. Temperature
4. Animals
5. Frost
H. Finding practical The teacher will group the student into two groups to do the
applications of concepts following activities.
and skills in daily living
Rubrics
Systematic operation of 10
tasks
Time Management 5
Safety and Precautionary 5
Total 20
Directions: Perform the activities by following each step
carefully. Observe it properly and write your answers for
the guide questions in the paper provided.
Group 1: Mechanical Weathering: Pounding
Things you need:
1 piece of chalk
Hammer
A piece of cloth
Reminder: Do not play with the hammer and chalk.
What to do:
1. Wear goggles.
2. Get a chalk and enclose it with a piece of cloth.
3. Pound it using a hammer.
4. Open the cloth and observe what happened to the
chalk.
Guide Questions:
1. What happened to the chalk when beaten by the “When a piece of chalk is hit
hammer? with a hammer it first breaks
down into pieces and then
converted to powder.”
2. What sort of progress did the piece of chalk go “The material above
through? Why? underwent physical change.
Only their shape and size
were changed but they still
retained their chemical
composition.”
Rubrics
Correctness 10
Time Management 5
Participation 5
Total 20
Group 2: Independent Practice
Direction: Analyze the pictures below. Then answer the
following questions below.
Based on your analysis on the illustrations above, describe
how rocks turn into soil. “When plants grew on the
1. Look at the pictures, how do rocks break into surface or rocks and when
pieces? human perform activities to
break down rocks.”
(Mention the agents of
2. How does the mechanical weathering process break mechanical weathering.)
down rocks into particles?
I. Making generalization What do you mean by weathering? “Weathering is the breaking
and abstraction about of rocks into fragments.”
the lesson
What are the different agents of mechanical weathering? “Human, Plants, Temperature,
Animals, and Frost.”
J. Evaluating Learning
1. E
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. A
K. Additional work for Assignment: Bring the following materials.
homework and Group 1
remediation Piece of chalk
One tablespoon of vinegar
One transparent container/bottle
Group 2
15 pieces of small rocks
3 large plastic jars or containers with covers
Water
Masking tape
vinegar
Prepared by: Checked by:
DIANNE S. CRUZ ROSIEL A. SANDOVAL
Student Teacher Cooperating Teacher
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