School: Grade Level: 10

Teacher: Learning Area: Science

Grade 1 to 12 Detailed Lesson Plan July 17, 2018 (Tuesday)
Teaching Days, Date, and Time: 7:30 – 8:30 Quarter: First
10:45 – 11:45

At the end of the lesson, the students must be able to:

a. Define the Continental Drift Theory
I. Objectives
b. Organize ideas on Continental Drift Theory using a concept map
c. Enumerate and describe the evidences supporting the theory
A. Content Standards The learners demonstrate understanding of the theories which explain the causes of plate movements
B. Performance Standards The students shall be able to construct a concept map on the Continental Drift Theory
C. Learning Competency The learners should be able to enumerate the lines of evidence that support plate movement. S10ES –Ia- j-36.6
II. Content Earth’s Mechanism: The Continental Drift Theory
III. Learning Resources
A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide Book
2. Learner’s Material 53 – 57
3. Textbook Pages 53 – 57
4. Additional Learning Resource Portal
IV. Procedure
Materials Teacher’s Activities Learners’ Activities
A. ELICIT ( 5 minutes)
Paper The teacher shall divide the class into six (6) groups. Each group Expected answer from students:
shall be given a paper with jumbled letters. The following shall be 1. Continental drift
what is written on each paper 2. Alfred Wegener
1. _ _ _ t _ _ _ _ t _ _ __i_t 3. Jigsaw puzzle
NNNACEILOTT TRIFD 4. Fossils
5. Rocks
2. __F__ _E___E_ 6. Coal Deposits
DEARFL EEEGNRW

3. _I__ A_ _U___E
AGIJSW ZZELPU

4. ____I_S
SSSOLIF

5. __C__
SROKC

6. __ A_ _E___I__
ACLO TSSPOIED
B. ENGAGE ( 5 minutes )
Expected response:
After the students have given their answers, the teacher shall let 1. This pertains to the theory that tells us that the continents are
them give a short description regarding their answer. once a one big land mass called Pangaea and that this
supercontinent broke off and moved apart.
 2. The German meteorologist who proposed the Continental
Drift Theory.
3. Some of the continents seem to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle
4. Fossils of the same species were found in continents which are
presently far away from one another.
5. Different rock formation seem to appear like a line when
continents are brought closer together.
6. In some areas where the existence if life forms is hardly
possible, there are coal deposits which indicates that there ha
been a time wherein the continent was still suitable for
habituation.
C. EXPLORE ( 20 minutes )
1. Activity Title:
Complete Me
2. Time Allotment:
20 minutes
3. Shared Goal: d. The students shall be able to organize ideas on Continental
Drift Theory using a concept map
4. What you need? Notebook
Pen
5. What to do? The students shall complete the concept map below with the help of
some clues

The theory that tells us that the continents are once a one big land mass
called Pangaea and hat this supercontinent broke off and moved apart.

Proposed by

A German meteorologist

EVIDENCES

D. EXPLAIN (10 minutes)

Does the Earth look like what it is now million years ago? No. The Earth has undergone many changes since then.

How do you think do our continents look like 10 million or 100 million Before, the continents were still in tacked, they were still a one large
years ago? land mass which we call “PANGAEA”.
 As we have mentioned in our previous activities, Alfred Wegener He noticed that some of the continents fit together like a jigsaw puzzle
was the one who proposed this theory. How do you think was he and with that, he looked for other clues, which would strengthen his
able to come up with such idea? claim.
E. ELABORATE ( 10 minutes )
How does each evidence help in strengthening Wegener’s 1. Jigsaw Puzzle
theory? The continents seem like a jigsaw puzzle which edges match with
one another. An example if that is the Africa and South America.
2. Fossils
Fossils of same species are found in continents far away from
each other. An example of that is the Glossopteris, which is a
plant and whose fossils are found in Southern Africa, Australia,
India, and Antarctica.
3. Rocks
Rock formations in Africa line up with that in South America as
if it was a long mountain range.
4. Coal Deposits
Coal deposits are found in different continents but one
surprising fact is that these coal deposits are also found in
Antarctica which suggests that the continent was once
experiencing a tropical climate and might have been closer
to the equator.
F. EVALUATE ( 5 minutes )
The students shall answer this short test on their notebook
True or False: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the
statement is wrong.
1. The Earth has always been what it looks like at present.
2. Alfred Wegener was the one who proposed the Continental
Drift Theory.
3. Continents of Africa and South America fit together like a
jigsaw puzzle.
4. Antarctica has always been a frozen continent.
5. Fossils of the same species are only found in one continent.
G. EXTEND (5 minutes)
Read further on the topic of Earth’s Mechanism.
V. Remarks
VI. Reflection
a. No. of students who earned 80% in the evaluation
b. No. of students who require additional activities for remediation who scored below 80%
c. Did remedial lessons work? No. of learners who have caught up with the lesson
d. No. of learners who continue to require remediation
e. Which of my teaching strategies worked well? Why did these work?
f. What difficulties did I encounter which my principal or supervisor can help me solve
g. What innovation or localized materials did I use/discover which I wish to share with other teachers?