DALUPAON NATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL

DETAILED LESSON PLAN

GRADE 7 SCIENCE

Content Standard

- The learner demonstrates understanding of the relation of geographical locations of the

Philippines to its environment.

Learning Competencies

- Describe the location of the Philippines with respect to the continents and oceans in the
world.

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, students are able to:
a. identify the landmasses and bodies of water that surrounds the Philippines;
b. locate such landmasses and bodies of water on the globe/map; and,
c. cite the advantage of the Philippines being an archipelago.
II. SUBJECT MATT ER
a. Topic: Philippine Environment
Subtopic: Landmasses and Bodies of water
b. References: Science Grade 7 Module
c. Materials: Craft Materials, Marker, Scotch Tape, Globe, World Map
d. Values Integration: Appreciation, Cooperation
e. Skills Integration: Higher Order Thinking skills,
f. Methodology: 7E’s (Elicit, Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaboration, Evaluation, Extend)
g. Concept: Philippine Archipelago is surrounded with large bodies of water and
different landmasses.

III. LESSON PROPER

TIME LEARNING HINTS TEACHERS’ ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES IM’S

FRAME
3minutes A. Preliminary
Activities
 Greetings Good morning class! Good morning ma’am.
 Prayer Let us all stand for the
prayer.
Please lead the prayer. (students will pray)
 Maintaining
cleanliness Before you take you seats
kindly pick up the pieces of
papers scattered on the
floor and arrange your (students will arrange their chairs
chairs properly. properly and pick up the pieces of
papers)
 Checking of
attendance Class beadle, kindly check
the attendance of the class. Okay ma’am.
 Checking of
assignment Last meeting, I gave you an
assignment. Put it out
 because you’ll be needing (students will get their
that for today’s discussion. assignments)
Later on I’m going to check
that.

3 Elicit As you can see, I have here

minutes some lollipops. I want each
of you to get one. You are
not allowed to open the
lollipop unless I said it,
okay? Yes ma’am.
Now, please get one. (students will get a lollipop)

Okay, those who got the

red lollipop, proceed in
right side in front, green at (students will proceed to their
the back, yellow at the left designated areas)
side in front and pink at the
left side in the back.

Settle down, check your

lollipops because I have
some question there that
you need to answer. (students will stand)
Stand up to those who got
the questions.

Let us answer those

questions.
Q1: These are imaginary lines that
are horizontally positioned in the
globe.
Answer: It is the Latitude ma’am.
Very good!
How about question 2? Q2: These are imaginary lines that
are vertically positioned in the
globe.
Answer: It is the Longitude
Very good! ma’am.
What about question 3?
Q3: What is the reference line in
determining the longitude?
Answer: The reference line in
determining the longitude ma’am
Great! is the Prime Meridian.
How about question 4?
Q4: What is the reference line in
determining the latitude?
Answer: The reference line in
determining the latitude ma’am is
Very good! the Equator.
How about the last one?
Q5: Name the five special lines of
latitude.
Answer: The five special lines of
latitude are Equator, Tropic of
Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Arctic
Very good! Circle and Antarctic Circle.
 Okay, so I have here an
5 Engage envelope containing some
minutes cutted pictures that each
group should arrange. I’m Envelope,
going to give you 3 minutes Marker,
only to arrange this and Pictures
analyze the picture you
have arranged. Okay ma’am.

Please proceed. (students will arrange the pictures

by group)
3 minutes is done!
Let me see your works. (each group will show their
outputs)

Very good! Now what can

you say about that picture
you have arranged? It’s a map ma’am.

Yes, very good!

What countries are you
familiar that is seen in the
map? Philippines, Russia, Indonesia and
Malaysia
Okay very good!
Are you familiar with the
oceans surrounding
Philippines? Yes ma’am.

Great!
Because today we will use
that map to describe the
location of the Philippines
with respect to the land
masses and bodies of water
that surround it.
 Presentation of
topic and lesson But before that, kindly read
objectives the Lessons Objectives that
we need to attain
throughout the discussion.
At the end of the lesson, students
are able to:
a. identify the landmasses and Visual Aid
bodies of water that
surrounds the Philippines;
b. locate such landmasses and
bodies of water on the
globe/map; and,
c. cite the advantage of the
Philippines being an
Thank you class. archipelago.
Okay based again on your
lollipop colors, that would
be your group for our
today’s activity.
Choose your leader and the
group presenter.
 Anyone from each group
come here in front to get
their materials. (member will go in front)

Inside these envelopes are

the Activity Sheets and
Materials (see
attachments) needed in
your activities that you
need to finish for 10
minutes only and 3 minutes
for the presentation of the
output. Exceeding minutes
will be deducted to your
final score. Yes ma’am.
Understand?

So you will be graded by

this Rubric. (See
attachment at the last part (students will read the rubric)
of the lesson plan) Please
read first.

If you have any questions,

don’t hesitate to ask me.
You may start doing your (students will start their activity)
activity. Remember that
your time is counted.

(teacher will roam around)

Okay 10 minutes is done!

Post your outputs now and
start presenting it for 3
minutes only.

Okay let us clap our hands (students will present their

for a job well done! outputs)
Now, let us check your
work.

Which bodies of water in (students will clap their hands)

the list are found to the
west of the Philippines?
15
Minutes Explore Okay very good!
So, West Philippine Sea and
Indian Ocean are located at
the West of the Philippines. West Philippine Sea and Indian
Ocean ma’am.
How about the body of
water that is located to the
east of the Philippines?
The Philippine Sea and Pacific
Ocean ma’am.
Very good!
Philippine Sea and Pacific
Ocean are located at the Visual Aid
 East of the Philippines.
Asian continent.
Which large landmass is
found to the north of the
Philippines?

Very good!
Asia or the Asian continent
is located or can be found
at the north of the
Philippines.

So those are the

landmasses and bodies of
water surrounding the
Philippines.
Philippines is surrounded by
bodies of water.
Now, take a look at the
map. What can you
observe about the location
of the Philippines?

Precisely!
That’s why we are
considered as an
archipelago.

Okay.
The Philippines is consisting
7,107 islands. Can develop many islands as
tourist spot and this will in return
What are the advantages of generate employment to the
5 Philippines being an locals.
Minutes Explain archipelago?
Attraction of tourist will increase
because of the various islands
Okay, that’s correct! that consist of different ethnic
What else? group or tribes.

The climate of the country is

always moderate because it is not
that far from sea.
Yes, you’re right too.
What else?

Great! (students will start writing their

10 Elaborate generalizations about today’s
Minutes Now I want you to have a discussion)
short generalization about
what we have discussed
today. I want you to write (students will get ¼ sheet of
it on this sticky notes and paper)
post it on “Today I learned
wall”
 Okay, please get ¼ sheet of
paper and answer the
following.

EVALUATION

A. Identification
___________1. These are the continuous extent of a land in the Earth.
___________2. A continent that is located at the Northern Hemisphere of the Earth.
___________3. The land masses that we now call continents are the result of shifts
that broke up a supercontinent.
__________4. The biggest continent in the world.
__________5. The biggest body mass in the Earth.
__________6-7. The bodies of water that is located at the east side of the Philippines.
__________7
__________ A landmass that can be found at the north of the Philippines.
B. Essay
6-10. What is the advantage of the Philippines being an archipelago?

ASSIGNMENT
1. What is the advantage of Philippines being located near the equator?
2. What are natural resources? Give examples.
3. What are artificial resources? Give examples.

Prepared by:
Ronalyn Ds. Mamansag
Student Intern
Activity Sheet

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THE PHILIPPINES? (PART II)

OBJECTIVE:
After performing this activity, you should be able to describe the location of the
Philippines with respect to the surrounding landmasses and bodies of water.
Materials Needed:

 Globe and world map

Procedure:
1. Using a globe or a world map as reference, label the blank map given.
2. Your labeled map should include the following:

a. Landmasses b. Bodies of water

Philippine Archipelago Philippine sea
Asian continent South China sea
Malay peninsula Indian Ocean
Indonesian archipelago Pacific Ocean
Australian continent
Q12. Which bodies of water in the list are found to the west of the Philippines?
Q13. Which body of water in the list is located to the east of the Philippines?
Q14. Which large landmass is found to the north of the Philippines?
3. Be ready to show the map with your labels.
RUBRIC:

Criteria Level of Performance

5 3 1

Quality of work The output is The output is complete and Output is incomplete and not
complete, neat and well organized organized
well organized
Accuracy Explanation is parallel Some of the explanations are
with the presentation parallel with the presentation
Explanation are erroneous and non-
of map of map
parallel with the map presented

Explanation/ Students explained Students explained some of

Presentation the concepts the concept accurately Explanation were erroneous
accurately
Comprehensive Output is supported Output is supported with Output is not well supported with
ness with correct label some label label