Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Lipa
Lipa City

A Detailed Lesson Plan In Science 7

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of sixty minutes the grade 7 students will be able to:
1. identify the different layers and features of the Earth’s atmosphere;
2. construct a model of the Earth’s atmosphere;
3. appreciate the presence of Earth’s atmosphere.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Layers of the Earth’s Atmosphere
Sub-topic: What are the layers of Earth’s atmosphere?
Valuing: Appreciation of the Earth’s atmosphere

III. MATERIALS
Charts
Picture (burger)
Cartolina
PowerPoint Presentation
References: Science 7 (Learner’s Material) p. 105-107
Science 7 (Teacher’s Material.) p. 76-78
https://www.google.com.ph

IV. PROCEDURES

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Preparation
A.1. Prayer
Class, please all stand. Any volunteer to
lead the prayer? (Student will pray)
A.2 Greetings
Good Morning, class! Good Morning Ma’am!
Tap the shoulder of your seatmate and
say “good morning”.
Before you take your seats kindly check
if your area is clean and if not, pick the
pieces of paper and arrange the alignment
of your chairs.

A.3 Checking of Attendance

Class Secretary, are there any absentees No one is absent ma’am.
today?
B. Review
Let us have a short review on what we
have discussed yesterday by having a
short activity.

Identify the following images if they are

renewable or non-renewable. Stand if
your answer is renewable energy
resource then sit if your answer is non-
renewable.

Renewable energy resource

(Hydrothermal Energy)

Non – renewable energy resource

(Petroleum)

Renewable energy resource

(Solar Energy)

Non- Renewable energy resource

(Coal)
 Renewable energy resource

(Wind Energy)

C. Motivation
Who among you here eats burger?
What are the fillings of the burger that
you often eat?

Now, I want you to prepare all the fillings of a

burger using all the ingredients that I have here
in front.

Who wants to volunteer to place the first layer of

the burger?

How about the layer next to bun? The student will place the bun in the plate.

Who wants to place the next layer? The student will place the vegetable.

How about the layer next to patty? The student will place the patty.

Next layer to cheese will be? The student will place the cheese.

Last layer will be? The student will place the tomato.

The student will place the bun.

What have you observed on the burger? Ma’am, there are buns.
Ma’am, there are cheese.
Ma’am, there are patties.
Ma’am, there are vegetables.
Ma’am, there are tomatoes.
There are different layers that make up the
burger.

What does the burger model represent? The layers of the atmosphere, Ma’am!

Correct! Like the burger, our atmosphere also

has layers.

Before we discuss the different layers, let us first

define the atmosphere.

What is atmosphere? Atmosphere is a layer or a set of layers of

 Very Good! gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

D. Activity
At this moment, I’ll be grouping you into five. GROUP TASKS
TROPO GROUP: (FIX ME! I’M
BROKEN)
This group will fix a puzzle and should end
Legend: up with a picture of layers of the earth’s
Orange - TROPO GROUP atmosphere.
Pink - STRATO GROUP
Blue - MESO GROUP STRATO GROUP: (POEM)
Green - THERMO GROUP This group will make a poem about the things
Yellow - EXO GROUP they know on layers of the atmosphere and
should recite it in front of the class.
I have here five envelopes containing all the
materials that you need. Now go to your group
mates and form a circle. MESO GROUP: (I’M THE MAP)
You are given 10 minutes to prepare. Once you This group will construct a concept map that
are done you will make a yell to represent your shows the characteristics of all the layers of
group. the atmosphere.

Here are the rubrics. THERMO GROUP: ( SING AND JAM)

Criteria for grading: This group will make and perform a song
Content- covers topic in depth 40% about the layers of the atmosphere.
with details. Subject knowledge
is excellent. EXO GROUP: ( ILLUSTRATION )
Relevance- all sources were 25% This group will draw an illustration about the
highly relevant to the topic. characteristics of the layers of the
Creativity- presentation was 20% atmosphere.
incredibly creative, with nice
visual aids and interesting
language.
Cooperation- work great with 15%
others the whole time.
TOTAL 100%

E. Analysis

Based on your activity, what are the layers of the

atmosphere from bottom to top? The layers of the atmosphere are troposphere,
stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and
exosphere.
Give one characteristic of troposphere.
The troposphere is the layer wherein clouds
are formed.
That’s right! The troposphere is the lowest layer
of the atmosphere that lies next to the Earth’s
surface. What is the altitude of the troposphere? It extends to about to 14 kilometres above the
Earth

Correct! Aside from that, as you move up into

the troposphere, the temperature decreases.
Next layer is the stratosphere. Who can describe
the stratosphere? It is the layer wherein ozone layer is located.

What is the air temperature as you move up into

stratosphere? As you move up into the stratosphere the air
temperature actually increases.
Great! This occurs because of ozone. Ozone is a
gas that absorbs solar radiation and releases it as
heat.

Next layer is the mesosphere. What is the

temperature in this layer? Temperatures at the top of this layer can drop
to -90°C. It is the coldest layer of the
atmosphere.

Interestingly, this layer also protects the Earth.

Meteoroids entering Earth’s atmosphere usually
burn up in the mesosphere.

Next layer is the thermosphere. Who can give

one characteristic of thermosphere? The temperature on this layer is 2000 C.

Additional information class, the beautiful colors

of the aurora borealis or northern lights occur in
this atmospheric layer. This is also where the
space shuttle orbits the Earth.

Highest layer is the exosphere. What are the

objects found in this layer? In this layer satellites were stationed.

The exosphere is the uppermost region of

Earth's atmosphere as it gradually fades into the
vacuum of space. Air in this layer is extremely
thin.

For you to easily remember the layers of the

atmosphere, I have here mnemonics.

Troubled – Troposphere
Super – Stratosphere
Man – Mesosphere
Tricked – Thermosphere
Ellen – Exosphere
F. Abstraction
Class, to sum up what we have discussed
today, I have here name of the different
layers of the atmosphere and concept
strips that will describe each layer. What
you’re going to do is to arrange the layers
from bottom to top and then put the
concept strips that will describe each
layer.

G. Application

Atmosphere is an important part of what There would be no life on Earth. Nothing will
makes Earth livable. Imagine the world protect us from the intense light and harmful
without the atmosphere, what can you radiation of the sun.
infer from it?

What are the things that you could do in Plant trees.

order to protect our atmosphere? Practice the 3R’s.
Do not burn garbage and lessen the use of
products that contain chlorofluorocarbons
such as perfumes, air conditioners and even
plastics that may harm the ozone.
Very good! In fact, the government
constructed a republic act No. 8749,
otherwise known as The Philippines
Clean Air Act, that includes management
and program and the goal is to achieve
and maintain healthy air for us Filipinos.

H. Assessment:
Directions: Read the following statement
carefully. Write the letter of the correct
answer.

1. What is the correct order of

Earth’s atmospheric layers from
bottom to top?
a. Stratosphere, Mesosphere,
Troposphere, Thermosphere,
Exosphere
b. Stratosphere, Troposphere,
Thermosphere, Mesosphere,
Exosphere
c. Troposphere, Mesosphere,
Stratosphere, Thermosphere,
Exosphere
 d. Troposphere, Stratosphere,
Mesosphere, Thermosphere,
Exosphere
2. What is the basis for the division
of the layers of the atmosphere
surrounding the Earth?
a. Changing temperature
b. Changing weather patterns of
gases Answers:
c. Changing amount of oxygen 1. D
d. Changing composition 2. A
3. D
3. In which layer do virtually all 4. A
weather phenomena take place 5. D
a. Mesosphere
b. Stratosphere
c. Thermosphere
d. Troposphere
4. Which layer of the atmosphere
contains ozone layer?
a. Stratosphere
b. Thermosphere
c. Troposphere
d. Exosphere
5. Why is the presence of ozone
above the troposphere important
for the survival of living things on
Earth?
a. It warms Earth’s surface
b. It helps in cloud formation
c. It makes jet flying more
comfortable
d. It offers protection from the
Sun’s harmful UV rays

I. Agreement:
Answer the following questions:
1. What is global warming?
2. What are the causes and effects of global warming?

Reference: Science & Technology I – pp. 304-30