LESSON PLAN IN GRADE 10 SCIENCE

Grade Level: TEN

Learning Area: EARTH SCIENCE
Quarter: FIRST
Topic: CONVECTION CURRENT

I. OBJECTIVES
1. Enumerate factors that cause tectonic plates to move.
2. Explain what causes the tectonic plates to move.
3. Realize the importance of convection current underneath the Earth.

II. CONTENT: Convection Current

III. LEARNING RESOURCES:

A. References: Learner’s Material Grade 10 Science.
Teacher’s Guide Grade 10 Science.
B. Other resources: PPT Presentation

IV. PROCEDURE:
A. ELICIT: Ask the students to define the concept of Plate tectonics theory.
Let them enumerate the different movement of plate boundaries.
Explain the idea of continental drifting.

B. ENGAGE: What is the reason for the movement of the plates?

C. EXPLORE: Activity 7: Push me up and aside

Materials: Dropper 500 ml beaker Alcohol lamp

Food color (blue) 350 ml water Tripod

Procedure:
1. Pour 350 ml of water into the beaker. Put a small drop of food color at the
bottom of the beaker using the dropper.
2. Place the beaker on the tripod, then put the alcohol lamp in the side where
the food color is located.
3. Looking from the side of the beaker, observe what will happen to the food
color.

D. EXPLAIN:
 How does the food color behave?
 Describe what the movement of the food color is.
 What does the food color represent?
 Why do you think the food color behave/move in that manner?
 What happens to the water particles when heated? Why?
 Do you think the temperature of the water inside the beaker is the same all
through out? Why?

E. ELABORATE:

The students will watch a video clip about convection current.

 Science Idea: Convection current is the transfer of heat energy when there is a
significant difference in temperature between two parts of a fluid. When this
temperature difference exists, molecules of hot fluid rise and molecules of cooler
fluid sinks, and then current or movement are created in the liquid. Further, as
the temperature of a certain material rises, its density becomes less.
(Let the students expound on the concept as shown from the video)

F. EXTEND:
Video that shows that the convection current in the mantle causes the
plates/crust to move.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mUU69ParFM
G. EVALUATE:
Illustrate and explain briefly how convection current makes the plates move.

V. REMARKS:
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VI. REFLECTION:

A. No. of learners who earned 80% in the evaluation

B. No. of learners who require additional activities for

remediation who scored below 80%.
C. Did the 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 this work?
F. What difficulties did I encounter which my
principal or supervisor can help me solve?
G. What innovation or localized materials did I
used/discover which I wish to share with other
teachers?

Prepared by:
MARK ANGELO A. DE JESUS
T-I, Science Department