EXEMPLAR SCIENCE LESSON PLAN

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I. OBJECTIVES
The learners demonstrate an understanding of the volcanoes found in the
A. Content Standards
Philippines.
The learners shall be able to participate in activities that reduce risks and lessen
B. Performance Standards
effects of climate change.
The learners should be able to describe the different types of volcanoes (S9ES-IIIa-
25).
C. Learning Competencies/
Specifically, at the end of the period, the learners will be able to:
Objectives
Write the LC code for 1. Define a volcano;
each 2. Explain how a volcano forms; and
3. Construct a concept map on the characteristics of volcanoes.

II. CONTENT Types of Volcanoes

III. LEARNING RESOURCES
A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide pages Unit 3 pp. 1-4
2. Learner’s Materials pages Unit 3 pp. 3-7
3. Textbook pages
4. Additional Materials from
Learning Resource (LR)
portal
Tarbuck, Edward J., and Frederick K. Lutgens. Earth Science. 13th ed. Boston:
Prentice Hall, 2012.
B. Other Learning
Resources Kaushik. "Paricutin, The Volcano That Grew Out Of A Cornfield." Amusing Planet.
August 20, 2014. Accessed November 22, 2017.
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2014/08/paricutin-volcano-that-grew-out-
of.html.
IV. PROCEDURES
Let the students recall what they have learned in 8th grade about the Pacific Ring of
Fire by asking the following questions:
A. Reviewing previous  Who can describe to the class the so called “Pacific Ring of Fire”?
lesson or presenting the  What do the countries along this region experience?
new lesson
 Aside from earthquakes, what other geologic phenomena associated with
the Ring of Fire are observed in the Philippines?

Establish the fact that our country is home to numerous volcanoes. Thus, it is
B. Establishing a purpose important to have a better understanding of them. Try to elicit from the learners
for the lesson their prior knowledge about volcanoes. Also, ask them to act as volcanologists. Ask
them what does a volcanologist do.
C. Presenting
PBL: Provide the learners the problem of the day. (see attached handout)
examples/instances of
the new lesson Ask them to work in groups and finish the task in ten minutes.
D. Discussing new concepts The learners will present their work to the class.
and practicing new skills Guide Questions/Follow Up Questions:
#1
 What was formed in the scene?
 What made you conclude that it is a volcano?
 How are you going to explain to the local villagers what has just
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happened?

E. Discussing new concepts Relate the situation in the village to the story of Mt. Paricutin in Mexico. Show the
and practicing new skills actual photos of the place as you discuss (see attached handout).
#2 From the story, let them discuss how a volcano forms.
This time, ask the learners to make a concept map showing the characteristics or
descriptions of a volcano. Give the rubric found in the evaluation part to guide
F. Developing mastery
(leads to Formative them.
Assessment 3) Guide Question:
 How can you describe a volcano using a concept map?

G. Finding practical Learners will present their concept map group after group. The others are allowed
applications of concepts to react, ask questions, or comment on the presenter’s work. A sample of a
and skills in daily living concept map is attached to guide the learners.
To check their understanding, ask the following questions:
H. Making generalizations
and abstractions about  What is a volcano?
the lesson  How does a volcano forms?

Rubrics for assessing the concept map:

5 – complete with ideas, each idea is well connected with each other
4 – complete with ideas, connection among the ideas is not clear
I. Evaluating learning 3 – incomplete ideas, there is a clear connection within the ideas
2 – incomplete ideas, connection is not clear
1 – incomplete ideas, no connection at all
0 – no correct idea
J. Additional activities for Ask the learners to do the following:
application or Choose a volcano in the Philippines and create a story to explain how it was
remediation formed.
V. REMARKS

VI. REFLECTION
A. No. of learners who earned 80% in the evaluation
B. No. of learners who require additional activities for remediation
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 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?
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TEACHER HANDOUT
Task Card for PBL

You were invited to investigate an unusual happening in a remote place in the Philippines. Apparently,
villagers frequently experienced tremors and deep rumblings from the Earth. Upon arrival to the place, you
experienced it yourself and even noticed a swell in the ground in a corn field. While investigating, the swell suddenly
cracked open to form a fissure about 2 meters across. You heard hissing sounds and saw smoke rising from the
fissure with a smell like that of rotten eggs. After hours of observation, rocks, ash, and lava were now coming out of
the opening. Eventually, it grew to 50 meters high, and within a week it had reached 100 meters. More and more
materials came out of the bowl-shaped top of the formation making it not safe for the villagers.

Your task: Explain to the villagers what has just formed and the phenomenon occurring as a whole. Convince them
to evacuate to a safer place.

Story of Mt. Paricutin (Kaushik. "Paricutin, The Volcano That Grew Out Of A Cornfield." Amusing Planet. August 20,
2014. Accessed November 22, 2017. http://www.amusingplanet.com/2014/08/paricutin-volcano-that-grew-out-
of.html)

Rarely do volcanologists get to watch the birth, growth, and death of a volcano. Paricutin
provided such an opportunity. Paricutin is a cinder cone volcano located in the state of Michoacan, in
Mexico, close to a lava-covered village of the same name. The volcano erupted on February 20, 1943,
and continued erupting till 1952, during which it destroyed the villages of Parícutin and San Juan
Parangaricutiro, burying both beneath ash and lava. San Juan Parangaricutiro’s church spire is all that
remains of the village, poking out of the now solidified lava rock.

Unlike most volcanoes, Parícutin volcano didn’t exist until that fateful day. This makes the
volcano unique because it is one of the very few volcanoes whose birth has been witnessed by man.
The volcano is located about 200 miles west of Mexico City, in the Michoacan-Guanajuato volcanic
field, that contains about 1,400 volcanic vents. Paricutin is the youngest volcano to form in the
Northern Hemisphere.

For weeks before the eruption, the inhabitants of this village had been experiencing tremors
and deep rumblings from the earth. On February 20, 1943 a farmer, Dionisio Pulido, and his wife Paula
were burning shrubbery in their cornfield when they observed the earth in front of them swell upward
and crack to form a fissure about 2 meters across. They heard hissing sounds and saw smoke rising
from the fissure, which they later described as having a repugnant smell of rotten eggs. Dionisio Pulido
was not sure what it was, but it frightened him enough to flee the scene. Incredibly, what the farmer
unknowingly witnessed was the birth of a new volcano.

The next day, Dionisio, along with several others from the village, went out at dawn to examine
the site. What they saw both amazed and terrified them. Rocks and smoke were shooting into the sky
while the cone was growing before their very eyes. After little more than a day the cone was already 50
meters high, and within a week it had reached 100 meters, and lava began flowing out onto the
surrounding land.

The eruption became more powerful in March, generating columns of smoke several kilometers
high. The volcano was most intense during the first year when it ejected more than 90 percent of the
total material spewed out by the volcano. The thick smoke, ash, sulfur fumes and lava made it unsafe
for the people in the villages of Paricutin and San Juan Parangaricutiro to stay, and they had to be
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evacuated. By August 1944, most of the villages of Paricutin and Parangaricutiro were covered in lava
and ash. Only the towers of the church of San Juan Parangaricutiro were visible above the lava field.
Because of timely evacuation, no one was killed by lava or ash. However, three people died by
lightning associated with the eruption.

For the next nine years the volcano continued to erupt, although this was dominated by
relatively quiet eruptions of lava that scorched the surrounding 25 square kilometers of land. In 1952,
the eruption ended and Parícutin went quiet, attaining a final height of 424 meters (1,391 feet) above
the cornfield where it began. Parícutin is believed to be a monogenetic volcano, meaning that it will
never erupt again. It is classified as an extinct volcano. The cinder cone and the half-buried church are
popular among tourists today.

The birth of the volcano generated tremendous interest not only among scientist but the
populace at large. Pan American planes between Los Angeles and Mexico City reportedly diverted
from their regular route in order to be able to show passengers the new volcano. It even captured the
attention of the silver screen. Shots of the volcano during its active phase were included in 20th
Century Fox's film Captain from Castile, released in 1947.

Actual Photos of Mt. Paricutin

Photo Credit: http://www.lakepatzcuaro.org/PostCard6.html

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Photo Credit: "VOLCANO Born at 5:30pm on February 20, 1943 in the village of Paricutin,
Michoacan. Photo taken by Chavez Ruiz on February 28, 1943."
http://www.lakepatzcuaro.org/PostCard6.html

Photo Credit: K. Segerstrom, U.S. Geological Survey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paricutin_30_612.jpg
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Photo Credit: http://www.lakepatzcuaro.org/PostCard6.html

Photo Credit: http://www.lakepatzcuaro.org/PostCard6.html

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Photo Credit: http://www.lakepatzcuaro.org/PostCard6.html

Photo Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/louhaskell/318154376/

Photo Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/louhaskell/318154376/

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Sample Concept Map

Opening in the crust

Lava Gases come out

VOLCANO

Different shapes Volcanic Earthquake

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ACTIVITY SHEET

I. OBJECTIVE/S:

II. MATERIALS:

III. PROCEDURES:

IV. ANALYSIS: