16.evidence the continental jigsaw puzzle

For educational purposes.

1. Republic of the Philippines
BULACAN AGRICULTURAL STATE COLLEGE
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, ARTS & SCIENCES
Pinaod, San Ildefonso, Bulacan

Detailed Lesson Plan
In Grade 10 Science
Time Frame: 60 minutes
Prepared by: Jayson Mananquil Labsan
BSED III- Physical Science
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, students expected to:
 Tell the possible direction of motion of the continents as they drifted away.
 Draw fossils of plants and animals as evidences found in the present
continents that will help solve the puzzle in the fitting of the drifted
continents.
 Reconstruct and describe Pangaea.
 Predict what will happen to the world as the continents continuously move.

II. Subject Matter
A. Topic: Evidence: The Continental Jigsaw Puzzle
B. Sub- Topics: Evidence from Fossils
C. References
C.1: Internet https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query
=continental+drift+theory+song
C.2: Book: Science – Grade 10 Learner’s Material First Edition 2015,
Module 2, Page 53-55
Science – Grade 10 Teacher’s Guide First Edition 2015,
Module 2, Page 37-38
D. Materials
D.1. For the Teacher: Visual aids, Laptop, and Projector
D.2. For the Student: Bond Paper, Pentel pen, manila paper, photocopy of the
seven continents, world map and pair of scissors

E. Teaching Strategies: Constructivist Approach & Collaborative Learning

2. III. Procedure
A. Daily Routine
Teacher Student
Prayer
Class, please stand up and let us pray.

Greetings
Good morning class!

Classroom Conditioning
Kindly arrange your chairs and pick up
those pieces of paper around you.
Okay, please be seated.

Checking of Attendance
Danica, is there any absent for today?
Very good!

Checking of Assignment
Did I give you any assignment yesterday?
Exchange your paper to your seatmate.

( the students will pray)



Good morning Sir!





Thank you Sir.


None



Yes

B. Recall
Teacher Student
I give you 2 minutes to punish your short
story.

Time is up!
Let’s start, please watch all group.
Write the names of your members on
rubrics.

Good Job! All are prepared.
Give yourself “Gangnam Style Clap”
Thank you Sir.



((students will perform)






C. Motivation
Teacher Student
I have a song an titled “ Continental Drift
Song”

Please stand-up , and we will sing!

I hope you want this song.

Yes, Sir.

3. D. Procedure
Teacher Student
Wegener searched for evidences to support
his claim. He noticed the fit of the edges of
the continents on the opposite sides of the
South Atlantic. His evidences to the
Continental Drift Theory includes the
distribution of fossils in different
continents, rock features, and ancient
climates.

Let us have a further study on these
evidence.

You will now perform the activity.


E. Pre- Activity
Teacher Student
Last meeting I grouped you into three for
your activity today, can you please proceed
to your groupmates?

Where going to works the Activity 4 an
titled “ Drifted Supercontinent!”

Group 3, kindly read the objectives of this
activity.












Instruction:
1. Get one cartolina and pentelpen for
your activity.
2. Cooperate and collaborate with
your groupmates.
3. Your time is 10 minutes to study, to




The objectives of this activity are:
 Tell the possible direction of motion
of the continents as they drifted
away.
 Draw fossils of plants and animals
as evidences found in the present
continents that will help solve the
puzzle in the fitting of the drifted
continents.
 Reconstruct and describe Pangaea.
Predict what will happen to the world as
the continents continuously move

4. analyze and to answer the guide
questions.
4. Choose two to three presenter of
your activity.
5. Your score for this activity is based
on rubrix.

Let’s start !

F. Post Activity
Teacher Student
Time is up!

Please, paste your activity works on the
board.

I think all done.
Please give yourself “ Ganda Lang Clap”

Let’s start group 1.
I want to hear the next group, group 2.
Present your work group 3.
(The teacher will add information while the
presenters presents their works.)

Did it really start as one big landmass?
It seems very impossible that the seven
continents, which are currently thousands of
miles away from each other were actually
connected pieces of a supercontinent.

(teacher will present his powerpoint
presentation)

The most visible and fascinating evidence
that these continents were once one is their
shapes. The edge of one continent
surprisingly matches the edge of another:
South America and Africa fit together; India,
Antarctica, and Australia match one another;
Eurasia and North America complete the
whole continental puzzle in the north.











(The presenter presents their works and
asnwer the quide questions )

5. Fossils are preserved remains or traces of
organisms (plants and animals) from the
remote past. Fossilized leaves of an extinct
plant Glossopteris were found in 250 million
years old rocks. These fossils were located
in the continents of Southern Africa,
Australia, India, and Antarctica, which are
now separated from each other by wide
oceans. The large seeds of this plant could
not possibly travel a long journey by the
wind or survive a rough ride through ocean
waves.


Mesosaurus (shown in Figure 10) and
Lystosaurus are freshwater reptiles. Fossils
of these animals were discovered in different
continents, such as in South America and
Africa. It is impossible for these reptiles to
swim over the vast oceans and move from
one continent to another. Fossils were also
found in Antarctica.
Could it be possible that they existed in this
region where temperature was very low?
Or could it be possible that, long before,
Antarctica was not in its current position?

6. G. Generalization
Teacher Student
To generalized it,
How you believed me that this theory is
true or not?
Wegener searched for evidences to support
his claim. He noticed the fit of the edges of
the continents on the opposite sides of the
South Atlantic. His evidences to the
Continental Drift Theory includes the
distribution of fossils in different
continents, rock features, and ancient
climates.


H. Valuing/ Application
Teacher Student
Will there be a possibility that the current
location of a continent would be different
100 years from now?



If the continents will continue to move, try
to predict the Philippines’ location 100
million years from now.

Give a possible good causes of this
continental drift.
Yes, if the continents continue to move.
But it will not be very noticeable because it
took 200 million years before the
continents came to where they are now,
based on the Continental Drift Theory.

(students will predict while answering the
question)


(students will answer based on his/her
opinion)



IV. Evaluation
Create a short role play by group about the topic for today and the maximum time
is 3-4 minutes. Your score is based on the rubrics.

V. Assignment
Bring the following materials tomorrow:
 board paper
 colored pencil

7.  pair of scissors
 ruler