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LESSON SCRIPT IN
SCIENCE FOR CATCH-UP
FRIDAY

QUARTER 4
Week 5
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Week 4 Day 5 Date:

I. CURRICULUM CONTENT, STANDARDS, AND LESSON COMPETENCIES
The learners should have knowledge and understanding of…
A. Content
1. sunlight is the Earth’s external source of energy.
Standards
2. solar energy influences the atmosphere and weather patterns
By the end of the quarter, learners use reliable scientific information to
identify and explain how solar energy influences the atmosphere and
B. Performance
weather systems of the Earth and use such information to appreciate
Standards
and explain the dominant processes that influence the climate of the
Philippines.
C. Learning Explain how energy from the Sun interacts with the atmosphere.
Competencies
At the end of the lesson, the learners shall be able to:
1. describe the different layers of the atmosphere.
D. Learning
2. note details on the layers of the atmosphere.
Objectives
3. evaluate the effects of pollutants in the Earth’s atmosphere in
human health.
II. CONTENT
Subject Matter Layers of the Atmosphere
Area for Integration Reading & Health Education
Drug Education
Theme
Protecting oneself from gateway substances
The layers of the Earth can be taught by providing the learners with
reading passages and articles about comprehensive data on Earth’s layer
Key Concept/Skill for of the atmosphere. The concept can be associated with the issues on air
Integration pollution and how it affects human respiratory health concerns. Skills
can be integrated are reading and comprehension, analytical skills, and
critical thinking skills.
III. LEARNING RESOURCES
Lesson Exemplar, Science Curriculum Guide. NLC Enhancement Camp
A. References Teacher’s Lesson Plan Science Grade 7 Lesson Plan 10- The Layers of
the Atmosphere right above the Philippines
Online Resources
B. Other Learning https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5122104/
Resources https://www.education.com/worksheet-generator/reading/word-
scramble/
IV. TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCEDURES
Before/Pre-Lesson Proper

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Teacher: Good morning/afternoon class! For the past four days, you
have identified and describe the different layers of the earth, it’s distance
above the atmosphere and its characteristics as well. Let us recall what
you have learned by answering the crossword puzzle. Okay everyone,
please read the instructions of the activity.
(The teacher will distribute the activity sheets)

Learners: Using the clues/descriptions below, fill in the crossword

puzzle with the correct words.

ACTIVITY: LOOK UP!

Activating Prior
Knowledge
(5 minutes)

Expected learners’ responses:

Across: Down:
2. Stratosphere 1. Mesosphere
3. Troposphere 4. Thermosphere
5. Exosphere
Teacher: All right, it seems that you class recalled all the different layers
of the earth as well as their specific distance from the earth’s surface.
Imagine, your house is surrounded by factories that release untreated
smokes and air, what do you think might happen to you and your
environment?

Lesson
Expected learners’ responses:
Purpose/Intention
Learner: The air will surely be polluted and can affect our breathing,
(3 minutes)
causes irritation and other respiratory diseases.

Teacher: Very good class, so speaking of air pollutants, we are going

have an activity where you are going to unscramble the words below
which are considered air pollutants.

ACTIVITY: SCRAMBLED WORDS

Lesson Language
Practice
Teacher: Okay class, everybody please read the instruction of our
(5 minutes)
activity.

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Learner: Unscramble the words and write your answer on the space
provided on the right side of every words.

Teacher: Very good, I am going to give you 6 minutes to answer the

activity. Your time starts now.

Teacher: Okay class, your time is up, we will now check your answer.
Expected learners’ responses:
Learner:

Teacher: Okay class, anybody who got perfect? 4? 3?..... good job
everyone! Alright, so this time we will have another activity where you
are going the read an article about the layers of the Earth’s Atmosphere,
its features and other details including the location of the air pollutants.

During/Lesson Proper
The learners will read the article and note important details on the
characteristics of the earth’s atmosphere.

Teacher: I am going to give you 8 minutes to answer the activity. Your

time starts now.

ACTIVITY: ON THAT NOTE!

Reading the Key
Idea/Stem
The Earth’s Atmosphere
(10 minutes)
Scientists believe that the atmosphere has five distinctive layers,
but the boundaries between layers are not sharp and can be hard to
measure precisely. The layers and some of their features are:
Troposphere: This layer extends up to about 13 kilometers (km)
from the Earth's surface. This layer holds 75% of the atmosphere's mass.
As you go higher, the temperature drops from an average of about 13°C
near the Earth’s surface to - 50°C at the top of the layer. The air pressure
also drops from 1000 millibars (mb) near the Earth’s surface to 100 mb
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at the top of the layer. The atmosphere contains various gases, including
nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and others, as well as water vapor,
aerosols, and trace amounts of other substances.
Stratosphere: This layer lies directly above the troposphere. It
extends from about 13km to 48km above the Earth's surface. The
temperature of the bottom of the layer is -50°C but at the top, its
temperature is -15°C. The air pressure at the bottom of the layer is about
100 mb but at the top of the layer, the air pressure is only 1 mb. Along
with troposphere, stratosphere is where air pollutants usually found.
Mesosphere: This layer lies directly above the stratosphere. It
extends from about 48 km to 85 km above the Earth's surface. The
temperature of the bottom of the layer is -30°C but at the top, it is only
-90°C. The air pressure at the bottom of the layer is about 1 mb but at
the top of the layer, the air pressure is only 0.01 mb.
Thermosphere: This layer lies directly above the mesosphere. It
extends from about 85 km to 700 km above the Earth's surface. The
temperature of the bottom of the layer is -90°C but at the top of the
thermosphere it can be 350°C or higher. The air pressure at the bottom
of the layer is about 0.01 mb but at the top of the layer the air pressure
is very weak at about 0.000001 mb.
Exosphere: This layer is the uppermost layer, and it extends
10,000 km into space. In fact, it blends with what scientists consider to
be outer space! The pull of Earth’s gravity is so small in this layer that
molecules of gas escape into outer space.

Teacher: Okay class, this time you are going to complete the table by
supplying information you have noted from the article.

Layers of the Distance

Earth from the
Earth’s Temperature
Surface
Lower Layer Top Layer
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere

Teacher: Okay class, your time is up, we will now check your answer.

Expected learners’ responses:

Layers of the Distance
Earth from the
Earth’s Temperature
Surface
Lower Layer Top Layer
Troposphere 13 km 130C -150C
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Stratosphere 13km-48km -500C -150C

Mesosphere 48km-85km -300C -900C
Thermosphere 85km-700km -900C 3500C or higher
Exosphere 10, 000km
- -
into space
Teacher: Okay class, anybody who got perfect? 12? 10? 8?..... good job
everyone!

ACTIVITY: It’s a FACT!

Teacher: Alright, based from the previous activity or on the article that
you have read, at what particular layer of the Earth’s atmosphere where
Developing
air pollutants are usually found?
Understanding of the
Key Idea/Stem
Expected learners’ responses:
(4 minutes)
Learners: Stratosphere and Troposphere

Teacher: What are these air pollutants?

Expected learners’ responses:

Learners: Aerosols, Carbon Dioxide, Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon
Monoxide.

Teacher: This time, we will again read an article where we are going
determine the effects of these air pollutants on human health. I will give
5 minutes to read the article and later we will answer the following guide
questions.

Guide Questions:

1. What are the effects of air pollutants specifically in our respiratory

system?
2. What are respiratory diseases caused by too much exposure on
air pollutants in the atmosphere?
Deepening
Understanding of the
ACTIVITY: HEALTH IS WEALTH
Key Idea/Stem
(10 minutes)
AIR POLLUTANTS AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES

Most of the pollutants enter the body through the airways, the
respiratory system is in the first line of battle in the onset and
progression of diseases resulted from air pollutants. Depending on the
dose of inhaled pollutants, and deposition in target cells, they cause a
different level of damages in the respiratory system. In the upper
respiratory tract, the first effect is irritation, especially in trachea which
induces voice disturbances. Air pollution is also considered as the major
environmental risk factor for some respiratory diseases such as asthma
and lung cancer. Air pollutants, especially particulate matters (PMs) and
other respirable chemicals such as dust, O3, and benzene cause serious
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damage to the respiratory tract. Asthma is a respiratory disease which

may be developed as a result of exposure to air toxicants. Some studies
have validated associations between both traffic-related and/or
industrial air pollution and increasing the risk of Chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). Treatment of respiratory diseases due to air
pollution is similar to the other toxic chemical induce respiratory
disorders.

Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5122104/

Teacher: Based from the article that you have read, what are the effects
of air pollutants specifically in our respiratory system?

Expected learners’ responses:

Learners: Irritation, voice disturbances

Teacher: What are respiratory diseases caused by too much exposure

on air pollutants in the atmosphere?

Expected learners’ responses:

Learners: Asthma, lung cancer, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD)

After/Post-Lesson Proper
Teacher: Alright class, after performing all the activities, can we now
enumerate the layers of the atmosphere in chronological from the lower
most to the uppermost layer?

Expected learners’ responses:

Learners: Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and
Exosphere.

Making Teacher: Very good Class, Alright, next question is; what do you think
Generalizations and might happen if these layers are polluted with gasses and other
Abstractions substances?
(3 minutes)
Expected learners’ responses:
Learners: It will cause respiratory diseases such as asthma, irritation,
lung cancer and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Teacher: Excellent class, so let’s clap our hands everyone for a job well
done today. Alright, this time we will have a short assessment. A cloze
test, you are going to fill in the blanks on the paragraph with the
appropriate words from our discussion earlier.

ASSESMENT: CLOZE TEST

Evaluating Learning
(5 minutes)
Atmosphere has five distinctive layers, but the boundaries
between layers are not sharp and can be hard to measure precisely. The
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layers and some of their features are: (1) ___________, this layer extends
up to about 13 kilometers (km) from the Earth's surface. Stratosphere
which lies directly above the troposphere and extends from about (2)
___________ above the Earth's surface. Mesosphere lies directly above the
stratosphere that extends from about 48 km to 85 km above the Earth's
surface. Thermosphere lies directly above the (3) ___________. It extends
from about 85 km to 700 km above the Earth's surface. Exosphere is the
uppermost layer, and it extends (4) ___________ into space.
When atmosphere is polluted by several pollutants such as
gasses like (5) ___________, (6) ___________, and (7) ___________ , It will
cause respiratory diseases like (8) ___________, (9) ___________, and (10)
___________.

Teacher: Okay class, your time is up, we will now check your answer.

Expected learners’ responses:

Learners:
1. Troposphere
2. 13km to 48
3. Mesosphere
4. 10, 000 km
5-7 expected answers: Aerosols, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide,
Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide
8-10 expected answers: Lung cancer, asthma, Chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD).

Teacher: Okay class, anybody who got perfect? 9? 8? 7?..... good job
everyone!

3-2-1 Journal Writing

Additional Activities
for Application or 3-things you learn from the discussion
Remediation (if 2-concepts that are not clear to you
applicable) 1-question you would like to ask

Remarks
Reflection

Prepared by: Reviewed by: Approved by:

_________________________ ________________________ _________________________

Teacher II Internal Validator Education Program
Writer Supervisor
________________________
Learning Resource Evaluator

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NAME: DATE:
SECTION: SCORE:

ACTIVITY 1
LOOK UP!

Instruction: Using the clues/descriptions below, fill in the crossword puzzle with the correct
words.

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NAME: DATE:
SECTION: SCORE:

ACTIVITY 2
SCRAMBLED WORDS

Instruction: Unscramble the words and write your answer on the space provided on the right side
of every words.

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NAME: DATE:
SECTION: SCORE:

ACTIVITY 3
ON THAT NOTE!

Instruction: Read the article below and complete the table by supplying information you have
noted from the article.
The Earth’s Atmosphere

Scientists believe that the atmosphere has five distinctive layers, but the boundaries between
layers are not sharp and can be hard to measure precisely. The layers and some of their features
are:
Troposphere: This layer extends up to about 13 kilometers (km) from the Earth's surface.
This layer holds 75% of the atmosphere's mass. As you go higher, the temperature drops from an
average of about 13°C near the Earth’s surface to - 50°C at the top of the layer. The air pressure
also drops from 1000 millibars (mb) near the Earth’s surface to 100 mb at the top of the layer. The
atmosphere contains various gases, including nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and others, as
well as water vapor, aerosols, and trace amounts of other substances.
Stratosphere: This layer lies directly above the troposphere. It extends from about 13km to
48km above the Earth's surface. The temperature of the bottom of the layer is -50°C but at the
top, its temperature is -15°C. The air pressure at the bottom of the layer is about 100 mb but at
the top of the layer, the air pressure is only 1 mb. Along with troposphere, stratosphere is where
air pollutants usually found.
Mesosphere: This layer lies directly above the stratosphere. It extends from about 48 km to
85 km above the Earth's surface. The temperature of the bottom of the layer is -30°C but at the
top, it is only -90°C. The air pressure at the bottom of the layer is about 1 mb but at the top of the
layer, the air pressure is only 0.01 mb.
Thermosphere: This layer lies directly above the mesosphere. It extends from about 85 km
to 700 km above the Earth's surface. The temperature of the bottom of the layer is -90°C but at
the top of the thermosphere it can be 350°C or higher. The air pressure at the bottom of the layer
is about 0.01 mb but at the top of the layer the air pressure is very weak at about 0.000001 mb.
Exosphere: This layer is the uppermost layer, and it extends 10,000 km into space. In fact,
it blends with what scientists consider to be outer space! The pull of Earth’s gravity is so small in
this layer that molecules of gas escape into outer space.

Layers of the Earth Distance from the

Earth’s Surface
Temperature

Lower Layer Top Layer

Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere

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NAME: DATE:
SECTION: SCORE:

ACTIVITY 4
HEALTH IS WEALTH
Instruction: Read the article below and answer the following guide questions.

Guide Questions:

1. What are the effects of air pollutants specifically in our respiratory system?
2. What are respiratory diseases caused by too much exposure on air pollutants in the
atmosphere?

AIR POLLUTANTS AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES

Most of the pollutants enter the body through the airways, the respiratory system is in the
first line of battle in the onset and progression of diseases resulted from air pollutants. Depending
on the dose of inhaled pollutants, and deposition in target cells, they cause a different level of
damages in the respiratory system. In the upper respiratory tract, the first effect is irritation,
especially in trachea which induces voice disturbances. Air pollution is also considered as the
major environmental risk factor for some respiratory diseases such as asthma and lung cancer.
Air pollutants, especially particulate matters (PMs) and other respirable chemicals such as dust,
O3, and benzene cause serious damage to the respiratory tract. Asthma is a respiratory disease
which may be developed as a result of exposure to air toxicants. Some studies have validated
associations between both traffic-related and/or industrial air pollution and increasing the risk of
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Treatment of respiratory diseases due to air
pollution is similar to the other toxic chemical induce respiratory disorders.

Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5122104/

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NAME: DATE:
SECTION: SCORE:

ASSESSMENT
CLOZE TEST

Instruction: Read the passage and supply the correct answers on the space provided.

Atmosphere has five distinctive layers, but the boundaries between layers are not sharp
and can be hard to measure precisely. The layers and some of their features are: (1) ___________,
this layer extends up to about 13 kilometers (km) from the Earth's surface. Stratosphere which
lies directly above the troposphere and extends from about (2) ___________ above the Earth's
surface. Mesosphere lies directly above the stratosphere that extends from about 48 km to 85 km
above the Earth's surface. Thermosphere lies directly above the (3) ___________. It extends from
about 85 km to 700 km above the Earth's surface. Exosphere is the uppermost layer, and it
extends (4) ___________ into space.

When atmosphere is polluted by several pollutants such as gasses like (5) ___________, (6)
___________, and (7) ___________ , It will cause respiratory diseases like (8) ___________, (9)
___________, and (10) ___________.

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