A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE 5

At the end of the lesson the students should be able to:

a. Identify the phases of the moon.
b. Appreciate the importance of moon’s gravitational pull to mankind.
c. Arrange the phases of the moon orderly

I. Subject Matter
Topic: Phases of the Moon
Reference/s: Investigating Life’s Wonders 5
Materials: Laptop, Powerpoint Presentation, Tape, Cookie

II. Procedure
a. Preliminary Activities
Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
1. Prayer
Before we formally start our
discussion for today, let’s have a
minute of silence as we begin with
a solemn prayer.

Who will lead the prayer today?

Amen
2. Greetings
Good morning grade 5-SSES! Good morning ma’am!
You can take your seats now. Thank you, ma’am.

3. Checking of Attendance
Is there anyone absent today? None, ma’am!

Let me check it from our

attendance chart.

Excellent class! I am glad that no

one is absent today.

4. Checking of Assignment

Do you have your assignments

that I gave you yesterday?

Okay that’s great! Pass it to your

group leaders. Group leaders,
collect the assignments of your
 groupmates and put it on my table. Yes, Ma’am!
Is it clear?

5. Review
Before we start our lesson, can
anyone give me a re-cap on what Yesterday, we discussed about
we discussed yesterday? weather disturbance.

That’s great! Yesterday, we

discussed about the Weather
Disturbance

Now, to check if you really

understand the topic that we
discussed yesterday, we will have
an activity.

This activity is entitled “Show me

board”

Since you are already grouped into

three, I want you to go with your
groupmates and answer the
questions as group. Write your
answers on the board and when I
say boards up, you will stop on Yes, ma’am!
writing and show your board.

Is everything clear class?

First question,
1. It is a violent disturbance in
atmosphere marked by sudden
changes in air pressure and Storm
rapid air movements.

Boards up!

Very good! For second question,

2. A low pressure area that forms Tropical Cyclone
in the tropics over the seas and
ocean.
Boards up!

Great! You are all correct! Third question, Thunderstorm

3. It is a storm with a strong
 winds and short heave
rainfalls.
Boards up!

Excellent class! You all got it Weather Disturbance

right! Next question:
4. It is the interruption to the
atmosphere’s stable condition.

Excellent! For the last question, Monsoon

5. A continuous change in the
direction of prevailing wind
blowing at a particular
direction.

Alright, great job! You answered

all my questions correctly. This
proves that you learned something
from our lesson. Now, I want you
to keep all those things in 3…2…
1…

B. Developmental Activities
1. Motivation

I have here jigsaw puzzles and jumbled

letters. Each group will solve the puzzles Yes, ma’am!
and later on if all of you are already done,
we will unlock the hidden word behind
the puzzles.

Is everything clear class? Do you know

what are you going to do?

Great! I will only give you 3 minutes to

solve the puzzle let’s start!
MOON
Great job class! You solved all the
puzzles! Now, let us see what is the
hidden word behind it. Are you now ready
to see the hidden word?

That’s great! Now the hidden word is…

Very good! It is the MOON. Now, let us

see what are the hidden mystery behind
the moon’s super powers. Yes, ma’am!

2. Lesson Proper
Today, we are going to enter another
kingdom of adventure wherein we were
going to fly outside the universe.

Do you like that?

So if you are now ready, fasten your

seatbelts and stay at your seats as we enter Yes, ma’am
another spectacular world of outer space
in 3…2…1….

During night time, it shines brightest in Moon- is one of the objects in the
the sky and we call it as, the moon. It is a galaxy we see in the sky.
large round object that circles the earth. Sometimes we see it, sometimes
we don’t because it moves around
Have all of you already seen the moon? the earth that’s why it is called the
natural satellite of the earth.
That’s great! All of us has already seen
the moon. Can someone please read what
is the definition of the moon.

Did you know that the moon does not

produce its own light? It only reflects the
light coming from the sun. When you
observe the moon for several days you
will see that it seems to change its shape.
Look at these pictures.

Yes, ma’am!
Have you seen this during night time?

Great! As we observe the moon it seems

to change its shape every day. But the
moon doesn’t literally change its shape.
Since the moon is revolving around the
earth, the amount of light it reflects from
the sun varies as it changes its position.
The moon’s appearance changes from
time to time because the part of the moon
that you see is the portion of the moon is
the part being illuminated by the sun.

The obvious changes in the appearance of

the moon is called, “Phases of the moon”

For example, if the moon appears like a

complete circle, then the entire moon is
being illuminated by the sun. Another
example, if only half of the moon is being
illuminated by the sun, then you will see a
half circle only.

Now, let us know more about the phases

of the moon.

There are 8 Phases of the moon. These are

the; New Moon, Waxing Crescent Moon,
First Quarter Moon, Waxing Gibbous
Moon, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous
Moon, Third Quarter and Waning
Crescent Moon.

Now, each group, I will give you Oreo

Cookies! But, you will not eat it. You will Is the lighted part of the moon is
create each phase that we are going to facing away from the earth.
discuss today. Is it clear class?

The phases of the moon start with New

Moon. Can you please read what is a New
Moon?

*The pupils will show the cookie*

It is when the moon’s disk is dark and

invisible to us because the moon is
between the sun and the earth.

Now, open the oreo cookies and create a

new moon. You will be given only 10
seconds go!
The C-Shape of the moon. This phase
That’s great! You already know what a is less than the first quarter.
New Moon looks like. It is complete dark
just like the oreo cookie that you are
holding. Excellent class!

Next, let us discuss what is Waxing

Crescent Moon. Can you please read what
is a waxing crescent moon?
*The pupils will show the cookie*
It is when we can only see the silver on
the moon’s disk on the right hand side.

Can you raise your right hand side?

Very good! Now, bring out your oreo

cookie and create a Waxing Crescent
Moon. Half of the moon is visible to the
earth about a week after a new
Great job class! You all did great in doing moon.
the Waxing Crescent Moon.

Now, if the moon revolves at a 90 degree

angle from the earth and sun on about day
7, it is reached its first quarter moon. Can
you please read what is a first quarter
moon?
*The pupils will show their
cookie*
In First Quarter Moon, we can see half of
the moon lightened again on the right
hand side while the left hand side still
looks invisible.

Now, create a First Quarter Moon using

your oreo cookies go!

Visible lighted part of the moon is

Alright! Wow very good! You are already more than the first quarter.
familiar with what a first quarter moon
looks like give yourself a *clap*
When the moon revolves again at about
day 10 we can now see Waxing Gibbous
Moon. Can you read what a Waxing
Gibbous Moon is? *The pupils will show their
cookie*

It is when almost of the moon or three

quarters of the moon on the right hand
side is being lightened.

Now, make a Waxing Gibbous Moon in

The whole part of the moon is
10…9…8….2…1… lighted. The entire circle of the moon
is visible during clear night sky.
Brilliant class! You made it all perfectly.

After 2 weeks, the moon is now in the

position between the earth and the sun
now we can see it fully lighted and we *The pupils will show their
call it as Full Moon. What is a full moon? cookie*

During fool moon we can see the whole

shape of the moon.

Can you show me what a full moon looks The lighted part of the moon gets
like using the oreo cookie? smaller which is less than the full
moon.

Wow! Excellent class! Now after the full

moon, we can see the Waning Gibbous.
Can you please read what a Waning
Gibbous is?

It is when almost of the moon or three *The pupils will show their cookie*
quarters of the moon on the left hand side
is being lightened.

Where is your left hand?

That’s right! Now create a Waning

Gibbous using oreo cookie. Half part of the moon is visible again
on the third week of the month.
Very good class! You already know what
a Waning Gibbous looks like.
Now let’s proceed on the 7th Phase of the
Moon. It is the Third Quarter. What is a
Third Quarter? *The pupils will show their cookie*

Here, we see half of the moon being

lighted on the left side while the right side
of the moon looks invisible.
The visible lighted part of the moon
Show me a Third Quarter. gets smaller than the last quarter.

Wow! Very good! Now, let us proceed to

the last phase of the moon. It is the
Waning Crescent Moon. Can you read
what is it?

We can see the silver on the moon’s disk

on the left side of the moon.

Now that you already know the 8 Phases

of the Moon, let us now sing the 8 Phases
of the Moon Song. Let us all stand and
sing.

The phases of the moon are eight, eight,

eight
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
The phases of the moon are eight, eight,
eight
Let’s see what they look like!
The new moon is dark, And barely visible
The waxing crescent is When it starts to grow
The first quarter is when it has grown by half
And waxing gibbous is When it’s almost full
The phases of the moon are eight, eight,
eight
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
The phases of the moon are eight, eight,
eight
Let’s see what they look like!
The full moon is bright And visible all night
The waning gibbous is When it starts to hide
The third quarter is When you see half again
And waning crescent is The last phase of the
moon
The phases of the moon are eight, eight,
eight
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
The phases of the moon are eight, eight, eigh
Let’s see what they look like!
The phases of the moon are eight, eight,
eight
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
The phases of the moon are eight, eight,
eight
Now you know what they look like!

Great job class! You are all good singers and

dancers.

Let us now discuss the importance of moon

to us. Did you know that the moon exerts a
strong gravitational pull on earth? This
gravitational pull that causes tides. The rise
and fall of the water of the ocean.

Usually, fisherman and ship captains

schedule their activity days based on the
tides because low tides can damage boats
and ships that is why fisherman and ship
captains takes their boats during high tide or
when the water level is rising. Without the
effect of the moon’s gravity earth’s rotation
would be faster. When the earth’s rotation
became faster, then the days would be
shorter and shorter days result a colder
temperature on earth because there would
be less time for the sun to heat the earth.
And for us living things, we need a warm
temperature for us to survive and live here
on earth.

3. Application One of the objects we see in the sky

Bring out one whole sheet of paper and specially at night. It revolves around
draw and label the 8 phases of moon the earth and gets its own light to
orderly. sun.

4. Generalization
What is moon? New Moon ma’am!

Waxing Crescent Moon ma’am!

Very good! What is the first phase of the
moon?
First Quarter Moon, ma’am!
 That’s right! Next, it is when only the
silver light on the right side of the moon.

Excellent! Next, It is when half of the Waxing Gibbous ma’am!

moon, the right side is being lighted.

Great! You’re right. Next, It is when the

right side of the moon is lighted more than Full Moon ma’am!
the first quarter moon.

Very good! Next phase, The whole moon

is being illuminated by the sun this is
called as? Waning Gibbous ma’am!

Great job! What about the phase wherein

the moon gets smaller less than the full
moon? Third Quarter Moon ma’am!

Nice! It’s correct. Next phase, it is when

half of the moon is visible again but the
lighted part is the left side? Waning Crescent Moon ma’am!

Brilliant! And for the last phase, we can

see the silver on moon’s disk o the left Without it, the earth’s rotation will
side. This phases is called as? become faster and if the earth’s
rotation is fast, the days will become
What is the effect of the moon’ gravity on shorter and if the days are shorter it
earth? will result a cold temperature which
will affect us because we need a
warm temperature for us to survive.

Excellent class! I’m glad that you learned

from our discussion today! Keep it up!

III. EVALUATION
Fill the missing letter to complete the mystery word.

1. It is a large body or mass that orbits around a planet. _O_N

2. It is when the moon appears to be getting bigger each night. W_X_N C_E_C__T M_O_

3. It is when the moon appears to be getting smaller each night. W_N_N_ C_E_C__T M_O_N

4. It is the whole lighted side of the moon that is visible from Earth. F_L_ M_O_
5. It is the phase when the moon is not visible from the earth. N_W M_O_

IV. ASSIGNMENT
In your notebook write at least 5 supertiscious belief you know about the moon.