Science 6, quarter 4 melc based EArths rotation

2. REMINDERS:
• Be kind, polite, and courteous to others.
• Keep your hands and feet to yourself.
• Be respectful of classmates, teachers, and property.
• Listen to the teacher and classmates, and follow directions.
• Work hard and always do your best.
• Be safe.
• Raise your hand when you would like to speak in class, when leaving your seat or if you
need to leave the classroom for a reason.
• Be ready to take the consequences if you break the rules.

3. Do you know?
• What are the two movements of the earth?
• Using the diagram below, how does the Earth rotate
on its axis?
• Is it from east to west or west to east?
• Is it clockwise or counterclockwise?
• How many hours is one complete rotation or one
day?

8. GLOBE
•Earth’s representation.

9. ACTIVITY
Differentiated Individual Activity-Directions:
• Each pupil will be given activity card. Activity cards were from different sets.
(With different activities)
• Begin doing the activity following the classroom standards.
• Finish in ten minutes, and then selected pupils will present their output in
less than 3 minutes.

10. SET 1

11. SET 2

12. PRESENTATION OF WORK/
REPORTING
1 REPRESENTATIVE PER SET

13. GENERALIZATIONS
• WHAT IS ROTATION?
• WHAT MAKES DAY AND NIGHT?
• WHAT DOES SLEEP DO IN OUR BODY?
• HOW MANY HOURS DO WE NEED TO SLEEP IN A DAY?
• HOW MANY HOURS ARE THERE IN ONE COMPLETE
ROTATION?

14. MAIN POINTS TO PONDER!
• GLOBE – earth’s representation.
• AXIS - imaginary line which runs through the center of the Earth between
the North and South poles where the earth spins on its place.
• ROTATION – movement of earth on its axis.
• 24 HOURS – one complete rotation.
• REVOLUTION – movement of earth around the sun.
• 365 ¼ DAYS – one complete revolution.
• DAY – occurs to the part of earth facing the sun.
• NIGHT – occurs to the part of earth facing away from the sun.

15. Evaluation: Identifying true and false
statements (1-5)
Direction:
• In a ¼ sheet of paper, write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is
wrong.
____1. Rotation of the Earth causes night and day.
____2. It takes one year or 365 & ¼ days for the Earth to rotate completely on its
axis.
____3. Different parts of the Earth experience day and night because the Earth is
rotating on its axis.
____4. When the sun shines on the part of the Earth, that part is night time.
_____5. The activities of people on the different parts of the Earth differ during day
time and night time.

16. ASSIGNMENT
• Assignment:
• Direction: Watch the following in You Tube, then describe in 3 sentences
how the earth revolves around the sun.
•
• Title: Revolution of Earth
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmRovZP7G2w