rotation of the Earth

2. Diagnostic questions
1.What are the two movements of the
earth?
2.Using the diagram, how does the Earth
rotate on its axis?
3.Is it from east to west or west to east?
4.Is it clockwise or counterclockwise?
5.How many hours is one complete
rotation or one day?

3. Integration of Vocabulary Skills
Direction: Find the words related to the movement of the earth in the given cross word puzzle. (8 words)
e r a d m u x b s p i n w
r o t a t i o n m p g l t
b f g y l e a s n w e s t
o r s e t m d s w q a f m
l v o n e - d a y v r x t
o p l r e t c x x g t j i
n i g h t a n i t o h b l
m g e r s t y s u g o i t
c x d k e a s t n r t u p
1. Earth
2. Day
3. Night
4. East
5. West
6. Rotation
7. Axis
8. Spin

4. Describe what the people are doing in the pictures

5. Day Time Activities Night Time Activities
Excellent

6. Day Time Activities
Day Time Activities
Why are people more active during day time than night time?
What makes day and night?
What makes our activities vary or change during day time
and night time?
What do you think is our lesson today base on the diagram
below?

7. Standards in viewing a video presentation.

8. Video Presentation: Day and Night Explanation and Causes Science for Kids

9. 1.What is the video about?
2.What are they doing in the first part?
3.Why do we wake up when it’s daylight?
4.What do you call the earth’s representation?
5.What is an axis?
6.What do you call the movement of the earth on its axis?
7.How long does it take for the earth to make one complete
revolution?
8.What causes day and night?
Follow up questions about the video clip presented

10. 1. Show us the correct direction on how the earth rotates on
its axis.
2. Explain what causes day and night.
3. What makes day?
4. What makes night?

11. 1. How many hours are there in one complete rotation or one
day?
2. How many hours do you spend in school?
3. How many hours do you spend at home?
4. How many hours do you spend sleeping?
5. What is the right amount of sleeping hours do children
need in order to be healthy?
6. Is it good to stay awake during late night? Why?
7. Why is sleeping in the right number of hours important?

12. Differentiated Activity
Standards for the simple Science activity.
Rubric in Assessing Group Performance in Simple Science Activity (Self-Assessment)
Direction: Assess your group performance in accomplishing the task provided.
1 = Major Difficulty 2 = Requires Improvement 3 = Good4 4= Very Good 5 = Exemplary
Description Ratings
1. All members take part in the group
activities.
1 2 3 4 5
2. Members agree and supports with
each other.
1 2 3 4 5
3. Group members keep on the
assigned task.
1 2 3 4 5
4. Group members practice
collaborative skills.
1 2 3 4 5
5. Group members perform well as a
whole.
1 2 3 4 5

13. Group Activity
Group 1 – Explaining the Cause of Day and Night
EXPLAIN THE CAUSE OF DAY AND NIGHT
1. Fill in the blank.
The light comes from the _______.
The light shines on our planet _______________.
Every day the earth _________ around its __________.
When the sun shines on us it is _________________.
When we face away from the sun it is _________________________.
2. Label and color the picture to show where it is day and where it is night.
Earth sun axis daytime
rotates/spins night time
Group 1 – Explaining the Cause of Day and Night

14. Group 2 – Earth’s Rotation Causes Day and Night

15. Group 3 – Differences between Day and Night
The sun shines on us
Noon We see sunlight
We see the moon and
The stars
Midnight

16. Group 4 – Day and Night Activities

17. Group Presentation/Reporting
GROUP I
GROUP II
GROUP III
GROUP IV

18. Application
1. What might happen if the earth
does not rotate?
2. What effects might it bring to the
earth itself, to the people and other
living organism on it, to the
temperature, etc.

19. Generalization
1.What is Rotation?
Rotation is the movement of the Earth on
its axis.
2.What causes day and night?
The rotation of the Earth causes day and
night.

20. Direction: 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.
EVALUATION

21. Direction: Watch the following in You Tube, then describe in 3 sentences
how the earth revolves around the sun.
Title: Revolution of Earth
Assignment: