Detailed Lesson Plan in English

(KPUP Using Semantic Webbing: Cause and Effect)

I. Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students are expected to:

a. give their insights/reflections gained after watching the video clip;
(knowledge)
b. form motive question on the causes and effects of climate change out of
the given overview; (process)
c. answer the process questions on the causes and effects of climate
change to form the cause-effect web; (understanding)
d. give the causes and effects on the text entitled “Pollution”. (product)

II. Subject Matter: Climate Change

Skill Focus: Semantic Webbing Using Cause and Effect Web
Learners: Grade 9 Students
Time: 1 Hour
References: www.uniassignment.com/essay-samples/environmental-sciences/
causes-of-climate-change-environmental-sciences-essay.php
Materials: laptop, speaker, projector, cartolina, felt tip pen

III. Procedures:

Teachers’ Activity Students’ Activity

A. Knowledge

Activity 1- Let’s Listen

Good afternoon, class! Good afternoon, teachers!

How are you this afternoon? We’re fine.
It’s nice to hear that.
Before we start our lesson, we will first
listen to a song entitled “Kapaligiran”.
How do you find the song, class? Very nice, ma’am.
What comes in your mind as you were It is about the environment,ma’am.
listening to the song?
Can you comment about the environment It is polluted, ma’am.
today?
Have you ever been personally affected by Yes, ma’am.
the destruction of nature? Why do you say
so? Because we experience calamities and
disasters before.

What are the programs to lessen the They conduct tree planting activity.
problem on environment implemented in
your community?
What else? They also conducted seminars about 3R’s.

B. Process
Activity 2- Forming of the Motive
Question

Class, listen.
Nowadays, we notice that our climate is Yes, ma’am.
changing very often. Do you want to
know more about the causes and effects of
climate change?
What are the causes
Therefore, what question can you raise?
and effects of climate
change?
Activity 3- Giving of Hypotheses

Class, in your own idea, what are the - Greenhouse gases

causes and effects of climate change? - Deforestation
- Continuous warming of Earth
Activity 4- Reading Time
Now class, to check your answers, let’s
read a text about the causes and effects of
climate change. Are you ready? Yes, ma’am.
 Climate Change
Climate change in the world can be caused by various activities. When climate
change occurs; temperatures can increase a lot. When temperature rises, many different
changes can occur on Earth. For example, it can result in more floods, droughts, or
intense rain, as well as more frequent and severe heat waves. Oceans and glaciers
have also experienced some changes: oceans are warming and becoming more acidic,
glaciers are melting, and sea levels are rising. As these changes frequently occur in future
decades, they will likely present challenges to our society and environment.
During the past century, human activities have released large amounts of carbon
dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Most of the gases come from
burning fossil fuels to produce energy. Greenhouse gases are like a blanket around the
Earth, trapping energy in the atmosphere and causing it to warm. This is called the
greenhouse effect and it is natural and necessary to support life on earth. However, while
greenhouse gases buildup, the climate changes and result in dangerous effects to human
health and ecosystems. People have adapted to the stable climate we have enjoyed since
the last ice age which ended several thousand years ago. A warmer climate can bring
changes that can affect our water supplies, agriculture, power and transportation systems,
the natural environment, and even our own health and safety. There are some climate
changes that are unavoidable and nothing can be done about it. For example, carbon
dioxide can stay in the atmosphere for nearly a century, so Earth will continue to warm in
the future.
Global warming has really taken effect in the world over the last century. It is the
unusually rapid increase in Earth’s average surface temperature over the past century
primarily due to the greenhouse gases released as people burn fossil fuels. Global
warming is due to the enhancing greenhouse gases emission and build-up in the Earth’s
environment. The gases that have an influence on the atmosphere are water vapor, carbon
dioxide, dinitrogen-oxide, and methane. Almost 30 percent of incoming sunlight is
reflected back into space by bright surfaces like clouds and ice. In the other 70 percent,
most is absorbed by the land and ocean, and the rest is absorbed by the atmosphere. The
absorbed solar energy heats our planet. This absorption and radiation of heat by the
atmosphere is beneficial for life on Earth. Today, the atmosphere contains more
greenhouse gas molecules, so more of the infrared energy emitted by the surface ends up
being absorbed by the atmosphere. By increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases,
we are making Earth’s atmosphere a more efficient greenhouse. Climate has cooled and
warmed throughout the Earth history for various reasons. Rapid warming like we see
today is unusual in the history of our planet. Some of the factors that have an effect on
climate, like volcanic eruptions and changes in the amount of solar energy, are natural.
Climate can change if there is a change in the amount of solar energy that gets to the
Earth. Volcano eruptions can really affect climate, because when it erupts it spews out
more than just lava and ash. Volcanoes release tiny particles made of sulfur dioxide into
the atmosphere. These particles get into the stratosphere and reflect solar radiation back
out to space. Snow and ice also have a great effect on climate. When snow and ice melts
Earth’s climate warms, less energy is reflected and this causes even more warming. There
are many different ways that plants, animals, and other life on our planet can affect
climate. Some can produce greenhouse gases that trap heat and aid global warming
through the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide is taken out of the atmosphere by plants as
they make their food by photosynthesis. During the night, plants release some carbon
dioxide back into the atmosphere. Methane is made while farm animals, such as cattle
and sheep digest their food. Cars and trucks can effect climate by releasing carbon
dioxide when fossil fuels are burned to power them. When wildfires occur, carbon
dioxide is released into the atmosphere. However, if a forest of similar size grows again,
about the same amount of carbon that was added to the atmosphere during the fire will be
removed. Some effects that scientists have predicted in the past would result when global
change was occurring: loss of sea ice, accelerated sea level rise, and more intense heat
waves. Scientists have confidence that global temperatures will continue to rise for
decades to come, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities. The
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated that the extent climate change
effects on individual regions will vary over time and with ability of different societal and
environmental systems mitigate or adapt to change (The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change). This has been the warmest decade since 1880. According to the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2010 and 2005 has been the warmest
years on record. The earth could warm by an additional 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit during the
21st century if we fail to reduce emissions from burning fossil fuels (The National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). The rising of temperature will have great
effects on the earth’s climate patterns and on all living things. Industrial activities that our
modern civilization depends upon have raised atmospheric carbon dioxide from 280 parts
per million to 379 parts per million in the last 150 years (The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change).
 Activity 5- Checking of Hypotheses
Class, were your answers a while ago Yes, ma’am.
correct?
Activity 6- Answering the Process
Questions
Enhancing greenhouse gases emission
1. What is the first cause of climate
change?

2. What is the effect of the gas emission? Ozone layer depletion

3. What are other reasons why the climate Incoming heat from sunlight
change?
4. What is the result of this to the
environment? Climate change

5. What other activity mentioned in the Burning of fossil fuels

text that leads to climate change?
6. If this action will continue, what will Earth will continue to warm
happen?

Activity 7- Making the Web

What are the causes and effects of climate change?

CAUSE EFFECT
S S

Enhancing greenhouse Ozone layer depletion

gases

Incoming heat form Climate change

sunlight

Burning of fossil fuels Earth will continue to

warm

Class, let’s now read the cause-effect web

 we have formed.

C. Understanding
Activity 8- Fill Me

Class, this time I am going to group you

into four. Each group must have a
representative. In the activity, you have to
fill up the cause-effect web based on the
text titled “Pollution” that will be given to
you. Am I understood, class? Yes, ma’am.

Now, let us hear from the presentation of

the representatives of each group.

Pollution

Pollution which is one of the biggest problems facing the world today has many
effects on human life. First of all, pollution is bad for the people’s health. For example,
smog, caused by car’s exhaust fumes and factory emissions, can lead to lung diseases in
humans. Also, food and water can be polluted by poisonous chemicals, and this can cause
cancer in the people who consume them. Another effect of pollution is the destruction of
human habitat. Thus, an oil spill can make an area where people previously lived
uninhabitable. Another example is the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, which made
it impossible for people to live in a large area around the site of the explosion. Finally,
pollution can also have a negative effect on people’s psychology. People who live in a
clean, unspoilt landscape like the Swiss Alps will tend to be more affected by their
environment than people who lived polluted, rubbish-strewn city as London. To sum up,
pollution has many negative effects on the lives of humans.

D. Product
Activity 9- Song Composition
Direction:
The class is divided into two groups. Each group will write a song and present it to
the class. Your song should be about promoting nature preservation. Your composition
will be an entry for the “Song Composition Contest” for the “Nature Conservation
Week”.

G.R.A.S.P.S
Goal The students will be able to write/compose a song promoting nature
preservation.

Role The students will act as presenters of the song.

Audience The students will be the audience of the presentations.

Situation The school will celebrate a Nature Conservation Week. The

students have to compose a song showing the preservation of
nature as an entry for the “Song Composition Contest”.
Performance The expected output will be a song on preserving nature: land,
water, forest, air.

Standard The performance will be graded based on:

Content- 30 %
Presentation- 20 %
Teamwork- 10 %
Organization- 20 %
Creativity- 20 %

RUBRICS
 Category Outstanding Admirable Good Needs
Improvement

Content (30%) (27%) (25%) (23%)

Uses language Few Varied May have
well; grammatical grammatical accumulation of
grammatical errors but does errors, but does errors in
errors; non- not alter or not alter or sentence
basic hinder hinder structure, word
understanding understanding choice, and
form
Presentation (20%) (18%) (15%) (13%)
Can capture Well done and Was at times Was not
interest of the interesting to interesting and organized
audience and the audience; was presented effectively, and
maintained this presented in a clearly keep audience
throughout the unique manner; experience
presentation was well-
organized
Teamwork (10%) (8%) (7%) (5%)
All members Some of the Some of the The members
play a part in members are members are are not united at
the making and not taking part, not cooperating all
all members are but are united and not taking
united part
Organization (20%) (19%) (17%) (15%)
Extremely well- Presented in a Somewhat Was choppy
organized; thoughtful way; organized; ideas and confusing;
flowed transitions were were not transition of
smoothly from easy to follow presented ideas were
one idea and clearly abrupt
cleverly
conveyed
Creativity (20%) (18%) (16%) (15%)
Was extremely Was clever at Added a few Little creative
clever and times; original touches energy used this
presented with thoughtfully to enhance the project
originality and uniquely project
presented

What are the causes and effects of Pollution?

Impossible for people to
Polluted
Smog water
caused by by
cars Causes
Can
Can
live lead
inmake cancer
to
anlung
a large to
area
area
poisonous
exhaust chemicals
Oilfumes
spill and people disease
who
where
around consume
people
the site of
Nuclear disaster
CAUSES
factory emission EFFECTS
them
previously lived
explosion