module 1

The Earth: The Most Beautiful Planet

Concepts Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the

fifth largest Outline

planet in the Solar System with the highest density. perfectly round. Earth is really an "oblate spheroid,"
It is currently the only known location where life is because its spin causes it to be squashed at its poles
present. Because of this, people tend to label the and swollen at the equator.
earth as the most beautiful planet. Earth, our home, ▪ Lesson 1: The Earth and Its Unique Characteristics
is the third planet from the sun. It's the only planet ▪ Lesson 2: The Continental Regions of the Earth
known to have an atmosphere containing free ▪ Lesson 3: Historical Development of Human Habitation of
the Earth
oxygen, oceans of water on its surface and, of ▪ Lesson 4: Human Populations and Ecosystems: Trends
course, life. Earth has a diameter of roughly 8,000 and Development ▪ Lesson 5: Importance of Studying
miles (13,000 kilometers) and is round because People and the Earth’s Ecosystems

gravity pulls matter into a ball. But, it's not

TASK TIMELINE
LEARNING TASKS SUGGESTED SUGGESTED
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LESSON 1

1. Take the Pre-test 30 minutes September 2, 2021

2. Activity 1.5 hours September 7, 2021

3. Analysis 40 minutes September 10,

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4. Abstraction 30 minutes September 10,

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5. Application 1 hour September 14,

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LESSON 2

1. Activity 20 minutes September 17,

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2. Analysis 40 minutes September 17,

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3. Abstraction 30 minutes September 21,

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4. Application 20 minutes September 21,

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Module 1
Lesson 1
THE EARTH AND ITS UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS

Learning Outcome: At the end of this lesson, you should be able to recognize the earth and its unique
characteristics and create a visual artwork describing the current condition of the earth and its
ecosystems.

Learning Tasks

Activity

In this activity, you are going to make a stand on why the

Earth is considered as the most beautiful planet. Make
some research and identify the features of the Earth that
makes it unique. To do that, you are going to draw or
paint in a long bond paper or a cardboard to depict how
you see the Earth as a beautiful and unique planet.
This is the criteria on how you are going to be graded:

Content: 40%
Format/Presentation: 20%
Originality/Creativity: 30%
https://mymodernmet.com/easy-painting-ideas/
Conciseness: 10%

Analysis
From the activity, write an essay about the insights gained on the Earth and its unique characteristics.
Write your essay on a short bond paper (11”X8.5”) paper, Times New Roman 12, single-spaced with
400-500 words.

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Abstraction
Earth is one special planet – and it seems the more we learn, the more we appreciate
the wonders of its characteristics. Earth is known to being the habitat of all kinds of
living organisms. The fact that Earth hosts not just life, but intelligent life makes it
doubly unique.
Moskowitz's article includes a litany of specifics on what makes Earth unique, including:

• the existence of water at the Earth's surface—neither too much nor too
little—that is in liquid form
• proximity to the sun—neither too much heat nor too little;
• system of plate tectonics that enables the carbon-silicate cycle regulating
temperature; • the right size—large enough to hang on to its atmosphere, but not
so large to hold on to too much atmosphere and consequently too much heat;
• its protection by "big brother Jupiter," whose gravity helps divert and vacuum up
incoming debris and keep Earth safe, and
• the moon's stabilizing effect on our planetary rotation, which prevents the poles
from shifting unexpectedly.

READ:

• Origin and Evolution of Earth.

https://www.nap.edu/resource/12161/origin_and_evolution_of_earth_final.
pdf • Theory of the Earth.
https://authors.library.caltech.edu/25018/1/TheoryoftheEarth.pdf
• Factors that Contribute to Making a Planet Habitable.
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/our_place/hab_ref_table.
pdf • Planet Earth.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar system/earth/
• Earth System. https://www.eolss.net/sample-chapters/C12/E1-01-04.pdf

WATCH:

• Earth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCDVN7DCzYE
• What a planet need to sustain life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RTkZaX1cH0
• The mysterious origin of life on Earth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de1hiS_XjWg

Application

In this activity, you are to create an art (poem, paintings, sonnet, poster, etc.) about your insights
and learnings on Earth’s and Its Unique Characteristics. You are to place it in a long bond paper
(13”X8.5”).

You are to be graded as follows:

Content = 40%
Format/Presentation/Delivery = 20%
Originality/Creativity = 30%
Conciseness = 10%
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Module 1
Lesson 2

THE CONTINENTAL REGIONS OF THE EARTH

Learning Outcome: At the end of this lesson, you should be able to recognize the earth’s continental
regions and draw conclusions on its significance in the make-up of the planet Earth.

Learning Tasks

Activity

In this activity, you are going to read maps. Fill the correct
name of continents and oceans in the illustration below. And
give a brief description.
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Analysis
Answer the following
questions. Expound your
answers.
 How did the continental regions of the Earth was formed?

Do you believe that all the continents were once a part of the greatest continent known as Pangea?
Provide scientific evidences to explain your answer.

How the locations of the different continents affect its weather conditions, vegetation, number of fauna
and other factors which makes it unique to other continents?

Abstraction
From the deepest ocean trench to the tallest mountain, plate tectonics explains the
features and movement of Earth's surface in the present and the past.

Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that
glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core. The plates act like a hard
and rigid shell compared to Earth's mantle. This strong outer layer is called the
lithosphere, which is 100 km (60 miles) thick. The lithosphere includes the crust and
outer part of the mantle. Below the lithosphere is the asthenosphere, which is
malleable or partially malleable, allowing the lithosphere to move around. How it
moves around is an evolving idea.

READ:
• Plate Tectonics.
https://www.kean.edu/~csmart/Observing/05.%20Plate%20tectonics.
pdf • Plate Tectonics.
https://courses.seas.harvard.edu/climate/eli/Courses/EPS281r/Sources/Pl
ate
tectonics/Sea-floor-spreading-and-magnetic-reversals/1_Plate%20tectonic
s%20- %20Wikipedia,%20the%20free%20encyclopedia.pdf
• Continental Drift, Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics.
https://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens1110/pltect.pdf
• The Structure of the Earth, Plate Tectonics and Landforms.
http://www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/~fbuon/GEOL_231/Lectures/Tectonic%20Lan
df orms.pdf
• The origins of continents.
http://www0.unsl.edu.ar/~bibliogeo/index_archivos/wegener.pdf
• The origin and growth of continents.
https://websites.pmc.ucsc.edu/~pkoch/EART_206/09-
0203/Taylor%2067%20Tectonophysics%204-17.pdf

WATCH:
• The Pangaea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-vNSqUy0l4
• What happens when continents collide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PddQvyiBfdc

Application

Practices of Science: Opinion, Hypothesis and Theory

An opinion is a statement describing a personal belief or thought that cannot be tested

(or has not been tested) and is unsupported by evidence. A hypothesis is usually a
prediction based on some observation or evidence. Hypotheses must be testable, and
once tested, they can be supported by evidence. If a statement is made that cannot be
tested and disproved, then it is not a hypothesis. Sometimes it is possible to restate an
opinion so that it can become a hypothesis.

A scientific theory is a hypothesis that has been extensively tested, evaluated by the
scientific community, and is strongly supported. Theories often describe a large set of
observations, and provide a cohesive explanation for those observations. An individual
cannot come up with a theory. Theories require extensive testing and agreement within
the scientific community. Theories are not described as true or right, but as the best
supported explanation of the world based on evidence.

German-born geophysicist Alfred Wegener is credited with proposing a hypothesis of

continental drift in the late 1800’s, but it was not until the 1960’s that his concept became
widely accepted by the scientific community. Part of the problem Wegener faced in
presenting his hypothesis of continental drift was that he did not have a sufficient
evidence to be able to propose the mechanism of continental movement. Wegener
suggested that the continents moved across the ocean floor, but the lack of disturbance
on the ocean floor did not support this part of his hypothesis. The elevation of continental
drift to the status of a theory came largely from evidence supporting new ideas about the
mechanism of plate movement: plate tectonics. It was only over time, as more scientists
evaluated and added to Wegener’s original hypothesis, that it became widely accepted as
a theory.

Question Set:

1. Identify which of the following are hypotheses and which are opinions.
Rephrase the opinions as hypotheses.
a. Arc-shaped island chains like the Aleutian Islands are found at
subduction zones.
b. Dinosaurs were mean animals.
c. Mammals are superior to reptiles.
d. An asteroid impact contributed to the extinction of dinosaurs.
e. Science can answer any question.
f. The climate on Antarctica was once warmer than it is now.
g. The center of the earth is made of platinum.

2. You have a hypothesis that the land near your school was once at the
bottom of the ocean, but due to continental movement, it is now miles
inland from any water source. How would you test your hypothesis? What
evidence would you use to support your claim?