ROTATION OF THE EARTH

for Science Grade VI

Quarter 4 /Week 5

SELF-LEARNING KIT
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 FOREWORD

This self-learning kit will serve as your guide in

understanding the movements of the Earth. You are to
gain knowledge about the rotation of the Earth and
explain the natural phenomena associated with the
rotation of the Earth.

After completing the tasks given, it is expected that

you will demonstrate your understanding on the rotation
of the Earth. You are also expected to be able to explain
the occurrence of some natural phenomena associated
with it.

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Objectives:
Knowledge: Explain what causes day and night
Skill: Illustrate a model that shows day and night
Attitude: Appreciate the value of being judicious by seeing
to it that time and actions fit

Learning Competency:

Demonstrate rotation and revolution of the earth using a globe to

explain day and night and the sequence of seasons. (S6ES-IVe-f-5)

I. WHAT HAPPENED

Let’s help Clicker answer his questions.

Why is there day and

night? What are the
different activities
Do you want to find out we do during
what causes day and daytime and
night? nighttime?

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I. WHAT HAPPENED
Pretest

A. Read the sentences. Unscramble the letters to know what is described.

Write the answers in your notebook.

1. It is the place where people, animals and plants live.

THERA

2. An imaginary line which runs through the center of the Earth between the
North and South poles.

XISA

3. It is the turning of the earth on its axis.

TARONOTI

4. The Earth’s axis is____.

TEDLIT

5. The earth rotates on its axis. What do you mean by the underlined word?

PINSS

B. Write True if the statement correct and False if it is incorrect. Write your
answer in your notebook.

1. The whole part of the earth faces the sun at the same time.
2. When the sun shines on the part of the earth, that part is experiencing
nighttime.
3. Different parts of the earth experience day and night because the earth is
rotating on its axis.
4. The part of the earth that is away from the sun is experiencing daytime.
5. The earth rotates in a counter-clockwise direction.
6. The earth’s axis is not straight but tilted at an angle.
7. The movement of the Earth on its orbit explains why the other heavenly
bodies seems to move across the sky during the night.
8. The Earth rotates on its orbit.
9. Daytime occurs when the Earth is facing away from the Sun.
10. Nighttime occurs when the Earth is facing away from the Sun.
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II. WHAT I NEED TO LEARN

Study the two pictures below.

“Oh, it’s already morning. The “It’s a beautiful evening.

sun is shining very brightly. It’s The night may be dark but
another day. I’d better get up. it is sure nice to look at the
I don’t want to be late for stars that seem to twinkle
school. in the sky.

At what time of the day does picture A show? What about picture B?
Picture A shows daytime while picture B nighttime.
Daytime happens when there is daylight and happens between sunrise
and sunset while nighttime happens when there is darkness.
Having day and night system helps us live better on earth. We can
work and play during the day and sleep and rest at night. Imagine what
would happen if there was no day or if there was no night. What would the
world be like then?

Why is there day and night? Let us answer this question by

doing the activity below.

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Activity 1 Rotation

Procedure:
1. Get a globe/ ball and a big flashlight.
2. Place the globe/ball on the table and mark off the Philippines with tape.
3. Hold the flashlight at one meter distance from the globe.
4. Darken the room and turn the flashlight on.
5. Ask a friend or a family member to turn the globe slowly. Spin the ball slowly
between your fingertips.
6. Observe as part of the globe/ball goes into the light and the other part move
out.

Questions:
1. Did the whole globe/ball receive light from the flashlight?

2. When the other part receives light, what happens to the other part?

3. If the Philippines is facing the light source, what countries are on the side
opposite the light source?

About half of the entire globe

received light from the flashlight. It is dark
on the side opposite the light source. If the
Philippines faces the light source, the
United States of America, Canada and

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other countries on the opposite part of the
globe are on the dark side. It is day on the lighted portion and night on the
dark side as the Earth rotates on its axis. When the sun seems to rise in the
east, half of Earth is facing the sun. When the sun seems to set in the west, the
same portion is facing the opposite direction. The Earth rotates continuously
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so day follows night and night follows day. Earth’s rotation causes day and
night. The Earth rotates in a counter clockwise direction as seen above the
North Pole and clockwise as seen above the South Pole.

Look at the illustration. You will

notice that Earth tilts on its axis at an
angle of 23.5 degrees (23.50). This axis
is an imaginary line that runs through
Earth. At the two opposite ends of the
axis are the North Pole and the South
Pole. The tilt of Earth’s axis makes day
and might unequal in length. The
globe represents the Earth. It spins or
rotates on its axis. Earth’s axis is not perpendicular to the plane of its orbit. It
takes about 24 hours or one day for Earth to make a complete rotation. There
are about 12 hours of daytime and 12 hours of night time which make one
whole day.

What will happen if the earth does not rotate?

The portion of the earth facing the sun would always experience day,
thus bringing continuous warmth to the region. The other half would remain in
darkness and be freezing cold all the time. Life would not have been possible
in such extreme conditions.
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Activity 2

Study each picture of the rotating earth. Pretend you are in the location
marked with a (star). Tell what time of of the day it is. Choose from the list
inside the bax. Place a  (check mark) inside the box if the activity shown in
the picture is appropriate for the time of the day and X mark if not.

sunset sunrise midnight noon

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 The activity above shows that there is a time for everything. We must
see to it that the time and the actions fit. There is a time to play, a time to
study, a time to pray and an appropriate time for everything that we do.

Read this poem aloud:

There’s a time to run and a time to walk;
There’s a time for silence, a time for talk;
There’s a time for work and a time for play;
There’s a time for sleep at the close of the day.

There’s a time for everything you do,

For children and for grown-ups, too
A time to stand up and a time to sit
But see that time and actions fit.

Why can’t we feel the earth’s spin?

The Earth spins on its axis once in every 24-hour day. At the Earth’s
equator, the speed of Earth’s spin is about 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 km per
hour), yet we don’t feel the Earth spinning. Why not? It’s because you and
everything else – including Earth’s oceans and atmosphere – are spinning
along with the Earth at the same constant speed.

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III. WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

A. Multiple Choice: Write the letter the letter of the correct answer in your
Science notebook / worksheets.

1. Which of the following would happen if the Earth did not rotate?
A. We would not have days and nights
B. The sun would not shine an Earth.
C. The Earth would fall in space.
D. We would not have any new year.
2. Why do we have day and night?
A. Because the earth revolves around the sun.
B. Because the earth rotates on its axis.
C. Because the earth tilts on its axis.
D. options A and C
3. As the globe rotates, only half of it receives light so this side is bright.
Places on this area experiences what time of the day?.
A. daytime B. night time C. dawn D. midnight
4. When the other side of the earth is away from the sun, this side does not
receive light so it is dark. What time on this side of the Earth?

A. daytime B. night time C. dawn D. midnight

5. As seen from the North Pole in what direction does the Earth rotates.
A. clockwise C. sideward
B. counter clockwise D. backward
6. How many times does the earth rotate on its axis in one year?
A. 24 times B. 48 times C. 365.25 times D. 12 times
7. Why does the moon appear to move across the sky during the night?
A. It travels around Earth every day.
B. Earth rotates on its axis.
C. It is extremely far away.
D. All objects in space are moving.

8. The Earth’s _____ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the
South Pole.
A. axis B. longitude C. orbit D. equator

9. At what angle does the Earth tilt on its axis?

A. 43 ½ degrees C. 33 ½ degrees
B. 23 ½ degrees D. 53 ½ degrees

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10. The Earth is tilted on its axis as shown in the picture on the right. What
would change if the Earth’s axis was not tilted but straight up and down
like in the picture at the left?

A. The Earth would not have seasons.

B. The Earth would stop orbiting the sun.
C. At the equator there would be 24 hours of
daylight.
D. The daytime temperature at the North Pole
would be the same as the equator.

B. Draw a diagram showing the rotation of the Earth, then label and color
the picture to show where it is day and where it is night.

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References:

Science and Health Grade 4 Module 60 What Causes Day and Night; Deped
BEAM Distance Learning Program

Science and Health Grade IV Module 59 Rotation of the Earth; Deped BEAM
Distance Learning Program

https://earthsky.org/earth

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 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

SCHOOLS DIVISION OF NEGROS ORIENTAL

SENEN PRISCILLO P. PAULIN, CESO V

Schools Division Superintendent

JOELYZA M. ARCILLA EdD

OIC - Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

MARCELO K. PALISPIS EdD JD

OIC - Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

NILITA L. RAGAY EdD

OIC - Assistant Schools Division Superintendent/CID Chief

ROSELA R. ABIERA
Education Program Supervisor – (LRMS)

ARNOLD R. JUNGCO
PSDS – Division Science Coordinator

MARICEL S. RASID
Librarian II (LRMDS)

ELMAR L. CABRERA
PDO II (LRMDS)

MARIA ELVIE E. SIENES

Writer

MARIA ELVIE E. SIENES

Illustrator

JANE C. RIVERA/MARIA ELVIE E. SIENES

Lay-out Artists
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ALPA QA TEAM

MERCY R. DAGOY
MARIA ELVIE SIENES
CRISTITA R. TINGUBAN, PhD EM

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MAXIMA T. BALANSAG EdD
DORIN FAYE D. CADAYDAY
MERCY G. DAGOY
MONA LISA P. ONGCO
MARIA ELVIE E. SIENES
JIMUEL SUN, EdD
CRISTITA R. TINGUBAN, PhD EM

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provide accessible learning modality to the teachers and learners of the Division of
Negros Oriental. The contents of this module are carefully researched, chosen, and
evaluated to comply with the set learning competencies. The writers and
evaluator were clearly instructed to give credits to information and illustrations
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SYNOPSIS ANSWER KEY

This Self Learning Kit

discusses the rotation of the
Earth. It is expected that you
will be able to explain the
occurrence of some natural
phenomena associated with
the rotation of the Earth.

Writer

MARIA ELVIE ENARDECIDO-SIENES

MARIA ELVIE ENARDECIDO-SIENES is a Master Teacher

I of Maslog Elementary School of Sibulan I District. She
is the District Science Coordinator and a Grade VI
teacher since she joined DEPED in 2004.

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