SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

EARTH SCIENCE
S.Y. 2021-2022

Teacher:____________________________________ Time Frame: August 24 – October 24

Grade & Section: ___________________________ Module No. 1 – Midterm (1st Semester)
Track: ____________________________________

UNIT TITLE: Unit 1: Origin and Structure of the Earth

Transfer Goal:
The learner will be able to consider the advantage and disadvantage of earth structure and create a
plan in case of emergency and corresponding actions for one’s preparedness thus, making them
realize the importance of plan of actions.
Content Standard: Performance Standards:
The learner understand the formation of the The learners should be able to:
universe and the solar system the subsystems 1. Conduct a survey to assess the possible
(geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and geologic hazards that your community may
biosphere) that make up the Earth and the experience.
Earth’s internal structure
Enduring Understanding: 2. Conduct a survey or design a study to assess
Students will understand that… the possible hydro meteorological hazards that
 The learner understands the formation of your community may experience.
the universe and the solar system and the
subsystems that make up the earth’s Formation Standard:
internal structure. The learner becomes…
 Earth is the only planet in the solar Aware of the importance of geologic hazard
system that can support life. being prepared and following government and
Essential Questions: non-government plan of action in cases of
Students will keep considering… emergency so as to become a steward of God’s
 How do the scientists explain the creation and a socially transformed individual
formation of universe? within the community.
 What are the physical and chemical
properties of life that can support life?
 What are the components of earth
system?
TOPIC OUTLINE
Module No. Lessons Covered Learning Standards: Number of Days

1 The formation of the Solar system A.1. Recognize the uniqueness of 2 Day
Earth, being the only planet in the
solar system with properties
necessary to support life

2 The subsystems A.2 Explain that the Earth consists of 1 Day

four subsystems, across whose
boundaries matter and energy flow

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 3 Common rock- forming minerals using their A.3 Identify common rock- forming 2 Day
physical and chemical properties. minerals using their physical and
chemical properties.
A.5 Describe where the Earth’s
4 Exogenic Processes internal heat comes from. 1 Day

A.6 Describe the changes in mineral

5 Endogenic Processes components and texture or rocks due 2 Day
to changes in pressure and
temperature (metamorphism)

MODULE NO. 1: The formation of the Universe and Solar system

Name: ___________________________________ Module #: ___1___ Inclusive Dates: ____________
Grade & Section: __________________ Teacher: _________________
A: Learning Competency: B: Leaning Targets:
a. I can recognize the uniqueness of
A.1 Recognize the uniqueness of Earth, being the the Earth
only planet in the solar system with properties b. I can list the properties of
necessary to support life uniqueness of the Earth to support
life.
c. I can illustrate the uniqueness of
the Earth.
C: Learning Materials/ Learning Resources: Powerpoint Retreived from
Http://slideshare.com
Theories on the origin of the solar system by Jerome
Bigael, page 515 – 520 / Earth Science in Context by: Tabuk and Lutgens, Earth and
Environment Classroom Resources , Earth Science Teachers' Association Resources | STEM ,
Resources for Teaching the Geosciences - CSUN.edu.com / Google classroom power point,
Science Notebook/Common objects for student demonstration/paper and pen/ Computer for
Presenter, Internet Connection, Speakers /Headphones, and Zoom App.
D: Concept Development

Praise be Jesus, Mary, and Joseph in you CARDINALS!

I hope to guide you in understanding and accomplishing our
learning target for this module.
Today, we will learn about the Formation of the Solar system.
This topic discusses and recognizes the uniqueness of the
Earth.
Shall we proceed now?

This module aims to guide you in recognizing the uniqueness of Earth, being the
only planet in the solar system with properties necessary to support life I am sure
that you are already eager to get started. However, there are some things that you
need to remember to learn most from this module.

1. Take the pre-test before proceeding to the lessons. Your score in the test will
give you an idea how much time you need to develop to each lesson.
2. Read the instructions carefully.
3. Before doing the activities, make sure that the materials are already prepared.
4. Answer the Self-test.

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Modified true or false: Write true if the statement is true and false if the statement if wrong.

______1. A Star system is also called “Stellar system”

______2. Nebular Hypothesis theory failed to account for the distribution of angular momentum in the solar system.

______3. Accretion is the process of growth or increase, typically by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or
matter.

______4. A planetesimal is an object formed from dust, of stars rock, and other materials.

______5. A protoplanet is a large planetary embryo that originated within a protoplanetary disc. (Planet in the making)

Earth Science is the study of our Earth, its life – supporting properties, materials, and geologic processes
occurring in tis layers; and important natural changes in its over- all environment. It is interrelated with other
sciences: Geology, oceanology, meterology, and astronomy.

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 What is the composition of the Solar System? Star, Natural satellites, Asteroids, Planets, (Mercury,
Venus, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Earth, Jupiter, and Uranus). Comets and interplanetary medium.
A Star system also called “Stellar system” is a small number of stars that orbit each other. It should be
noted that Earth belongs to the solar system, which is a type of star system because the sun is a star.

1. Nebular Hypothesis ( Emmanuel Kant 1724 –

1804 and Pierre – Simon Laplace 1749-1827 In the
1700s Emanuel Swedenborg, Immanuel Kant, and Pierre-
Simon Laplace independently thought of a rotating
gaseous cloud that cools and contracts in the middle to
form the sun and the rest into a disc that become the
planets. He assumed that the mutual gravitational
attractions of the particles caused them to start moving
and colliding at which point chemical forces kept them
bonded together. As some of these aggregates became
larger, they grow more rapidly, ultimately forming the
planets. This nebular theory failed to account for the
distribution of angular momentum in the solar system

2. Encounter Hypotheses Buffon’s (1749) Sun-comet

encounter that sent matter to form planet; and James
Jeans’ (1917) Sun-star encounter that would have drawn
from the sun matter that would condense to planets , T.C.
Chamberlain and F. R. Moulton’s (1904)
planetesimal hypothesis involving a star much bigger than
the Sun passing by the Sun and draws gaseous filaments
from both out which planetisimals were formed;
Accretion is the process of growth or increase, typically
by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or

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 matter. A planetesimal is an object formed from dust, rock, and other materials. A protoplanet is a large
planetary embryo that originated within a protoplanetary disc. (Planet in the making)

3. Protoplanet Hypothesis About 4.6 billion years ago,

in the Orion arm of the Milky Way galaxy, a slowly
rotating gas and dust cloud dominated by hydrogen and
helium starts to contract due to gravity

Take note that protoplanet theory incorporates many of the

components of the nebular hypothesis but adds some new
aspects from modern knowledge of fluids and states of matter.

As most of the mass move to the center to eventually become a

proto-Sun, the remaining materials form a disc that will
eventually become the planets and momentum is transferred
outwards.”

Due to collisions, fragments of dust and solid matter begin sticking to each other to form larger and larger bodies
from meter to kilometer in size. These proto-planets are accretions of frozen water, ammonia, methane, silicon, aluminum,
iron, and other metals in rock and mineral grains enveloped in hydrogen and helium

High-speed collisions with large objects destroys much of the mantle of Mercury, puts Venus in retrograde rotation.
Collision of the Earth with large object produces the moon. This is supported by the composition of the moon very similar
to the Earth's Mantle when the proto-Sun is established as a star, its solar wind blasts hydrogen, helium, and volatiles from
the inner planets to beyond Mars to form the gas giants leaving behind a system we know today.

KNOW SHOW
Direction: Direction:
Here is what I know about the uniqueness of Earth,
being the only planet in the solar system with I show that I know about the uniqueness of Earth,
properties necessary to support life. being the only planet in the solar system with
properties necessary to support life., by doing the
following in space:

Describe and give the uniqueness of Earth, being the

only planet in the solar system and how it properties
necessary to support life.

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Poll
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Earth is one special planet.

It has liquid water, plate tectonics, and an atmosphere that shelters it from the worst of the sun's rays. But many
scientists agree our planet's most special feature might just be us.

"It?s the only planet we know of that has life," said Alan Boss, a planet formation theorist at the Carnegie
Institution of Washington in Washington, D.C.

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Though other bodies in our solar system, such as Saturn's moon Titan,
seem like they could have once been hospitable to some form of life,
and scientists still have hope of eventually digging up microbes
beneath the surface of Mars, Earth is still the only world known to
support life.

Goldilocks planet
Earth's water is also special in that it has remained liquid for so long.
How has Earth been able to hold on to its oceans while those on other
planets freeze or fry?

"Many details as to why Earth is the only planet with liquid water in our solar system need to be worked out,"
said Diana Valencia, a graduate student in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. "Certainly the
distance to the sun has made it possible. A planet much farther in would receive too much energy from the sun,
and a planet too far out would quickly freeze."

Our planet's Goldilocks-like "just right" location in the solar system has helped, as has its system of plate
tectonics ? the slip-sliding movements of Earth's crust that are thought to have created the planet's towering
mountain ranges and plummeting ocean depths.

"The fact that Earth has plate tectonics allows for the carbon-silicate cycle to operate over geological timescales,"
Valencia said. "With the carbon-silicate cycle, the levels of carbon in the atmosphere get regulated to keep the
surface temperature around that of liquid water."

Plate tectonics and water are inextricably linked. Not only does plate tectonics enable liquid water to exist by way
of regulating the temperature, but many scientists have argued water enables plate tectonics to happen.

II. Make your own planetarium or a solar system model out of recycled materials.

1. What are the things that you considered in making your planetarium?
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2. What can you conclude from this activity?

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3. Make a write – up or an article about newly discovered planets.

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Poll
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Earth is the only planet circling our sun on which life as

we know it could (and does) exist.Like no other planet,
ours is covered with green vegetation, enormous blue-
green oceans containing thousands of islands, thousands
of streams and rivers, huge land masses called
continents, mountains, ice caps, and deserts that produce
a spectacular variety of color and texture. Some form of
life is found in virtually every ecological niche on the
earth's surface. Even in extremely cold Antarctica, hardy
microscopic beings thrive in ponds, tiny wingless insects
live in patches of moss and lichen, and plants grow and
flower yearly. From the apex of the atmosphere to the
bottom of the oceans, from the coldest part of the poles
to the warmest part of the equator, life thrives here. To
this day, no evidence of life has been found on any other
planet.

The earth is immense in size, about 8,000 miles in

diameter, with a mass calculated at roughly 5.97×10 24 kilograms. The earth is on average 93 million miles from
the sun. If our planet traveled much faster in its 584-million-mile-long journey around the sun, its orbit would
become much larger and it would move farther away from the sun, resulting in average temperatures that are too
cold for life to exist. If it traveled much slower in its orbit, the earth would move closer to the sun, resulting in
average temperatures that are too high for life to exist. Earth's rotation and axial tilt also keep surface
temperatures from becoming too extreme.

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Poll
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F. Assessment:

A. Science fictional journey WRITTEN OUTPUT No. #1

Directions: In a 1 whole sheet of paper. Write a story of a fictional journey around the outer space (science
fiction) based on the terms and based on how you see the solar system.
Example: Alienation
“Let’s get out of here!” my neighbors yelled. What’s happening? Is China invading us?
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B. Critical Thinking
Directions: Study the given problem below. Then explain it in three (3) to five (5) sentences only. Be guided by
the rubric below for scoring your answer.

How are the theories changing and what are the consequences of these changes in the entire solar system?
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If possible, which planet do you want to visit? Why?

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G. Checklist/Rubrics

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Test 1 and 2 items are one point each correct answer.

How was the result of your test? I expect that you did a great job
and you did enjoy the first part of your assessment. Let us see
where your score fits in.
10 – You definitely made a super job and you are
highly recommended to proceed to the mastery activities.
Keep it up!
9-8 – Very good! It was just like you understood the
lesson well and that was great. Just try to consider
reviewing the numbers where you made mistakes.
7-6. – You did almost fine in our assessment. However, I
encourage you to go back to the concepts that you missed
to make it up for your mistakes in the test.
5-0. – Nice try my dear. However, I think you need to
review the entire module and try to ask your teacher for
further clarification. Do not feel bad because I am sure
you can do better next time.

Test 3 (3 points )
3 2 1
The answer clearly explained The answer explained why The answer did not explain
why porous materials absorbs porous materials absorb why porous materials
water water. absorb water.

Test 4- ( 10 points)

5 4 3 2 0

Listed Listed 8-9 Listed 7-5 Listed 1-4 No correct answers.

complete and correct correct correct
accurate answers. answers. answers.
answers.

Let us now find out if your scores will qualify you take the mastery
activities. Be honest in checking.
You’re okay. Congratulations!
Take note of the number of your mistakes
0- Perfect! You really worked hard to accomplish this module.

1-5 Very Good! But I suggest that you review the concepts
where you committed mistakes and take the Mastery Test once you
are ready. Not okay, but it’s alright!

6-10 Not so good! You need to do the reinforcement activities

for more exercises.
You can also re-read your module and go back to those items you
failed to answer correctly.

G. Reflections/closure:

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Verse it out. Be with your group mates and choose one verse that best suits your principles about the history of
organic chemistry. You can present your reflection through our virtual classroom. You’ll be given five minutes to
explain your answer.

1. 1 Timothy 3:5 For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for
God's church?
H. Synthesis:

Now that you have finished answering the assessment, this time, recall
information you learned in this module and use it in answering the activity
that follows.

Research on other theories about the origin og the Solar system. Summarize their main assumptions.

Parent’s Guide:
Reminders:
 Allow your child to work independently in accomplishing this module.
 Please monitor your child in answering the activities provided in this module.
 Check and re-check the module before submitting on the given time.

POLL
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Congratulations! You did your best in this module. It was fun witnessing how you
work with your teacher. I hope you’ll do great again on your next module. Always
serve with a smile! God bless you!

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