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Division LANAO DEL NORTE

School Grade Level 7
Teacher Learning Area Science
Time & Dates Quarter 3rd

I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content
The learners demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of light.
Standards
B. Performance
The learners shall be able to suggest proper lighting in various activities.
Standards
C. Learning
Competencies/ The learners should be able to relate characteristics of light such as color
Objectives (Write and intensity to frequency and wavelength;
the code for each (S7LT-IIIg-10)
LC)
1. explore the characteristics of light such as energy, frequency, and
wavelength,
D. Specific Objective 2. construct a spectrum wheel; and
3. Give insights about the importance of electromagnetic waves in day-to-
day living.
E. Integration of
Content Within
English, T.L.E & Medicine
and Across
Curriculum
IV. Light
1. Characteristics of Light
II. CONTENT
1.1 Intensity or Brightness
1.2 Color
III. LEARNING
RESOURCES
A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide
p. 149
Pages
2. Learner’s
pp. 226-229
Material Pages
3. Textbook Pages
4. Additional
Materials from
LR Portal
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IXxZRZxafEQ
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zNO5tPc67E0
B. Other Learning
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X-BI8KISfgs
Resources
https://www.waer.org/post/science-radio-discusses-sun
https://sco.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic-spectrum
Learner’s Expected
IV. PROCEDURES
Teacher’s Activity/ies Response/s
Elicit (2minutes)
(Answers should be in complete sentence) - It’s the sun. It is
important because it
provides us with light.
A. Reviewing - Aside from visible
previous lesson light, it also emits
or presenting the other radiation like
new lesson radio waves, gamma
ray, etc.
https://www.waer.org/post/science-radio-
discusses-sun
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What is this picture? Why is it important?

Aside from visible light, do you have any idea

about the other types of light/radiation emitted
by the sun?
B. Establishing a Engage (5 minutes)
purpose for the
lesson

- Based on the video,

light is a strange
thing and it isn’t just
what we can see.
- The other types of
C. Presenting http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IXxZRZxafEQ radiation emitted by
examples/
the sun are infrared,
instances of the A video entitled “What is light?” is shown to microwaves, radio
new lesson answer the following questions: waves, gamma rays,
1. What is light based on the video? x-rays, ultraviolet,
and infrared.

2. What are the other types of radiation

emitted by the sun?
D. Discussing new Explore (20 minutes)
concepts and
practicing new • Students will be grouped into 4. Each group
skills #1 will perform the activity entitled “ My Spectrum
Wheel”.

 Refer to pages 226-229 of Science 7 Learner’s

Material (the students will
E. Discussing new perform the activity)
concepts and
practicing new *See attached activity sheets.
skills #2
- Each group will post their answers in the
activity on the board for the processing of the
activity.

Explain (5 minutes)
- The picture is called
The teacher will explain first the figure below the electromagnetic
before answering the given questions. spectrum.
- While the frequency
increases, the
wavelength
decreases.
F. Developing
- The product of
mastery
frequency and
wavelength for all
The Electromagnetic Spectrum spectrum regions is
constant. This is
https://sco.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic- equal to the speed
spectrum of light in vacuum.
- As the frequency
Guide questions: increases, the
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1. What is this picture called? energy also

2. How are frequency and wavelength increases.
related for a specific region of the
spectrum?
3. What can you observe with the values of
the product of frequency and wavelength
in the different spectra?
4. How is energy related to frequency?
G. Finding practical Elaborate (15 minutes)
applications of
concepts and - Electromagnetic
skills in daily waves have many
living applicationsin our
everyday living. They
are found in industrial
gadgets and devices
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IXxZRZxafEQ such as our mobile
phones and
computers. They are
used in our
communication
signals and internet
wiifi, and even in
medical field.
Radiotherapy for
treating cancer
patients and gamma
rays for killing cancer
cells. X-rays are used
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zNO5tPc67E0 to see and locate
fractures in our
A video is shown to give insight on the bones. Infrared is
importance of Electromagnetic waves in day- to- used in security
H. Making
day living, and at the same time how they can systems as censor to
generalization
be dangerous. detect body. (others
and abstractions
are enumerated in
about the lesson
Guide questions: the video)
1. In what way are the electromagnetic - These EM waves can
waves important? also be dangerous.
2. In what way they can be dangerous? UV rays are highly
energetic that is why
we are not advised to
stay under the sun
after 9:00 in the
morning. Pregnant
women are advised
not to undergo x-ray
examination for it
may damage the
fetus. X-rays are
more energetic than
UV rays hence
frequent exposure is
harmful. (others are
enumerated in the
video)
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Evaluate (10 minutes)

Direction: Read each question carefully and
choose the letter of the correct
answer.

1. Light is an electromagnetic wave. Which

characteristic is common in all
electromagnetic waves in a vacuum?
a. Amplitude b. frequency
c. speed d. wavelength

2. Among all the electromagnetic waves, which

has the highest frequency?
a. infrared radiation c. gamma rays
b. ultraviolet light d. radio wave

3. Which electromagnetic wave is used in a

microscope?
a. visible light c. ultraviolet light
b. gamma rays d. infrared radiation 1. C
2. C
4. Radio waves and Gamma rays are members 3. A
I. Evaluating learning of the electromagnetic spectrum. Which of the 4. B
following is true about the energy carried by 5. A
these waves?
a. All EM waves carry the same energy.
b. Radio waves carry the lowest energy
since it has
the lowest frequency.
c. Gamma rays carry the lowest energy
since it has
the lowest frequency.
d. Radio waves carry the highest energy
since it has the highest frequency.

5. How does frequency vary with wavelength?

a. The higher the frequency of a wave, the
shorter wavelength.
b. The higher the frequency of a wave, the
longer the wavelength.
c. The lower the frequency of a wave, the
shorter the wavelength.
d. Frequency does not vary with wavelength.

Extend (2 minutes)
Conduct a research on James Clerk Maxwell - James Clerk Maxwell
Guide Questions: is the one who
1. Who is James Clerk Maxwell? discovered the
2. What is his important contribution on the Electromagnetic Wave
J. Additional activities study of light? Theory of light. He
for application combined the
or remediation concepts of electricity
and magnetism to
come up with his
theory on
electromagnetic
waves.
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V. REMARKS
VI. REFLECTION
A. No. of learners
who earned 80%
on the formative
assessment

B. No. of learners who

require additional
activities for
remediation

C. Did the remedial

lessons work? No.
of learners who
have caught up
with the lesson.

D. No. of learners who

continue to require
remediation

E. Which of my
teaching strategies
worked well? Why
did these work?
F. What difficulties did
I encounter which
my principal or
supervisor can
help me solve?
G. What innovation or
localized materials
did I use / discover
which I wish to
share with other
teachers?