I.

OBJECTIVES
At the end of the learning discussion, at least 80% of the students should be
able to:

a. Identify the concept of El Niño and La Niño

b. Compare the El Niño phenomenon from the La Niña phenomenon

c. Recognize the effects of El Niño and La Niña to humans and their environment

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. Topic: El Niño and La Niña

B. Concepts: El Niño is the abnormal heating of Earth’s ocean surface in

the Pacific and is caused when trade winds allow warm water
from the Pacific to flow east.
La Nina is the abnormal cooling of Earth’s ocean surface in
the Pacific and caused when the temperatures drop in the
pacific, also being blown east.

C. Skills: Identifying, describing, distinguishing

D. References: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ninonina.html

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-climate.htm

http://esminfo.prenhall.com/science/geoanimations/animatio
ns/26_NinoNina.html

E. Materials: PowerPoint presentation, visual aids

III. LEARNING PROCEDURES

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ POSSIBLE

RESPONSE

A. Routine

1. Greetings

“Good Morning class! “Good Morning ma’am.”

Before you take your seat, please pick up The students will pick up the
those pieces of papers under your chairs and pieces of papers under their chairs
arrange your seats. and arrange their seats.

“You may now take your seat.” The students will take their seats.

2. Checking of Attendance

“Mr. /Ms. Class President, are there any “No ma’am. There are no
absentees for today?” absentees for today.”

“Yes ma’am. The absentees for

today are …”

3. Recalling of Past Lesson

“So class, what was our topic last meeting?” “Our topic last meeting was about
…”

B. Motivation

The teacher will prepare a game for the

students.

The game will be 4 pics 1 word.

The teacher will show 4 pictures that will serve The students will participate in
as clues for the topic that will be discussed. guessing the answers in the 4 pics 1
word game.
- Temperature

- Warming

- Cooling

- El Niño
 - El Niña

“From the correct answers you’ve got a while “Ma’am, our topic for today is all
ago, do you have any idea what will be our topic about …”
for today?”

C. Lesson Proper

“What comes to your mind when you hear the “El Niño is the season of drought.”
word El Niño?”

“How about La Niña?” “La Niña is the season of massive

rainfall.”

The teacher will discuss the El Niño

phenomenon and compare it to the normal
condition of ocean surface temperature.

The teacher will discuss the La Niña

phenomenon and compare it to the normal
condition of ocean surface temperature.

The teacher will post three charts in the board.

The charts contain the normal condition, El Niño
condition and La Niña condition. Three
representatives from the class will differentiate
each condition using the key words given by the
teacher. One student who will get the correct
answer the fastest will win.
 Normal El Niño La Niña
Condition Condition Condition
Ocean
surface
temperature
Trade
winds

Upwelling

Key Words:

weaken increases halts/stops

increases rapidly warmer than usual

colder than usual strengthen normal

D. Generalization

From the recitation chips given by the teacher

to the students during the discussion, the
students will flip it over to check for any numbers
or shapes written in it. The teacher will ask the
students on who got a particular number or
shape that the teacher wants. The student who
will get the desired number or shape in their
recitation chip will answer the following guide
questions.

Guide Questions:

1. What is El Niño? 1. “El Niño is the abnormal heating

of the ocean’s surface.

2. What is La Niña? 2. “La Niña is the abnormal cooling

of the ocean’s surface.”

3. What is the English term for El Niño? 3. “Little boy”, “Christ child”

4. What is the other Spanish term for La Niña?
5. Explain the difference between normal
conditions from the El Niño condition.
6. Explain the difference between normal
conditions from the La Niña condition.
E. Application and Valuing
“As a student and as a responsible citizen
of this country, what do you think can you
contribute to the community in preventing
the possible bad effects of El Niño and La
Niña?”
4. “El Viejo”
5. “In normal conditions, the ocean
surface temperature and the
trade winds are normal, and
there is an increase in the cold
water which is called upwelling;
while in El Niño, the trade winds
weaken, the ocean surface
temperature gets warmer than
usual and the upwelling halts.”
6. ““In normal conditions, the ocean
surface temperature and the
trade winds are normal, and
there is an increase in the cold
water which is called upwelling;
while in La Niña, the trade winds
get stronger, the ocean surface
temperature gets colder and the
upwelling increases rapidly.”
“As a student we can contribute to
the community by telling them to
conserve water when El Niño
comes, and keeping first aid kits and
moving to a higher place when flood
during La Niña comes.
IV. ASSESSMENT

True or False.

Write TRUE if the given statement is correct; write FALSE if it is not.

1. El Niño refers to the large-scale periodic warming in sea-surface

temperatures across the central and east-central equatorial Pacific.

2. La Niña refers to the periodic cooling of ocean surface temperatures in the

central and east-central equatorial Pacific.

3. "El Niño" refers to the Old Man and was coined by fishermen.

4. "La Niña" is Spanish for "the girl" and sometimes called "El Viejo".

5. EL Niño usually occurs around summertime.

V. AGREEMENT

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