Name: Sandy L.

Napocao

II-BEED , BLOCK – 22

MC SCI 101

Beneficial and harmful interactions

1. Create an instructional materials you have been discussed in teaching chemistry and biology
topics in elementary level?

*pictures of Animals about harmful interactions

* books

2.Upload the instructional materials to the Google Classroom respectively?

3.In less than 500 words discuss your topic you have discussed?

Interactions among living organisms

Mutualism – both sides benefit

Do you remember Nemo, the clownfish, who lived with his father inside the
sea anemone? The animated film “Finding Nemo” presents one of the better
known instances of mutualism – that which takes place between the
clownfish and the sea anemone. The clownfish, living among the tentacles of
the sea anemone, is protected by their stings; in return, the sea anemone
receives scraps of food that fall from the fish’s mouth. For the clownfish, the
relationship is one of absolute necessity: if it moves away from the sea
anemone’s tentacles, it will easily be devoured by predators. For the sea
anemone, on the other hand, the relationship is not so indispensable – it can
live well enough without the clownfish’s leftovers.
* Competition – both sides lose
When two species share a resource that is insufficient for both, competition
develops between them. For example, competition over food: when a cheetah or a
leopard catches its prey, it must eat it rapidly before other predators, such as
hyenas, lions or scavenger birds, gather round to enjoy the bounty. Competition
can also take place between two individuals of the same species. For example, two
male deer may compete for the right to mate with all females in the herd.
Predation – the predator benefits, the prey loses
In predatory interactions, organisms of one species feed on organisms of another
species. Predatory interactions are not exclusive to animals – a wolf consuming a
hare, for example. They also relate to animals that eat plants. As strange as it may
seem to us, in biological terms, herbivorous animals are also defined as predatory,
preying on vegetarian food.
Parasitism – the parasite benefits, the host loses
In parasitic interactions, one organism, called the parasite, lives on or inside
another organism, called the host, and feeds off it. Many diseases are the result of
parasitism, in which a bacterium, a fungus or some other organism harms the host
on which it lives. The head louse and the dog tick are examples of two parasites
familiar to many of us from our daily lives.

Commensalism – someone benefits, but no-one loses

In commensalism, one party benefits from the relationship, while the other is neither positively nor
negatively affected by it. For example, barnacles are small marine crustaceans that attach
themselves to the backs of whales or the shells of sea turtles. Unaffected by the barnacles in any
way, the sea turtles and whales provide these smaller organisms with several benefits: a mobile
habitat, defense against predators and opportunities to find readily-available food. It must be
emphasized, however, that defining an interaction as commensalism may be problematic.

4. What Are you difficulties you face in the topic you been discussed to our online class(500
words).

For me Internet connection because One of the biggest problems faced by students without
internet access at home is their inability to complete homework. Homework has long been a source of
hot debate within the education community. Should homework be assigned? Those who say yes
argue that homework allows students to continue learning at home and prepares them for the rigors
of college. Others claim that homework is unfair—home is not an even playing field, and some
students have access to more resources and a better environment for completing homework.

As students, we try our best to make use of what we have at home and ensure we don’t get left
behind. Although online learning may be the best option we have for now, still you can’t help
but wonder how everyone is adjusting and coping with the problems that arise while attending
online classes, especially during synchronous classes.  Synchronous classes are classes
conducted in real-time and during this time, a lot of problems arise. Sadly, most of these
problems are technical.

While it may seem like almost everyone has internet access, a shocking number of
families lack fast or reliable internet connections. There are many ways that a lack of
internet access can affect a student’s academic performance. Students without internet
can’t connect with teachers or classmates, do independent research, or get online
homework help. For families, not having internet access can mean missing out on
information or losing out on a direct line of communication with schools and teachers.
The internet is a fundamental subject area in the improvement of
information technology. It has become a crucial instrument and a
requirement of the knowledge-based society we have today as well as a
vital means to present current and up-to-date information has become a
form of effortless communication for everyone anywhere, and especially
for research and learning. Students will find it beneficial if there is
advancement in the development, access, as well as advancement in
technology, the internet, and the information, is present. The internet is a
global community. In today’s world, the internet plays an indispensable
role in the teaching, inquiry, and learning process of all academic
organizations. This new form of data collection and resources available
made it possible for people around the world to access a virtually unlimited
abundance of information. Besides, it is also widely believed that the
internet has made it possible for information to be perpetually easy to find,
regardless of where you are. Good internet connection is a basic
commodity nowadays, it not only helps students to search for scholarly
content more easily and efficiently than ever before, but it also opens you
to the whole world. They utilize the internet in all educational matters such
as writing papers, researching answers to questions, preparing
assignments, completing homework, and others. Practically, the internet
has become part of a student’s daily academic life. students with poor
internet connectivity have the greatest negative impact on their studies. If a
student were to miss even two terms of teaching, they fall back alarmingly
on their reading and numeracy skills. The lack of internet connectivity puts
at risk the academic future for many students in a world where quick, easy
access to vital information is necessary to compete and survive. It also
puts students in a position where they can no longer proceed with any kind
of education if internet access is not readily available for them.
5.What is the most significant topic in MC SCI 101 course for yours ( 500 words).

For me INTEGRATED SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS Because in this lesson I didn't

understand much because sometimes I can't attend classes because of my work but even so
I go back to the activities that I can't follow because of my job and lack of my time so i
researched about the lessons i was having difficulty one of which was the integrating
sciences process. so i learned about this activity and these are the…One of the most
important and pervasive goals of schooling is to teach students to think. All school subjects
should share in accomplishing this overall goal. Science contributes its unique skills, with
its emphasis on hypothesizing, manipulating the physical world and reasoning from data.
The scientific method, scientific thinking and critical thinking have been terms used at
various times to describe these science skills. Today the term "science process skills" is
commonly used. Popularized by the curriculum project, Science - A Process Approach
(SAPA), these skills are defined as a set of broadly transferable abilities, appropriate to
many science disciplines and reflective of the behavior of scientists. SAPA grouped process
skills into two types-basic and integrated. The basic (simpler) process skills provide a
foundation for learning the integrated (more complex) skills. These skills are listed and
described below.

BASIC SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS

Observing - using the senses to gather information about an object or event. Example:
Describing a pencil as yellow.

Inferring - making an "educated guess" about an object or event based on previously

gathered data or information. Example: Saying that the person who used a pencil made a
lot of mistakes because the eraser was well worn.

Measuring - using both standard and nonstandard measures or estimates to describe the
dimensions of an object or event. Example: Using a meter stick to measure the length of a
table in centimeters.

Communicating - using words or graphic symbols to describe an action, object or event.

Example: Describing the change in height of a plant over time in writing or through a
graph.

Classifying - grouping or ordering objects or events into categories based on properties or

criteria. Example: Placing all rocks having certain grain size or hardness into one group.

Predicting - stating the outcome of a future event based on a pattern of evidence. Example:
Predicting the height of a plant in two weeks time based on a graph of its growth during
the previous four weeks.

INTEGRATED SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS

Controlling variables - being able to identify variables that can affect an experimental
outcome, keeping most constant while manipulating only the independent variable.
Example: Realizing through past experiences that amount of light and water need to be
controlled when testing to see how the addition of organic matter affects the growth of
beans.

Defining operationally - stating how to measure a variable in an experiment. Example:

Stating that bean growth will be measured in centimeters per week.

Formulating hypotheses - stating the expected outcome of an experiment. Example: The

greater the amount of organic matter added to the soil, the greater the bean growth.

Interpreting data - organizing data and drawing conclusions from it. Example: Recording
data from the experiment on bean growth in a data table and forming a conclusion which
relates trends in the data to variables.

Experimenting - being able to conduct an experiment, including asking an appropriate

question, stating a hypothesis, identifying and controlling variables, operationally defining
those variables, designing a "fair" experiment, conducting the experiment, and
interpreting the results of the experiment. Example: The entire process of conducting the
experiment on the affect of organic matter on the growth of bean plants.

Formulating models - creating a mental or physical model of a process or event. Examples:

The model of how the processes of evaporation and condensation interrelate in the water
cycle.
so now that I have difficulty with activities because of my research I have learned about
Integrating sciences process skills.