Detailed Lesson Plan in Science IV

I. Objectives

After going through this lesson, the learners are expected to:

● Explain the purpose of a food chain and able to give examples of food chains.
● Distinguish among the roles of producer, consumers and decomposers; give example of
each

I. Subject Matter

Topic: Food Chain

Science Concept:

Habitat: The place where an animal or plant finds the food, water, shelter and space in arrangement they
need to survive.
Producer: a green plant that can make its own food through photosynthesis
Consumer: an organism that eats another organism in order to get food
Predator: an animal that catches, kills and eats other animals
Prey: animals that are killed and eaten by predator
Food Chain: the transfer of energy from one another organism to the next from sun to producer to
consumer, food chain is just part of the overall food web found in nature.
Herbivore: animal that eats only plants
Omnivore: an animal that can eat plants and animals
Carnivore: a meat-eater
Decomposer: an organism that eats the organic material that from the death and decay of other life forms.
Process Skills: Observing, Identifying, Describing, Discovering, Differentiating
Materials: Laptop, illustrations/pictures,

References:https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+food+chain+in+biology.
https://www.google.com/search?q=producer+in+food+chain.
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/consumers.

III. Learning Procedure

Teacher's Activity Pupil's Activity

Performing Routinely Activities

(The pupils will stand and start praying)
1.1 Prayer
Please stand and let us pray. In the
name of the father and of the son and
of the holy spirit amen.
1.2 Greeting
Good afternoon everyone! How are
(Student will response)
you today? Good to hear that everyone
is fine.
 Please settle down
1.3 Checking of Attendance
Yes ma’am
I will check your attendance say
present if you are in, are we clear?

A. Engage

The teacher will present the following

pictures.

Direction: Identify the pictures

The teacher will ask will ask the student what

the picture shows.
Forest
What do you see in the first picture?
Rabit
How about in second picture?
Fox
How about in the third pictue?
Lion
How about the fourth one?
(worm, mushroom, insects, bacteria)
How about in the last picture?

How do you think these organisms are (answers may vary)

connected to each other?

B. Explore

(The teacher will show slaps video)

Okay class! I have here a video, Let’s see
what all of these eat? All you have to do is to
watch very carefully and take down all the
important information about the video. In this
video, you can see how these organisms are
connected.
Yes ma’am
Is that clear pupils?

C. Explain

What is in the video all about? (Food Chain)

Very good! We are going to explore food
chain.

(Afterward, discuss the Food chain)

Food chain is a linear sequence of organisms

through which nutrients and energy pass as
one organism eats another. In a food chain,
each organism occupies different tropic level,
defined by how many energy transfers
separate it from the basic input of the chain.
Producer also known as autotrophs, make
their own food. They make up first level of (The student will listen to the discussion)
food chain. The green plants or producers
represent first tropic level (T1). Autotrophs
are usually plants or one-celled organisms.
Nearly all autotrophs use a process called
photosynthesis to crate “food’’ (a nutrient
called glucose) from sunlight, carbon dioxide
and water.
Consumers constitute the upper tropic levels.
Unlike producers, they cannot make their own
food. To get energy, they eat plants or other
animals, while some eat both.
Primary consumers make up the
second trophic level (T2). They are also
called herbivores. Secondary consumers,
which eat primary consumers.
Secondary consumers are mostly carnivores,
from the Latin words meaning “meat eater.

Some secondary consumers eat both plants

and animals. They are called omnivores,
from the Latin words that mean “eats
everything.” Represent third tropic level
(T3).
Ecosystem can also have tertiary consumers,
carnivores that eat other carnivores.
Decomposer is the last tropic level (T5) plays
a critical role in the flow of energy through an
ecosystem. They break apart dead organisms
into simpler inorganic materials, making
nutrients available to primary producers.

Okay, Class is everything clear?

Yes ma’am
Now, let's have a recap, again what is food
chain?
The Producers?
(answers may vary)
The Consumers?
Decomposers?
Very good!
D. Elaborate

Identify and name the tropic level in food

chain

E. Evaluate

A. Identification:
Direction: Write your answer in the blank
provided.
1. What do we called that animals eat
only plants? 1.Herbivores
2. Animals that eat other animals are 2.Carnivores
 called?
3. Animals that eat both animals and
3.Omnivores
plants are called?
4. Food chain consists of? 4.Producer, consumer and decomposer
5. A linear sequence of organisms 5.Food chain
through which nutrients and energy
pass as one organism eats another.

B. Multiple choice
Direction: choose the letter of the correct
answer.

1. Which among of this is the primary

consumer?
A. sun
B. chayote
C. dandelion
D. woodchuck

2. Which of this is the producer?

A. oak acorn
B. gray squirrel
C. snake 1.D
D. hawk 2.A
3.B
3. A food chain starts with 4.C
(a) Nitrogen fixing organisms 5.C
(b) Photosynthesis
(c) Respiration
(d) Decomposers

4. In a food chain, lion is a

(a) Secondary consumer
(b) Primary consumer
(c) Tertiary consumer
(d) Secondary producer

5. Which is the correct sequence in the food

chain in grassland?
(a) Grass > wolf > deer > buffalo
(b) Bacteria > grass > rabbit > wolf
(c) Grass > insect > birds > snakes
(d) Grass > snake > insect > deer

F. Assignment

Research what is a food web write it

on your assignment notebook.