Detailed Lesson Plan in Science 4

I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
 Describe the beneficial interaction of organisms in the environment.
 Observe and record how organisms interact in the environment.
 Identify and justify the benefit of the organisms interactions to the environment.
II. Subject Matter:

Topic: Beneficial Interactions among Living things in their Environment

Reference: Science learner’s Material 4, PP. 151 155

Materials: Diorama, Powerpoint

III. Methodology Teacher's Activity Pupils Activity

A. Preliminary Activity

 Prayers Good Morning Class please

stand for our prayer.

“We thank you, Heavenly

Father, for this beautiful day

that you have given us. Thank

you for giving us another day

to learn another lesson and

gain new knowledge. We

sincerely regret our

wrongdoings and

behaviors.Oh Lord, bless and

guide us as we continue our

journey. We pray in Jesus'

name, Amen! " Amen.

 Good morning Grade 4- Star Good morning teacher____.

 Checking of Okay sit down, if I call on your Present ma’am

Attendance name instead of saying please

state your favorite color.

Seron, Romnick, Pink ma’am

Pineda, Tristan Black ma’am

Fajardo, Michie Ayumi White ma’am

B. Preparatory Activity Very good we have a perfect

attendance.

 Drill/ review Who can recall our lesson

yesterday? Yes _______. Yesterday our lesson was

about the Interaction among

living things and its

importance.

Very good. So let’s recall,

Identify if the words listed

are BIOTIC (living things) or

ABIOTIC (non-living things)

1. House

2. Chicken

3. Clock

4. Worms

5. Trees 1. Abiotic

Who can answer number 1? 2. Biotic

Yes, ____
 Very good how about number 3. Abiotic

2?number 3? Number 4? and 4. Biotic

last number 5? 5. Biotic

Well done.

Before we proceed to our

lesson today, we will have a

game first, it is called, “Paint .

Me a Picture” who among you

here knows about this game?

very good, paint me a picture

means that I will give a

scenario and you will act the

 Motivation scene that I have instructed

You will group yourselves into

2, then teacher will give a

scenario and you will act

accordingly. The best

performer will win a surprise

prize. Ready!!!

Are you ready kids? (kids will act the given

First, paint me a picture of a scenario)

man serving water to another

man.
 Ready, get set, go!!!!

Next, two friends feeding each

other.

Okay, well done children.

The best performer is the

group 1

C. Developmental Base on what we did,what did

Activity you observe or noticed?

Presentation anyone?Yes___

I observe that only one of

them benefited in the first

scenario which is the man

Very Good observation___. drinking water, while both

On the first picture one of benefited in the second

them benefits in the first scenario.

scenario which is the man

drinking water, while both

benefits in the second

scenario.

What do you think is our

lesson today? Yes ______ Our lesson today is about the

benefit of interacting with one

 another.

There are interactions where

both species benefit from their

relationship and there are also

interactions where one

species benefits but the other

is neither affected nor

harmed. These interactions

are beneficial/ important for

survival.

Who can read? Yes ____

 MUTUALISM- is the (student read the definition)

type of interaction

where both species

benefit from the

relationship.

 COMMENSALISM- is

the type of interaction

where one organism

benefits while the

other is not harmed

nor affected.

To understand more I have

here a diorama.

What did you observe inside

the aquarium? What do you

think is the benefit of every

organisms to their The aquarium contains a fish,

environment? What is the type plants, and corals. Plants

of interaction? provide oxygen to fish, and

fish provide carbon dioxide to

plants, allowing both to live.

Mutualism is the type of

interaction.

How about in the next object?

What did you observe with the There is a bird sitting on a

tree and the bird? What do tree.

you think is the benefit of the The bird uses a tree branch

bird and the tree? What is the as a place to rest and thus the

type of interaction? tree is unaffected nor harmed.

The type of interaction is

commensalism.

Okay very good. For further

understanding here is another

activity.

Directions: Group yourselves

into 2.
What to do:

1. Have a name for your

group that is relevant

to the topic

2. Do the activity for 20

minutes.

3. Examine the diorama

A and B and perform

what is ask.

a. In picture A, you

will describe the

interaction

between the

butterflies and the

flowers.

b. In picture B, you

will describe the

interaction

between the

orchids and a tree.

Refer to guide

questions for each

picture.

4. Record your

observation on the

given table.
 5. Discuss the results

with your group mates

and come up with

group’s answer.

6. Shout your group’s

name to inform your

teacher that you’re

already done with the

activity.

Picture A

Guide Questions:

a. What do butterflies do

with the flowers?

b. What will happen to

the pollen of flowers

that sticks to the legs

of the butterflies?

c. What is the importance

of the butterflies to the

flowers? How do you

 describe their

relationship?

d. Do they benefit from

each other?

Picture B

Guide questions:

A. What help does a tree give

to orchids?

B. How about the importance

of the orchids to a tree? Is a

tree benefited by the orchids?

C. Is the tree affected by the

presence of the orchids?

D. How can you describe their

relationship?
IV. Assessment

Identify the type of

interactions. Write your

answer on the space

provided.

____1. Clown fish and

anemones

___2. Woodpecker and small

animals living in a cactus.

___3. a crab living in the shell

of a dead snails

___4. Coral and algae

1. Mutualism
___5. a heron on the carabao
V. Assignment 2. Commensalism
backs.
3. Mutualism

4. Commensalism
For your assignment list in
5. commensalism
you assignment notebook 5

examples of mutualism and

5 examples of

commensalism.
VI. Remarks
Okay, so what did you learn

today? Yes___
Very good. Today we learn

about the benefits of

interaction among living

organism. And the two types

of interaction that we discuss Today we tackle about the

are mutualism and beneficial interactions among

commensalism, living things in their

In mutualism both organisms environment. There are two

benefit whith each other while types of interaction

commensalism only one Mutualismand commensalism.

organism benefit while the

other is not harmed now

affected.

Very good.

Okay that’s end of our lesson.

Please let us all stand for the

prayer.

“Lord God, we thank you that

we finish another lesson

today, thank you for the

knowledge and for the

guidance for my students

answer their activity, may we

guide us on our way home.

Sorry for our wrong doings

and we ask for your

 forgiveness, In Jesus name

we pray, Amen” Amen.

Goodbye class. Goodbye teacher.

Prepared By:

Christine Barot and Janine Hope C. Vinson

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