Department of Education

Region X-Northern Mindanao

Division of Iligan City
Iligan City Central School
Mahayahay, Iligan City

I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards The learner demonstrates beneficial and harmful
interactions occur among living things and their
environment as they obtain basic needs.
B. Performance Standards The learner constructs a prototype model of
organism that has body parts which can survive in
a given environment.
C. Learning Competencies Describe the effects of interactions among
organisms in their environment. S4LT-lli-j-18
D. Lesson Objectives ⮚ Identify the types of interactions among living
things,
⮚ Describe the effects of interactions among
organisms in their environment.
⮚ Show love and care for the environment and
caring for one another
II. LEARNING CONTENT Beneficial and Harmful Interactions
III. LEARNING RESOURCE
A. References
1. Teacher's guide pages MELC, K to 12 Curriculum Guide, TG pp. 205-209
2. Learner's Materials pages LM pp. 166-169
3. Additional Materials from learning ADM Quarter 2, Module 9 pp 9-18
Resource portal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEaAh6-
nmEw&t=6s
B. Other Learning Resources/ SIM PowerPoint presentation, show-me-board,
pictures, basket, activity sheets, video
IV. PROCEDURE
ELICIT Begin with classroom routine:
A. Reviewing previous lesson or presenting the
new lesson a. Prayer
b. Checking of attendance

c. Review

d. Motivation

Game: “Can you Remember Me?”

Mechanics:
1. Form a big circle.

(Introductory Activity)
B. Establishing a purpose for the lesson
(Motivation)
ENGAGE
C. Presenting examples/instances of the new
lesson (Demonstration / Modeling)
D. Discussing new concepts and practicing new
skills #1 (Analysis)
2. I will play music. While the music is playing, you
will pass the basket with questions.
3. When the music stops, the one holding the
basket will pick up a question to answer.
4. Five players who can give the correct answer
will be the leaders of the next activities that you will
perform.
Examine the picture below.
What do you think is the relationship that exists
between the boy and the dog?
"No man is an island.” This saying is also true for
organisms in an ecosystem. No organism exists in
isolation. Individual organisms live together in an
ecosystem and depend on one another. In fact,
they have many different types of interactions with
each other, and many of these interactions are
critical for their survival.
Let’s watch video to understand the lesson.
https://youtu.be/Uzx5YzqXtLU?
si=ApT4WSS7V1JCa9KH
In this lesson you will be provided with activities to
know that certain types of interaction will result in
either harmful or beneficial effects. Let’s start the
fun and adventure of learning.
Group Activity Rules:
1. Always be with your group.
2. Read the instructions in the activity sheet. 3.
Answer the guide’s questions.
4. Work silently and collaboratively.
5. Respect each other in the group.
6. Recall the precautionary measures in
conducting the activity.
7. If done, shout the name of you group
8. Post your output on the board.
 Group Activities
Answer the guide questions provided by the
teacher.

Group I – Mutualism Group (picture interaction

between the bees and flowers)

Group II – Commensalism Group (picture of

interaction between the ferns and a branch of a
tree)

Group III – Predation Group (picture interaction

between frogs and the insects in the pond)

Group IV – Parasitism Group (picture of a man and

mosquito)

Group V – Competition Group (picture of grass

occupying the same space)
EXPLAIN Type of interaction Type of interaction
Effects/Possible effects
E. Discussing new concepts and practicing new of interaction
skills #2 (Analysis )
1. Mutualism *Nectar of flowers
source of bee foods

*Pollen grains help in

fertilization and
producing fruits

*Bees produce honey

*Trees produce fruits

*Clowfish makes the

sea anemone its home

*Useful and beneficial to

human
2. Commensalism *Trees provide home for
ferns

*Ferns beautify gardens

*Orchids found a home

on a tree

3. Predation *The increase and

decrease in the number
 of mice in the
ecosystem eventually
create balance in the
number of populations.

*Both animals fight with

each other over a dead
animal.

5. Competition

*Aside from sucking of

blood, mosquito can
cause dengue fever and
6. Parasitism chikungunya

EXPLORE From the given interactions among organisms

below, infer the possible effects of each interaction
F. Developing mastery. (Independent Practice) in the environment?
Write your answer in your notebook.

1. overcrowded plants in a small pot -

___________
2. bug feeding on a leaf of plant - _____________

3. insects and flower - __________________

4. fish on a shark - ____________________ 5.

snake eating a rat - __________________

ELABORATE Briefly discuss the given situations below. Do it in

your Science notebook.
G. Finding practical applications of concepts and
skills in daily living (Application) One Saturday morning you visited your backyard

H. Making generalizations and abstractions about
the lesson (Generalization)
garden and found out that all your tomato plants
were full of aphids. Describe the possible effects of
having pests in your plants.
How do you describe the effects of these
interactions among organisms in their
environment?

⮚ They have beneficial and harmful effects on the

ecosystem.
What are the effects of having a pet or plants to
you?
Can you suggest ways on how to take good care of
them?
EVALUATION Describe the interaction that exists between
organisms in their environment. Write the effects of
IV. Evaluating learning interaction on these organisms. Complete the table
below.
Interaction Effects of Interaction
Cattle and Egrets

Frog and Insect

Flower and Bee

Two deer
EXTEND At home we have pets like dogs and cats. Just like
V. ASSIGNMENT in nature, you, as the owner, has special
J. Additional activities for application or remediation relationship with your pets. What are the effects of
having a pet or plants to you?

Prepared by:

CARLA JEAN C. ABAN

Teacher Demonstrator

Observed by:

REYNILDA C. ALFEREZ
Observer