Ecosystem
Topic: Ecosystem (Interaction among living and non-living things)
Grade 6 (2nd Quarter)
Goal: the students should be able to demonstrate understanding of the interactions for survival among living and non-living things that take place in tropical rainforests, coral reefs, and mangrove swamps
Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
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identify animals which can live in tropical rainforests, coral reefs and mangrove swamps,
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discuss the interactions among living things and non- living things in tropical rainforests, coral reefs and mangrove swamps; and
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create a diorama showing awareness on how to protect and conserve our ecosystem.
Materials:
LCD projector, pen, paper, handouts, manila paper, tape, printed materials
Resources:
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Nelson, B. (2018, March 15). Exploring the mysteries of Cuba's coral reefs. Retrieved March 18, 2018, from https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/exploring-mysteries-cubas-coral-reefs
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Wright, H. (2018, March 06). Why are the world's climate funds ignoring coral reefs? Retrieved March 18, 2018, from http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/03/06/worlds-climate-funds-ignoring-coral-reefs/
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Heblikar, A. (2018, March 17). Ecoistic: Solid Waste Management in Bengaluru still a major concern. Retrieved March 18, 2018, from https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/170318/solid-waste-management-in-bengaluru-still-a-major-concern.html
Motivation:
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The teacher will Group the class into 3.
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There are 29 pictures of animals pasted on the board. Each group will be given 1 picture of a habitat.
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Based on their prior knowledge about the animals’ habitat, the students must identity animals that can survive on the habitat assigned to their group within 2 minutes.
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After 2 minutes, each group will discuss why each animal they pick belong to the specific habitat they have.
Lesson Procedure:
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The teacher will give a brief recall about their last discussion in the types of habitat (Tropical rainforests, coral reefs, and mangrove swamps)
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The teacher will present issues concerning the habitats of the animals and ask the class what is the effect of this to them
Article titles:
3. After the discussion of the issues, the teacher will project a video about the interaction of living and non-living things in their different habitats.
4. After watching the video, the class will do a group activity. With the same grouping in the motivational activity and assigned habitat, each member of the group will act as an animal living in that habitat and show what they have learned about the video.
Assessment
Performance Task
