Grade Six
BIANCA CAMILLE A. SAN PEDRO
Division of Pasay
Hi Kids! I am Flona, a Grade Six student. My teacher gave me
some task to study about the ecosystem. Come and join in my
fieldtrip.
In my fieldtrip, we will learn how to identify the different
kinds of relationship among organisms that live together.
Animals live with other animals in order to survive. All
organisms participate in relationships with organisms of different
species in ecosystem. Some relationships benefit the organisms and
are essential for both species to survive. Others are harmful to one
organism, but others are essential to the interdependence of
species within the ecosystem.
There are close relationship between two species that
benefits at least one of the specie thats what we called Symbiosis.
We will also learn to describe the different characteristics
of relationship among organism. Symbiosis is classified into
different types depending on the characteristic of relationships like
Mutualism, Predation, Commensalism, Parasitism and Competition.
These relationships affect the food chain. If a harmful kind of
relationship dominates in an ecosystem, it will cause a problem.
In this task, we will also learn how to classify the
relationships that exist among organisms.
There are activities that my teacher prepared that will help
us learn further about the relationship of different species.
Lets have fun and enjoy this trip!
ACTIVITY CARD 1:
Friends! Can you help me complete the Poke-A-Word
Go? Lets use the words written on my notepad.
Encircle the words that you can find.
ECOSYSTEM
ANIMALS
SYMBIOSIS
PARASITISM
MUTUALISM
COMMENSALISM
COMPETITION
PREDATION
PREDATOR
PREY
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this activity:
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Hooray! We were able to accomplish the first task.
Now, lets explore more!
ACTIVITY CARD 2:
OHH! Theres lot of jumbled boxes blocking the way. Can
you help me find out the words to identify the kinds of
relationship among organism? Lets just arrange the
jumbled letters!
Very Good! We already know about
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the different kinds of relationship
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among organism. Lets move on to the Average
next destination. Difficult
ACTIVITY CARD 3:
Now,. Lets try to describe the characteristics of
different relationship among organisms. Put happy
face if the organism benefits, sad face if it is
harmed, and no reaction if unaffected.
MUTUALISM Clown Fish Sea Anemone
PARASITISM Tick Dog
PREDATION Spider Cricket
COMPETITION Lion Tiger
COMMENSALISM Oyster Mangrove
Wonderful! You were able to
What I think about accomplish this task. Its nice to
this activity: know that you already know the
Easy characteristics of different
Average relationship among organisms. Lets
Difficult move on.
ACTIVITY CARD 4:
Whooa! There are a lot of organisms in this
environment. Can you please help me classify the
pictures according to the relationship that exist among
them? We will just put the pictures to the right group.
MUTUALISM PREDATION
PARASITISM
COMMENSALISM COMPETITION
Awesome! We were able to
classify the animals according
to the relationship that exist What I think about this activity:
among them. Lets keep moving.. Easy
Average
Difficult
ACTIVITY CARD 5:
Oohhhh! Lets try to classify again the
different organisms. We need to match the
species and lets try to identify what type of
relationship that exists. Just put a line to
connect the organisms and their relationship.
Sunflower Snake
Fern Lion
Chicken Tree
Bee
Flea
Tiger
Human
Wonderful! We are now ready for
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Easy our next destination!
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ASSESSMENT CARD 1:
Lets now try what we have learned from different
places that we had encountered. Read the following and
encircle the letter of the correct answer
1. It is a close relationship between two species
or more species.
a. Mutualism c. Symbiosis
b. Parasitism d. Commensalism
2. This is a relationship in which two species
both benefit.
a. Commensalism c. Mutualism
b. Competition d. Symbiosis
3. A symbiotic relationship in which one organism
lives in or on another organism and harms it in
some way.
a. Competition c. Parasitism
b. Commensalism d. Predation
4. A relationship in which an organism is eaten by
other organism.
a. Competition c. Parasitism
b. Commensalism d. Predation
5. It is a relationship where organisms compete
for a common goal.
a. Competition c. Parasitism
b. Commensalism d. Predation
Amazing! We already know how to identify the different
relationship among organisms. We are now ready for the
next stop!
ASSESSMENT CARD 2:
Friends! Lets try to identify what type of
relationship exists in the following pair of
organisms. Choose your answer inside the
placard.
1. Weeds and Pechay
2. Termites and flagellates
3. Snake and rat
4. Insect and Venus flytrap
5. Fishes in an aquarium
Mutualism 6. Mussel and shellfish
Predation 7. Tree and orchid
Commensalism 8. Remora and shark
Competition 9. Carabao and crow
[Link] and flea
Parasitism
Marvelous! You got it correct! You are now ready
for the next destnination!
ASSESSMENT CARD 3:
Match the following species to the different
type of relationship among organisms and to
their characteristics.
It is a It is a
It is a It is a It is a
relationship relationship
relationship relationship relationship
wherein one wherein one
in which an where wherein both
organism is organism is
organism is organisms organisms
benefited while benefited
eaten by compete for a benefit from
the other is while the
another common goal. each other to
neither other is
organism. survive.
benefited nor harmed.
harmed.
Fantastic! We were able to answer this task
easily. Lets move on to the final destination.
Before going back to
school, we have one more
destination.
ENRICHMENT CARD 1:
Guess the kind of relationship that exist among the
organisms.
I am a tapeworm. I live inside the
intestine of a pig. Whats our
relationship?________________
I am an eagle. I love to eat little
mice. Whats our relationship?
_____________________
I am a crocodile. I love to eat fresh meat. I
always compete with other crocodile. Whats
our relationship?____________________
I am an orchid. I am always attached
to different trees.. It doesnt matter
to them. Whats our
relationship?__________________
I am a kind of bird that land on zebras and
eat ticks and other parasites that live on
their skin. Whats our relationship?
________________________
ENRICHMENT CARD 2:
Friends! Lets answer this by giving the correct
relationship that exist among the organisms.
1. The shrimp is immune to the stinging
tentacles of the sea anemone and hides
near it to be protected from predators.
_______________
2. The tick burrows into the cows skin to
suck blood.
_______________
3. The legume has nitrogen fixing bacteria
on its roots.
_______________
4. The cheetah and lion running for a rat.
_______________
5. Insect on the rock near the frog.
_______________
