Jhon Lloyd Dagsil Mrs.
Enel Daet
Student Teacher Critic Teacher
I. OBJECTIVES
Investigate extent of soil erosion in the community and its effects on living things and
the environment.
Describe the ways on how to reduce the harmful effects of soil erosion on living
things and the environment.
II. SUBJECT MATTER
a. Topic: Weathering and soil erosion
b. Reference: CG-S5FE-IVb-2 and Science Beyond Borders textbook pages 168-170
c. Materials: Manila paper, chalk board, videos, laptop
III. PROCEDURE
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
Engage
What are the ways in controlling soil erosion? Through natural vegetation, contour
plowing, strip cropping, terracing, crop
rotation and riprapping.
Very Good!
Explore
Today class, I will group you into 5. Each group
will be given a guide question in which you’re going
to answer based from the video clips we’re going to
watch describing each ways of how to prevent soil
erosion.
What are the things we must remember when
having a group activity?
Form a Circle
Work silently
Cooperate
Finish the task on time
Clean the area after
This is our rubrics for your activity this day.
(Presenting the video clips of Natural vegetation, (Pupils watching the videos
contour, plowing, strip cropping, terracing, crop
rotation and riprapping.)
Group 1 – Guide Question: How does natural
vegetation reduce the harmful effects of soil erosion
on living things and the environment?
Group 2 - Guide Question: How does contour
plowing reduce the harmful effects of soil erosion on
living things and the environment?
Group 3 - Guide Question: How does strip cropping
reduce the harmful effects of soil erosion on living
things and the environment?
Group 4 - Guide Question: How does terracing
reduce the harmful effects of soil erosion on living
things and the environment?
Group 5 - Guide Question: How does crop rotation
and riprapping reduce the harmful effects of soil
erosion on living things and the environment?
Explain
Presentation of the outputs
Group 1
How does natural vegetation reduce the harmful Plants grow naturally without human
effects of soil erosion on living things and the interference. Roots will be developed, and
environment? these roots systems will grip on the soil. Also,
minimize the movement of soil throughout
the ground.
Very Good! Let’s give them five claps.
Group 2
How does contour plowing reduce the harmful Planting on mountainsides helps to slow
effects of soil erosion on living things and the down the flow of water that carries soil
environment? particles.
Very Good! Let’s give them five claps.
Group 3 - Guide Question: How does strip cropping Strip crops hold water on the soil preventing
reduce the harmful effects of soil erosion on living soil erosion.
things and the environment?
Very Good! Let’s give them five claps.
Group 4 - Guide Question: How does terracing Farmers build wide rows of terraces on
reduce the harmful effects of soil erosion on living mountain sides to act as a ridge that help in
things and the environment? slowing water flows that carries soil.
Group 5 - Guide Question: How does crop rotation Crop rotation reduce the harmful effects of
and riprapping reduce the harmful effects of soil soil erosion in which crops is planted in
erosion on living things and the environment? different spot causing the soil to maintain its
good quality. A good quality soil is moist. A
Very Good! Let’s give them five claps. moist soil cannot be easily carried away by
water and wind.
Riprapping when rain pours down most of
the soil carried down is being deposited on
the ripraps.
Children open your book on pages 168-169.
Let us read and understand lesson 35 which is the
ways to control soil erosion. Let’s find out how these
ways prevent or lessen the effect of soil erosion in
living things and environment.
Elaborate
Children, I will again group you into 5 groups.
Each group will pick a task cards containing these
places.
1. Newly harvested field
2. Riverbanks
Form a Circle
3. Crop field on a slope
Work silently
4. Curved mountainside
Cooperate
5. Shoreline
Finish the task on time
Clean the area after
Ask them, what is the most effective way
to reduce the effects of soil erosion in the Pupils perform the activity.
place they have picked?
Presentation of the output of each group. 1. Newly harvested field- Crop rotation,
because different type of crops can
replace the harvest crops keeping
the ground moist.
2. Riverbanks- Riprapping, because
ripraps can help to stabilize seepage.
3. Crop field on a slope- Terracing,
because making terraces will help to
slow down the flow of water that
carries soil.
4. Curved mountainside- Contour
plowing, because by planting on the
mountainsides following the contours
or curved help to slow down the flow
of water that carries soil.
5. Shoreline- Riprapping because
ripraps could help in shielding
shorelines in waves causing the soil to
erode.
Again, what are the ways to control soil erosion?
1. Natural vegetation
2. Contour plowing
3. Strip cropping
4. Terracing
5. Crop Rotation
6. Riprapping
How does Natural Vegetation helps in Plants and trees that grows naturally
reducing the effects of soil erosion? has roots systems that is more
developed that grip the soil making it
more stable and minimize the
movement of the soil throughout the
ground.
How does Contour Plowing helps in reducing It helps to slow down the flow of
the effects of soil erosion? water that carries soil on
mountainside.
How does Strip Cropping helps in reducing the Strip crops holds water which help in
effects of soil erosion? lessening soil erosion.
How does Terracing helps in reducing the Terraces helps in slowing down water
effects of soil erosion? flows that carries soil.
How does Crop Rotation helps in reducing the Planting crops in different crops helps
effects of soil erosion? maintaining the soil moist which
water and wind could not easily
move away.
How does Riprapping helps in reducing the effects of Soil that was moved by water was
soil erosion? deposited on the ripraps.
Evaluation
Direction: Match column A which are the description of ways to control soil erosion to column B
which are the ways to control soil erosion. Write your answer on the space provided.
Column A Column B
_______ 1. Allowing plants to grow naturally without human a. canopy
interference
_______ 2. Instead of plowing up and down, farmers should b. contour plowing
plow across the slope to form ridges
_______ 3. Alternately planting different crops in strips c. crop rotation
_______ 4. Involves planting on terraces or steps built on slopes
of mountainsides d. natural vegetation
_______ 5. Planting crops on different spot/area each year e. riprapping
_______ [Link] of stones or rocks are arranged on the edge f. strip cropping
of the slope g. terracing
4-10 Choose from any ways to control soil erosion and describe how does it helps in reducing
the effects of soil erosion.
Extend
What is weather?