Detailed Lesson Plan in Science 4

School: Grade level: Grade 4

Teacher: Learning Area: Science
Time & Date: Quarter: Q2

I. OBJECTIVES

A. Content Standard The learners demonstrate

understanding of beneficial and harmful
interactions occur among living things and
their environment as they obtain basic
needs.
B. Performance Standard The learners should be able to
construct a prototype model of organism
that has body parts which can survive in a
given Environment.
C. Learning Competencies/ The pupils should be able to
Objectives
a. describe some types of beneficial
and harmful interactions among living
things (S4LT,IIi-j-15, S4LT, IIi-j-16)
b. Observe how beneficial and
harmful interactions in the ecosystem help
organisms to survive
c. Demonstrate understanding of the
effects of interactions between and
among organisms in the environment.
II. CONTENT
Ecosystem, 5.1: Beneficial and harmful
III. LEARNING RESOURCES interactions

A. References

1. Teacher’s Guide pages Pg. 189- 205

2. Learner’s Materials pages Pg. 151- 159

3. Textbook pages Science 4( First edition 2015), pp 151159

4. Additional Materials from Science- Grade 4- Alternative Delivery

Learning Resource (LR) portal Mode,Q2-Module 7: “Beneficial or
Harmful? “First Edition, 2020; Pictures
from the internet
 B. Other learning Resources Pictures, tarpapel, news print paper, tape
Balloons, Felt-tip pen, ppt slide,
instructional materials, and visual aids

IV. PROCEDURE

Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity

A. ENGAGE

[Link] Routinely Activities

1.1 Greetings

Good Morning, Children! Good Morning, Teacher!

How do you feel today?
We’re Excited!
Happy
Stress
I’m glad that you guys are feeling that
way. It seems that you are all excited to
learn new.

1.2 Prayer

I want to request everyone to please

stand and let's feel the presence of our
Lord through opening prayer.

( The pupils stand for opening prayer)

May I request Godwin to lead the
prayer Classmates, let’s us pray

Almighty Father, we praise and thank you

for this day. Watch over us as we go
about our work and studies. Help us in
every ways so that we may become that
Thank you Godwin. You may now take
children you want us to be.
your seat, class.
1.3 Checking of Attendance

Before we proceed, let me check your

attendance first

( the teacher will look at the attendance

sheet)

I'm glad because no one is absent

today.

1.4 Setting Classroom Rules

Our classroom rules are tacked on the

board. Keep that on your mind as we
go to our new lesson today. Is that
clear, class?

Giving of Classroom Rules(tacked on

the board)
a. Be Polite
b. Be quiet when the teacher
is talking
c. Be Respectful Yes, Teacher. We will keep that in mind.
d. Cooperate
e. Participate
f. Have Fun

1.5 Review

Class, do you still remember our topic Yes, Ma'am. Yesterday, we learned
yesterday? If yes, what it is? about the effect of the environment on
the life cycle of organisms.
Okay, What it is all about?

We discussed that the different

organisms go through life cycle which can
be affected by their environment.
 Yehey! That's great!
1.6 Drill

Before we proceed to our new lesson.

We will going to learn and sing new
song.

I will sing the song first and then you

will follow me and we will sing all
together
Yes, We are ready!
Are you, ready?

Okay, listen carefully

(To the tune of Leron, Leron Sinta)

Types of interaction
Occurring everywhere
All living things we have
Relate with each other Yes, we can follow
There are interactions
(To the tune of Leron, Leron Sinta)
Both species benefit
But there are also some One
Types of interaction
only benefits. Occurring everywhere
All living things we have
Can you follow now, class? Relate with each other
There are interactions
Alright, so let's sing all together Both species benefit
But there are also some One only
benefits.
1.6 Motivation

Thank you my grade 4 singers. Now

we will be having a game. I will group
you into two groups. The pupils on the
left part will be the group 1 and the
pupils on the right side will be the
group 2.

The game is called Animal Word. I will

read a short selection and the last
letter of animal that I will be mention
will then supply another name of
animal by the group and so on.

I will provide a bell between the two

Yes, we are ready
first representative who will play and
the first one who will first tap the bell
will be the one will supply another
name of animal.

Each group will be given only five

seconds. If they fail to supply an animal
name for 5 seconds, the next group
may steal the turn. The group who will
first collect 9 animal names will be the
winner.

Are you ready class?

Okay, lets start.

Selection: Last Sunday, I went to the

zoo.

I was tasked to list down

fortyseven(47) different kinds of
animals that I can see. During the first
hour, I was only able to list only
[Link] many more animals do I need
to find? Of course we need more 17
animals.
 B. EXPLORE

Eyes on me, please, because I am

going to tell a very nice story.

Are you excited to listen, class? Yes, we are excited!

Okay, then let’s begin.

Mang Eco and his Carabao's

Friends

One day, Mang Eco visited his farm to

feed his favorite animal, the carabao.
Mang Eco forgot the rope of his
carabao, so he went back to his house
to get the rope. While waiting, Carabao
roamed around and then saw Heron,
her close friend. Their friendship started
because Carabao is kind. She gives
Heron food whenever he's hungry. And
Heron also helps Carabao relieve body
irritation that can cause her to get sick.

They roam and roam around until they

reach the forest. The carabao saw an
orchid, which is likely beautiful, covering
the tree. She's hungry and loves to eat
flowers. But Carabao can't reach the
orchids and looks for some water to
drink instead.

They go to the river to drink some water.

While drinking, Carabao was suddenly
disturbed by a noisy sound buzzing in
her ears. The carabao was
about to run, but the mosquito was just
trying to annoy her. And mosquitoes
quickly disappear! Carabao was
surprised! When she saw a frog eating
a mosquito, she said, Frog and Carabao
are friends; they meet each other when
Carabao swims every morning on the
river. Carabao gives thanks to her friend
Frog before going back to the farm.

Mang Eco went back to the farm with

the rope from his carabao. But Mang
Eco saw his plants as unhealthy
because they were surrounded by
weeds. So he removed all the weeds,
but Mang Eco was irritated because so
many mosquitoes were biting him. He
went out from his plants and saw that
his carabao had arrived. Mang Eco and
his carabao went out to the grasslands
and finally fed their carabao.

1. Where is the story all about?

About Mang Eco and his Carabao's
friends
2. What are the animals mentioned
in the story? Carabao

Mosquitoes

Heron
3. What carabao encountered Frog
when she roam around the forest?
Carabao meets different animals and
plants and the relationship of these with
both species
4. What plants are mentioned in Orchids
the story?
Tree

Rice plant

5. Why Carabao didn't reach the

orchids?
Because she can't crawl up to the tree
where orchids is placed.

6. What relationships do these Because the carabao is short

animals commonly have?
There are some beneficial and some
harmful relationships
Very good, class. It seems that you
already have an idea about our topic
today.

Do you want more?

Okay, then teacher Fion's will give you Yes, we want more.
more information about our new topic.

C. EXPLAIN

Hello again, class; it's me again,

Teacher Fion's. And now I am going to
continue the discussion. Did you have
Yes, we enjoyed it so much.
fun from the last episode, Kids?

Really? Yes!
Wow! That’s amazing Kids.

Now, let’s proceed to our new lesson

for today.

But before that, let me hear your idea

based on the story and the activity that
you have done. What do you think of Teacher?
our new lesson for today? What is it all
about?
Yes, what is your answer? It is all about the beneficial and harmful
interactions among living things

That’s right!

Our lesson for today is about the

beneficial and harmful interactions
among living things

Kids, I want you to observe carefully

the following interactions among
organisms. Which of then belongs to
beneficial interactions and harmful
interactions? Let’s find out as we begin
our lesson for today!

There are interactions where both

species benefit from the relationship
and there are also interactions where
one species benefits but the other is
neither affected nor harmed.

MUTUALISM and COMMENSALISM

are interactions that are beneficial and
important for survival.

Beneficial Interactions

[Link]
- Is the type of interaction where both
species benefit from the relationship.

Example: Bees and Flowers

Flowers depend on bees to pollinate

and the Bees sip the flowers nectar as
a food. So, both the flower and the
bees help each other.

Other example is human

Human needs plants for food and
oxygen. On the other hand, plants
need carbon dioxide during the
process of photosynthesis.

2. Commensalism
- Is the type of interaction where
one organism benefits while the other is
not harmed nor affected.

Example: Orchids and Tree

The tree provides a place where the

orchids could grow and the tree isn’t
harmed nor affected.

Yes!
Isn’t amazing, Class?

There are also Harmful Interactions

these are the Predation, Parasitism,
and Competition.

[Link]
- Is the type of interaction where
one organism benefits while the other
one harmed or badly affected.

Predator- The one that usually

benefits.
Prey- The one that is harmed

Example: The Frog and the Insect

The frog use its sticky Tongue out to its

target and swallow its prey.

The Frog is the predator and its prey is

the insect.

Other example is fox hunting the deer

for food.
2. Parasitism
- Is the type of interaction where one
organism benefits from the interaction
while the other one is harmed or badly
affected.

-The organisms that usually benefit

from the interaction is called Parasites
and the one that is affected is the host.

Example: The Human and the

Mosquito

Mosquitoes bite humans and feed by

their( human) blood.

The Mosquito is the parasite and its

host is the human.

The Parasites could be Internal or

External parasites.

Internal Parasites- are those found

inside the body of a host stomach like
ascaris ( a type of a worm in the
human stomach).
External Parasites- are those found
outside of the host body like aphids
and ticks on the dog’s body.

Parasites cannot live alone. They must

live in a living host. Some parasites do
slight harm to their host and others can
kill their host.

3. Competition
- Is the type of interaction where
organisms compete for food, sunshine,
space, shelter, water, and other things
that they need for survival.

Each organism in this kind of

relationship is a competitor.

Example: Plants

Plants compete for resources including

nutrients, light, water, space, pollinators
and other.

Because of competition plants do not

grow well.
D. ELABORATE

Now, let’s check if you catch up our

discussion by having an activity.

Are you ready for another activity? Yes, we are ready!

That's great! So now, let's have an

activity. Let’s do this.

This activity is called GALLERY

WALK. I will group you into three
groups. Group 1: you will be assigned
to station 1, Group 2: station 2, and
lastly, Group 3: you will be assigned to
station 3. All of you will go outside
together with your group mates to look
for your respective stations. Each
station has balloons containing pictures
and questions inside, and based on the
pictures, you will observe and identify
what interactions occur in the pictures.
Answer the guide questions found in
the balloon. Write only your answer on
the newsprint paper. After answering
the questions, each group will present
their output to the class. Group 1 will
be the first to discuss their work,
followed by Group 2, and lastly, Group
3.
Yes, Teacher
Is that clear, class?

Do you have any questions regarding No, we don’t have questions

the activity?

Okay, now you may begin your activity

Take note: Complete the activity
silently.

STATION 1 Pic

1: butterfly and Flower ( The pupils perform the activity)

(The answer will depend on the answer(s)

of each group)

( Group 1 presents their group work)

( Followed by the presentation of group

2)
Guide Questions:

1. What interactions occur in the ( Lastly, Group 3)

picture?

2. Do they benefit to each other?

How?

Pic 2: Bird and Worm

Guide Questions:

1. What interactions occur in the

pictures?

2. Identify which is the prey and

which is the predator in the picture.

3. Which of them is badly affected?

 STATION 2

Pic 1: Aphids & rose plant

Guide Questions:

1. What interactions occur in the

picture?

2. Which one benefitted from the

interactions? And how?

Pic 2: tree and bird with nest

Guide Questions:

1. What interactions occur in the

picture?

2. How does the tree help the bird?

Does the bird also help the tree?

3. Is the tree harmed because of

the presence of a birds nest in its
branch?
 STATION 3

Pic 1: Lion and Cheetah

Guide Questions:

1. What interactions occur in the

picture?

2. How cheetah and lion interact

with each other?

3. Which of them benefitted from

the interactions?

Pic 2: Tree and Orchid plant

Guide Questions:

1. What interactions occur in the

interactions

2. What help does the tree give to

orchids? Is the tree affected by the
presence of orchids?
Well done, kids. You manage to
answer all of the questions and
activities because you listen and
participate carefully. Let's clap our (Everyone claps their hands)
hands for a successful group activity.

E. EVALUATE

1.1 Generalization
Yes, we learned and enjoyed a lot.
So Kids, did you enjoy our lesson for
today?

Wow, we also enjoy it too. We hope

that you learned a lot for today’s
lesson.

Now, let’s have a short recap on the

lesson that we have discussed.

Direction: Complete the statement by

supplying the correct word. State your
answer and the teacher will paste your
answer on the board.

I Learned that:
Mutualism, Commensalism, Predation,
There are different interactions of living Parasitism, and Competition
things in the environment namely ____,
____, ____, ____, and ____.
Beneficial or Harmful
The type of interaction between
organism can bring both ____ or ____
effects in the environment.
Parasitism
Mutualism is one of the beneficial
effects and ______ is one of the
harmful effects in their environment.
Increase
When organisms benefit from each
other, there is a possibility to _____
increase their survival rate.

You did something great today kids.

Keep up the good work!
1.2 Application

Now let us assess what you have

learned from today’s discussion.
Yes, we are ready!
Are ready?
Great! Let’s begin! A.
Direction: In your notebook, put
thumbs up if it can bring beneficial
effects and thumbs down if not.

1. bees and flower

thumbs up
2. mosquito and a man
thumbs down
3. ferns on a branch of tree
thumbs up
4. shrubs, trees, grasses in one area

5. lion eating deer thumbs down

6. too many fishes in aquarium thumbs down

7. orchids clinging on a tree branch thumbs down

8. grasshopper and plants leaf thumbs up

thumbs down
9. ticks on a dog's body
thumbs down
10. carabao and heron
thumbs up
B. Can you imagine yourself living in
an island all by yourself? There's no
family, friends or neighbor to help?

Do you think you can survive there?

Why? (Pupils’ answer may vary )

Okay, I guess you have realized how

important they are in your life and how
important is interaction in your life.

V. ASSIGNMENT/AGREEMENT
 Direction: In your notebook, copy
the table below. Select at least
five(5) pairs of organisms for the
given set of animals. Name the
interactions that exist between them
and identify the effects on the
environment.

Pair of Types of
organisms interactions
Description of
the interaction
that exist
between or
among the
organism
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

VI. CLOSURE

Are you done copying your Yes, we are done writing our assignment.
assignment?

So I guess let's call it a day class. This

is truly an amazing educational journey
with you, class. We hope you have an
amazing and fruitful day with us. Once
again, I am teacher Fion’s, and I am
Good Bye, Teachers!
teacher Bii, your pre service teachers.

Goodbye, class; take care. Class

dismissed.
 VII. REMARKS

Our journey about our preparation for the demo task ultimately comes down to
unending planning, brainstorming, and practice. Our preparation is still ongoing
because we are still preparing for our demo teaching[visual aids, instructional
materials, strategies, and familiarizing our lesson plan content]. Part of our
preparation is aiming to be relaxed and confident in our demonstration, and we
also learning to show our enthusiasm and passion for the topic. We are preparing
for our demonstration to be accessible to the intended learners, as well as factually
or procedurally accurate and clearly effective in terms of student/learner learning.

VIII. REFLECTION

Doing and preparing for a lesson plan is not easy because we encounter so much
confusion, undecided learning objectives, thinking about activities that will fit in 30
minutes of demo teaching, the content of our lesson plan, looking for resources and
references, and a lot of other questions that come to our minds. Despite those ups
and downs in preparing for our demo task, one thing that keeps us doing our best
to finish our teaching demonstration successfully is our goal and objectives, which
is to attain not only that we can create and follow a lesson plan but also that we can
engage and interact with learners [our future pupils] to enhance their learning. .
 Appendix A

Activity Sheet 1

ANIMAL WORD

[Link] will group the class into two(2) groups.

2. The game is Called ANIMAL WORD. The teacher will read this short selection:

Last Sunday, I went to the zoo. I was tasked to list down forty-seven(47) different

kinds of animals that I can see. During the first hour, I was only able to list only
[Link] many more animals do I need to find? Of course we need more 17 animals.
During the last hour of listing different animals. First in my list is Bird.

2. The last letter of animal that the teacher will be mention will then supply
another name of animal by the group and so on. Example: Tiger, rat, turkey, yak,
kangaroo, etc.

3. The teacher will provide a bell between the two first representative who will
play and the first one who will first tap the bell will be the one will supply another
name of animal.

5. Each group will be given only five seconds. If they fail to supply an animal name
for 5 seconds, the next group may steal the turn.

6 .The group who will first collect 9 animal names will be the winner.

Activity 2
 STORYTELLING

Mang Eco and his Carabao's Friends

One day, Mang Eco visited his farm to feed his favorite animal, the carabao. Mang Eco
forgot the rope of his carabao, so he went back to his house to get the rope. While
waiting, Carabao roamed around and then saw Heron, her close friend. Their
friendship started because Carabao is kind. She gives Heron food whenever he's
hungry. And Heron also helps Carabao relieve body irritation that can cause her to get
sick.

They roam and roam around until they reach the forest. The carabao saw an orchid,
which is likely beautiful, covering the tree. She's hungry and loves to eat flowers. But
Carabao can't reach the orchids and looks for some water to drink instead.

They go to the river to drink some water. While drinking, Carabao was suddenly
disturbed by a noisy sound buzzing in her ears. The carabao was about to run, but the
mosquito was just trying to annoy her. And mosquitoes quickly disappear! Carabao
was surprised! When she saw a frog eating a mosquito, she said, Frog and Carabao
are friends; they meet each other when Carabao swims every morning on the river.
Carabao gives thanks to her friend Frog before going back to the farm.

Mang Eco went back to the farm with the rope from his carabao. But Mang Eco saw
his plants as unhealthy because they were surrounded by weeds. So he removed all
the weeds, but Mang Eco was irritated because so many mosquitoes were biting him.
He went out from his plants and saw that his carabao had arrived. Mang Eco and his
carabao went out to the grasslands and finally fed their carabao.

Guide Questions:

1. Where is the story all about?

2. What are the animals mentioned in the story?

3. What carabao encountered when she roam around the forest?

4. What plants are mentioned in the story?

5. Why Carabao didn't reach the orchids?

6. What relationships do these animals commonly have?

 Activity 3

GALLERY WALK

[Link] teacher will group the class into 3 groups. Each group has their own respective
stations. Group 1- Station 1, Group 2- Station 2, and Group 3- Station 3.

2. Pupils will go outside the classroom together with their group mates to look for
their respective stations where different pictures of interactions among living
organisms are posted.

3. Each station has balloons containing pictures and questions inside, and
based on the pictures, each group will observe and identify what interactions occur in
the specific pictures.

4. Each groups will be assigned to answer the guide questions found in the
balloon and write their answers on the newsprint paper.

5. After answering the questions for five minutes. Each group will present their
output to the class. Group 1 will be the first to discuss their work, followed by Group
2, and lastly, Group 3.

STATION 1
Pic 1: butterfly and Flower

Guide Questions:

1. What interactions occur in the picture?

2. Do they benefit to each other? How?

Pic 2: Bird and Worm

Guide Questions:

1. What interactions occur in the pictures?

2. Identify which is the prey and which is the predator in the picture.

3. Which of them is badly affected?

STATION 2
Pic 1: Aphids & rose plant

Guide Questions:

1. What interactions occur in the picture?

2. Which one benefitted from the interactions? And how?

Pic 2: tree and bird with nest

Guide Questions:

1. What interactions occur in the picture?

2. How does the tree help the bird? Does the bird also help the tree?

3. Is the tree harmed because of the presence of a birds nest in its branch?

STATION 3
Pic 1: Lion and Cheetah

Guide Questions:

1. What interactions occur in the picture?

2. How cheetah and lion interact with each other?

3. Which of them benefitted from the interactions?

Pic 2: Tree and Orchid plant

Guide Questions:

1. What interactions occur in the interactions

2. What help does the tree give to orchids? Is the tree affected by the presence of
orchids?