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SCIENCE
Quarter 2 – Module 7:
Protecting and Conserving
Our Intertidal Zones
and Estuaries
Science – Grade 5
Self-Learning Module (SLM)
Quarter 2 – Module 7: Protecting and Conserving our Intertidal Zones and
Estuaries
First Edition, 2020
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Science
Quarter 2 – Module 7:
Protecting and Conserving our Intertidal Zones
and Estuaries
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Science Grade V Self – Learning Module on Protecting and

Conserving our Intertidal Zones and Estuaries!
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators both
from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping
the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming
their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help
learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their
needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage
their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:

Welcome to the Science V Self – Learning Module on Protecting and Conserving

our Intertidal Zones and Estuaries!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for
guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to
process the contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in the
module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to

check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link

the current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways; a story, a
song, a poem, a problem opener, an activity
or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of the

lesson. This aims to help you discover and
understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may check the answers
to the exercises using the Answer Key at the
end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

sentence/paragraph to be filled in to process
what you learned from the lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will

help you transfer your new knowledge or skill
into real life situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your

level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.
 Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given
to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the
lesson learned.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.

At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in developing

this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the
module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
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4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are
not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and
gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!
 What I Need to Know

Hello learner! Are you ready to learn about Ecosystem and how to protect and
conserve our mother Earth? We are happy to see GOD’s creations. Our ecosystem
provides substantial necessities for all living organisms. As a good citizen and
steward of creatures, let us share our sufficient knowledge, apply best practices and
extend our love and care for the environment.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. explain the need to protect and conserve intertidal zones and estuaries (S5LT
-Ii-j-10);
2. enumerate ways of protecting and conserving intertidal zones and estuaries;
and
3. show awareness about the importance of protecting and conserving intertidal
Zones and estuaries.
 What I Know

Pre-Assessment

Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Use a separate sheet of paper for your
answer.
1. Which is a community of living organisms where they live and interact with
each other in a specific environment?

a. Population b. Biodiversity c. Ecosystem d. Habitat

2. Which plants provide shelter to animals in Intertidal Zones and Estuaries?
a. coconut trees b. mangroves c. herbs d. shrubs

3. Which of these may lead to destruction and imbalance of ecosystem?

a. reforestation b. recycling c. animal conservation d. water pollution

4. Which abiotic factor affects intertidal zones during the climate change?
a. waves b. salinity c. temperature d. type of soil

5. Why is there a need to protect and conserve ecosystem?

a. for healthy lifestyle c. to reduce animal habitat
b. for business interest d. to increase natural calamities

6. Which activities can protect our estuaries and intertidal environment?

a. use motorized boats c. planting marsh grass
b. dynamite fishing d. nuclear bombing

7. Which of these activities can save the mother Earth?

a. Proper waste disposal. c. Using synthetic fertilizers.
b. Burning non-biodegradable materials. d. Deforestation and mining.

8. Why are intertidal zones and estuaries important?

a. They preserve the balance of nature. c. They reduce waste materials.
b. They destroy the environment. d. They produce carbon dioxide.

9. How can you protect estuaries at home?

a. Replace dripping faucets. c. Throw garbage anywhere.
b. Use toxic pesticides. d. Dump petroleum products into rivers.

10. How can estuaries in the water be protected?

a. Cutting grass moderately.
b. Using dynamite in fishing.
c. Avoiding throwing your trash out to the sea.
d. Pumping septic tanks.
 What’s In

Hi! Are you ready to review the previous lesson? Can you still remember the
Abiotic and Biotic factors in an intertidal zone and estuarine ecosystem?
Take a look on the illustrations below:

Abiotic Biotic

Directions: Identify the following whether abiotic or biotic factors. Write your answer
on the attached activity sheet.
____________1. Plants ____________6. Fishes and crabs
____________2. Sunlight ____________7. Temperature

____________3. Bird ____________8. Soil

____________4. Waves ____________9. Mangroves

____________5. Coral reefs ____________10. Rocky shore

Nice job! You have mastered the past lesson. Get ready for the first
activity!
 Notes to the Teacher
This module contains engaging activities. Remind the learners to have
fun while learning. Remind the parents to monitor their children while
learning using this module.

What’s New

Activity 1: Harmful Human Activities in the Environment

Materials:

Activity sheet
Ball pen or pencil

Procedure:
1. Analyze the illustrations below.
2. List down some harmful human activities and their effects to the environment.
3. Answer the guide questions below.

Guide Questions:

a. What are the pictures all about?

b. What harmful activities have you seen in the pictures?
c. What are the effects of these harmful activities to People? Animals? Plants?
d. What are the possible solutions for these environmental problems?
 What is It

What are the things that can make you happy and feel comfortable? How can
you maintain a productive and wholesome environment?
This time, you will learn ways of conserving and protecting Intertidal Zones
and Estuaries; and the importance of protecting and conserving Intertidal Zones and
Estuaries.
Estuaries rank as the most productive ecosystem; it is located in the mouth
of the river, the part where river meets the sea. These places are populated with
mangrove and birds. It serves as "nurseries of the sea" or breeding ground of different
organisms. Some organism that lives in estuaries and intertidal zones are
mangroves, fishes, birds, crabs, shrimps, jelly fishes, snails, corals, clams, mollusks,
sea urchins, seaweeds and etc.

The coral reefs, mud flats, salt marshes and rocky shores are the habitats
found in an estuary and intertidal zones. Estuary is characterized in water density
due to varying salt concentration of fresh and salt water. The fresh water flowing in
is found at the surface but settles at the bottom.

An estuarine ecosystem has high nutrient level, attributed to the river carrying
nutrients from suspended organic and inorganic matter. Water tides also bring
organic matter from the ocean. The interaction of organisms in estuary is important
in maintaining ecological balance in ecosystem, such as phytoplankton,
zooplanktons, mussel, barnacles, sponges, fishes and crustaceans.

Some animals developed adaptation to survive the changing water levels.

Barnacles cling to rocks, clams has shells to protect them from predators and when
low-tide, they close their shells to prevent from dying. Crabs burrow in the sand to
protect themselves from heat. Shrimps, snails, mussels, fishes and seaweeds are
found in intertidal zones.

Deforestation, Improper waste disposal, burning of fossil fuels, water

pollution, industrial dirt, modification of coastal watersheds and basins, over harvest
of commercial species can threaten the system structure; Function and
sustainability of resources are factors due to imbalance of nature, intertidal zones,
is an important indicator for climate change on marine organisms. It is also a good
habitat to thousands of fishes, squids, octopus, corals, whales and sponges. It serves
as breeding ground protection and shelter of living organisms.

Ways of Conserving and Protecting Intertidal Zones and

Estuaries:
➢ Maintain clean, conducive and healthy environment.
➢ Practice proper waste disposal and recycling useful materials.
➢ Educate people and sharing facts of DENR program.
➢ Avoid using synthetic fertilizers. Instead use organic fertilizers such trimmed
grass and animal manure.
➢ Clean up animal waste.
➢ Dispose toxic products properly.
 ➢ Use non- toxic insecticides/pesticides. Excessive use can pollute nearby water
ways.
➢ Use natural alternatives to chemical – based household products.
➢ Maintain bodies of water clean. Avoid throwing of garbage.
➢ Do not let animals stay along the shoreline.
➢ Avoid using motorized boats in sensitive habitats.

Importance of Protecting and Conserving Intertidal Zones and

Estuaries:
➢ They help preserve the balance of nature.
➢ Living organisms depend for food.
➢ They serve as breeding ground of organisms.
➢ They filter dirt before freshwater enters the seas.
➢ They strain the salt from oceans before it flows to rivers.
➢ They protect storms and serves as an exit point for floods.
➢ They stabilize shorelines
➢ They protect coastal areas, inland habitats and human communities.
➢ Humans depend on natural ecosystem services to survive.
➢ They regulate essential ecological process and support lives.

Among these ways, which best practices did you apply at home or in
community? Do we need to protect and preserve our mother earth? If you say yes,
very Good!
 What’s More

A productive and healthy environment lies in the hands of the people. In this
activity, duties and responsibilities of individual play an important role in the
protection and conservation of an ecosystem.

Activity 2: MY PLEDGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT

Materials: activity sheet, ball pen or pencil, paste, manila paper
Procedure:
1. Draw your right hand in a one whole sheet of paper. Write in each finger a
promise that you will do to protect ad conserve estuaries and intertidal zones.
2. Cut and paste it on a manila paper.
3. Answer the guide questions.

Guide Questions:

1. What are your Self-Commitment to the Environment?

2. What values or moral lesson can be developed through them?
Activity 3: MY BEST PRACTICES
Directions: Put check (/) on how often you do these activities.
Best Practices Always Sometimes Never

1. Cleaning my surroundings

2. Planting trees

3. Disposing animal waste into rivers

4. Throwing garbage to the sea

5. Recycling bottles and plastics

 What I Have Learned

Congratulations! You have learned a lot of things in this module.

Complete the sentences below to measure the knowledge you have gained in the
lesson presented.

1. Estuaries serves as __________________of the sea.

2. I have learned that _____________________is an important indicator for climate
change on marine organisms.
3. Improper waste disposal contributes ____________pollution.
4. Air pollution comes from____________________.
5. The living organisms found in estuaries and intertidal zones are ________,
__________, and _________.

What I Can Do

Activity 4: WORD SEARCH

Direction: Find and circle at least 5 words about aquatic ecosystem. Do this in your
activity sheet.

A C S S V E L F F I R
L I M N E T I C O S E
S T Y R A U T S E P E
L I T T O R A L I M B
D R D N A L T E W A E
F E M A R S H R U W L
G N C O R A L E T S O
B E N T H I C H Y E O
H U I L A Y H T A B P
R K L I O A O Y S E O
L A D I T R E T N I D
Have you found and circled CORAL, MARSH, NET, BENTH and RAUTSE? Very Good!
Activity 5: Collage on the Go!
Direction: Make a collage on how to protect and conserve our environment.
Guide Questions:
1. What is the collage all about?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________

2. What is the importance of protecting and conserving Intertidal Zones

and Estuaries?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________

Assessment

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write it on the attached activity
sheet.
1. Which of these contribute to water pollution?
a. Mining b. pesticides c. burning d. improper waste disposal
2. Why is there a need to protect and conserve ecosystem?
a. for healthy lifestyle c. to reduce animal habitat
b. for business interest d. to increase natural calamities
3. What is the harmful effects of dynamite fishing?
a. Air pollution c. Soil erosion
b. Water pollution d. Fish kill
4. Which activities can protect our estuaries and intertidal environment?
a. Using motorized boats c. Planting marsh grass
b. Dynamite fishing d. Nuclear bombing
5. Which plants provide shelter to animals in Intertidal Zones and Estuaries?
a. Herbs b. Shrubs c. Mangroves d. Coconut tree
6. Which of these activities can save the Mother Earth?
a. Proper waste disposal c. Using synthetic fertilizers
b. Burning non-biodegradable materials d. Deforestation and mining
7. Why are Intertidal Zones and Estuaries important?
a. They preserve the balance of nature. c. They reduce waste materials.
b. They destroy the environment. d. They produce carbon dioxide.
8. Which of these may lead to destruction and imbalance of ecosystem?
a. Reforestation b. recycling c. animal conservation d. water pollution
9. Which abiotic factor affect Intertidal Zones during the climate change?
a. Waves b. salinity c. temperature d. type of soil
10. How can you protect estuaries in the water?
a. Cut grass moderately. c. Avoid throwing garbage out to the sea.
b. Using toxic pesticides. d. Dumping petroleum products into rivers.
 Additional Activities

Activity A: “Poster Making”

Materials: illustration board, pencil, ruler, crayons
Direction: Create a poster that promotes conservation and protection of the
intertidal zones and estuaries. Make it on a ¼ illustration board.

Activity B. “Poem Writing”

Materials: bond paper, ball pen, pencil, crayons
Direction: Write a poem on how you can preserve the beauty of nature.

Your output will be evaluated using these indicators: Creativity (2 points), Neatness
(2 points), Originality (2 points), Content (2 points), Effort (2 points).

Answer Key

10.C
9. C
10. c 8. D
9. a 7. A
8. a 6. A
7. a 5. C
6. c 4. C
5. a understanding. understanding. 3. D
4. c knowledge and knowledge and 2. A
3. d learner’s skills, learner’s skills, 1. D
2. b based on based on
1. c assessment
Answers are Answers are
Assessment
Post –
Pre - What's More What’s New
What I Know Assessment
 organisms
10. biotic micro
9. biotic animals and
8. abiotic plants, 5.
7. abiotic burning 4.
6. biotic water 3. understanding.
5. biotic zones knowledge and
4. abiotic learner’s skills,
intertidal 2.
3. biotic based on
2. abiotic
nurseries 1.
Answers are
1. biotic Learned
What’s In have What I What I can do

References:
Books:

Sarte, Evelyn T., Harold A. Arradaza, Mary Jean G. Dela Cruz, Ednaliza R. Garcia,
Eliza A. Lopez. Science Beyond Boarders V. Quezon City. Vibal Group Inc., 2016,
101 – 105, Teachers’ Guide pg 64 – 65.

Navaza, Delia C., Jojo L. Potenciano and Lilia G. Vengco. Science For Active Learning.
Quezon city. SIBS PUBLISHING HOUSE, Inc., 2015

Websites:
EPA: National Estuaries Program, Estuary, Aug. 23, 2012
[Link]

Estuaries and Inter-tidal Zone, May 22, 2020

[Link]
Protect and conserve estuaries and inter-tidal zones, May 22, 2020
[Link]
Harmful Activities of Humans, May 22, 2020
[Link]
Ecosystem, May 21, 2020
[Link]
 EDITOR’S NOTE
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) was developed by DepEd
SOCCSKSARGEN with the primary objective of preparing for and addressing
the new normal. Contents of this module were based on DepEd’s Most
Essential Competencies (MELC). This is a supplementary material to be used
by all learners of SOCCSKSARGEN Region in all public schools beginning SY
2020-2021. The process of LR development was observed in the production of
this module. This is Version 1.0. We highly encourage feedback, comments,
and recommnedations.

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