Demo Lesson Plan Grade 8

A DETAILED LESSON PLAN
ROSEMARIE A. ABAO
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of a 60-minute period, the Grade Eight students should achieve the
following with 75% proficiency level:
1. Describe the transfer of energy in trophic levels
2. Explain the importance of the transfer of the energy from one organism to
another
II. SUBJECT MATTER
TRANSFER OF ENERGY IN TROPHIC LEVELS
A. Reference
Science 8 Learner’s Module. Campo, Pia C. et al. 2013. P273
B. Materials
Visual aids, pictures, video clip, manila paper, markers
C. Ideas
Producers- autotrophs or the organisms that can produce their own food through
photosynthesis
Consumers- heterotrophs or the organisms that can’t produce their own food
and feed on the producers or other consumers
Food chain- a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a
source of food
Food web- a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
Symbiosis- relationship between two or more organisms that live closely together
Biomass- the total mass of organisms in a food chain or a food web
D. Processes
Describing, identifying
E. Values
Collaboration
III. PROCEDURE
A. Preliminary Activities
1. Prayer
2. Checking of the attendance
3. Checking of the assignment
4. Review of the past lesson
B. Motivation
Pictures
C. Lesson Proper
TEACHER ACTIVITY STUDENT ACTIVITY
Let’s start our class with a prayer.

(A student will lead the prayer) Good afternoon ma’am
Good afternoon class. Mabuhay!
Class monitor, please check the attendance.
What was our lesson yesterday? Yesterday, we talked about the

Have you learned anything from our lesson interactions in the ecosystem such as
yesterday? If yes, kindly tell me about it. mutualism, commensalism, predation,
parasitism, and competition. They also
reported about the food chain which
Today, we’re going to continue the lesson. shows the interdependence of a series
And these will be our objectives for today. of organisms.
Kindly read everyone.
The Grade Eight students should be
Thank you. At the end of this period, you are able to:
expected to be able to describe the transfer of Describe the transfer of energy through
energy through the trophic levels and explain the trophic levels
its importance to all organisms, including us Explain the importance of the transfer
humans. of the energy from one organism to
another
Includes all the living things in an area,

In yesterday’s report, we encountered a lot of interacting with each other, and with
terms and one of them was ecosystem. What their non-living environment.
is ecosystem?
Okay, so an ecosystem doesn’t only include
the biotic and abiotic factors but also the
interactions between each other.
Some interactions are beneficial, some can
be harmful to the other organisms and there
are interactions where organisms neither
benefitted nor harmed.
Interaction with other species is important for
survival. The quote “No man is an island”
doesn’t only apply to humans, but also to all
organisms. We need each other to survive.
Our most essential need is food and
To survive, what do you think is our most water.
essential need in our everyday life?
To obtain nutrients and energy that will
Why do we need to eat food? enable us to move, grow, repair
damaged tissues and reproduce.
The main sources of energy are plants

So, in an ecosystem, what are the main and other autotrophs because they are
sources of energy? the only ones that can produce their
That’s right. Because of that, plants and other own food.
autotrophs are called as producers.
They can make their own food through the
process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process where
What is photosynthesis class? the energy from the sun and raw
So that makes the sun the ultimate source of materials such water and CO2 are
energy in the ecosystem. converted by autotrophs into chemical
energy and store it as glucose.
That’s not true ma’am because

But you see, I don’t eat fruits and vegetables. chickens and cows eat plants, so the
I only eat chicken meat and beef. Does that energy from the plants must have
mean I won’t survive because I did not obtain transferred to their own bodies.
energy from the plants? Likewise, as you ate their meat, the
energy from the plants that was
Very good. So, it means that there is a flow of transferred to their body must have
energy from the producers to the consumers. transferred to yours.
What are consumers again class?
Consumers are organisms that can’t
There are kinds of consumers. The primary produce their own food and must eat
consumers, the secondary consumers, other organisms to obtain nutrition and
tertiary consumers and the quaternary or energy.
apex predators.
What are examples of each one of them and Rabbits are primary consumers
why do you think they belong to that group? because they primarily eat plants as
food. If that rabbit is eaten by a snake,
Our example has formed a food chain. it makes the snake a secondary
I will properly illustrate it so you will consumer and if the snake is eaten by
understand. an eagle, the eagle would be a tertiary
consumer.
Now, let’s do a group activity. We will divide (Students may ask for further
the class into 3 (count off). instructions)
For each group, I will give an envelope that
contains pictures of animals. You will have to
imagine a scenario where the animals interact
with each other in a food web.
Paste your work on the manila paper
provided. Put arrows to indicate interaction
and label which trophic level does the animal
belong to.
You will be given 3 minutes to complete your
work and after that, your group representative
shall present your work in front. Is everything
understood?
So, this will be the rubrics for our activity.
(Explain rubric)
Criteria 5 3 1
Content All answers 1-2 answers Most
are correct incorrect answers
incorrect
Communication Reporter Reporter Reporter
Skills has has has low
confidence confidence confidence
and but and
presents in occasionally speaks in
fluently in speaks in vernacular
English. vernacular.
Collaboration All 1-2 Most Each group representative will present
members members members their work.
participated did not did not
participate participate
You may start your work. Each organism can support the
(3 min. is up) biomass of the next trophic level which
Please post your work on the board. is 10% of its own biomass. So if there
Each representative will be given 1 minute so is 20,000 kg of carrots, it can sustain
keep your explanations short and concise. 2,000 kg of rabbits. In turn, the 2,000
(Gives scores and comments) kg of rabbits, can sustain only 200 kg
of the biomass of the snakes, so on
and so forth.
Now, who can come here in front and create Not 100% of the energy from a trophic
a pyramid of biomass out of this food chain? level can be transferred to the
How about the energy pyramid? organisms of the next level. After all,
not all parts of plants and animals are
eaten by the consumers.
Producers have the greatest biomass

and the greatest energy.
The quaternary consumers have the
least biomass and have the least
energy.
Only 1%
Let’s look again at the two pyramids. Which
organisms have the greatest biomass? The
least biomass?
Which organisms have the greatest energy?
The least energy?
So, imagine how much energy will you get if No ma’am.

you are strictly carnivorous?
That’s right. It could be only 1% or even

lesser. That is why it is not good to eat meat
all the time. We also need to eat vegetables
and fruits because other than how they can
provide a greater amount of energy they also
provide vitamins and nutrients needed by our
body.
From now on, are you still going to eat only
meat all the time?
That’s good.
D. Generalization
What is the importance of the transfer of energy between each organism?
E. Application
If one organism is removed from the web of interconnected feeding relationship,
how will it affect the other organisms and us humans?
IV. EVALUATION
Formative Test
Identification
V. ASSIGNMENT

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A DETAILED LESSON PLAN

TEACHER ACTIVITY STUDENT ACTIVITY

Let’s start our class with a prayer.

What was our lesson yesterday? Yesterday, we talked about the

Includes all the living things in an area,

The main sources of energy are plants

That’s not true ma’am because

Producers have the greatest biomass

So, imagine how much energy will you get if No ma’am.

That’s right. It could be only 1% or even

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