Lesson Exemplar in Science Using the IDEA Instructional Process

Learning Area Science 4

Learning Delivery Modality ODL - Synchronous

School Alapan I Elem. School Grade Level Grade 4

Teacher VICENTE D. DOMINGUEZ Learning Area Science
LESSON
JR.
EXEMPL
Teaching Date Quarter/Week 2nd Quarter/Week 7
AR
Teaching Time 1:30 - 2:15 No. of Days 5 days
(see PIVOT 4A BOW for the number of
days)

I. OBJECTIVES At the end of the lesson, the learners should be able to:
a. describe some types of beneficial interactions among living things;
b. describe certain types of harmful interactions among living things
c. work neatly and actively

A. Content Standards The learners demonstrate understanding of beneficial and harmful

interactions occur among living things and thier environment as they obtain
basic needs..
B. Performance Standards The learners should be able to perform a simple activity at home

C. Most Essential Learning

Describe some types of beneficial and harmful interactions among living
Competencies (MELC) (If available, things
write the indicated MELC)
D. Enabling Competencies
(If available, write the attached enabling Identify beneficial and harmful interactions among living things
competencies)
II. CONTENT Ecosystems
● Beneficial and Harmful Interactions
III. LEARNING RESOURCES
A. References
a. Teacher’s Guide Pages pp. 189-199
b. Learner’s Material Pages pp. 151-159
c. Textbook Pages
d. Additional Materials from
Learning Resources
B. List of Learning Resources for
Development and
Engagement Activities
IV. PROCEDURES
A. Introduction Introduce the lesson to the learners with the following objective:

At the end of the lesson, you are expected to describe some types of
beneficial and harmful interactions among living things

You’ve learned from your previous lesson about the interactions of

living things (ecosystems) for their survival. In this lesson, you are going to
 focus on some types of beneficial and harmful interactions among living
things by performing different activities.

But before we continue to this lesson, lets have fun and enjoy playing
“CROSSWORD PUZZLE”. Let the pupils complete the following words

Down Across

1. e__________t 3. h___________l

2. b__________l 4. o___________s

5. i___________n

B. Development What I Know?

• The learners will answer the questions below as part of identifying
what they already know.

Let’s Try This!

A. Matching Type
Match the word in column A with its corresponding description in column
B. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

1. Commensalism A. the kind of interaction in which both

organisms benefit from each other
2. Competition B. the kind of interaction in which one
 organism kills another organism for food
3. Mutualism C. the interaction among organisms where
one benefits while the other is not
benefited or harmed
4. Parasitism D. an interaction in which two organisms
compete for survival

5. Predation E. a symbolic relationship where one

organism depends on the host for food,
protection and reproduction

B. True or False
Write the word POWER if the statement is correct and WERPA if the
statement is false. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

________ 1. A tapeworm, which is living inside a mouse's body is a

predator.
________ 2. The sizes of predator and prey population are related to each
other.
________ 3. In predation, the organism that kills another organism for food
is the prey.
________ 4. The struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with
limited resources is called competition.
________ 5. An insect looks like a leaf, so it blends in with its surroundings
and is hard for predators to see. The insect's characteristic is an
example of commensalism. 

What is your score? Compare your answer on page 7. (Answer Key)

If all of your answers are correct, Very good! This only prove that you
already mastered your lesson about beneficial and harmful. You can always
go back to this lesson for you to learn more.

If your score is not that high, don’t you worry. This lesson will help you
understand more the concepts and help you to apply your learnings in your
day to day activities in real life situations. You just need to study further and
you will soon get the answers correctly. Are you ready?

You can now proceed to our new lesson, Describe the changes in solid
materials when they are bent, pressed, hammered or cut by performing
different activities.

What is in?
• As shown below, the learners will assess their own knowledge,
skills and attitude/values relative to the target concept presented in the
MELC.

You learned that interactions among living things are useful and non-
useful in some other organisms.

Do you know that?

"No man is an island.” This saying is also true for organisms in an
 ecosystem. No organism exists in isolation. Individual organisms live
together in an ecosystem and depend on one another. In fact, they have
many different types of interactions with each other, and many of these
interactions are critical for their survival.

Let’s find out….

C. Engagement For this lesson, you will observe the type of interaction that exists among
the organisms. Examine the drawings.

Activity 1: Are they meant to each other?

I- Objective: Describe the beneficial interaction organisms in the
environment..
II- What you need: activity notebook, pictures of living things, ball pen
III-What to do:
1. Examine drawings A,B,C and D and perform what is ask.
a. In picture A, you will describe the interaction between the butterflies
and the flower.
b. In pictures B, you will describe the interaction between the plants and
the group of fish inside the aquarium.
c. In picture C, you will describe the interaction between the orchids and a
tree.
d. In picture D, you will describe the interaction between the bird and a
branch of a tree. Refer to guide questions for each picture below.
2. Prepare a data table in your activity notebook. You can use the sample
data table below.
3. Record/write your observations.

Data Table
Description of the Kind of Interaction Between and Among Organisms

Pictures Organism 1 Organism 2 Type of Description of

Interaction the Kind of
Interaction
A butterfly flower
B plants fish
C orchids branch of a
tree
D bird branch of a
tree

PICTURE A.
GUIDE QUESTIONS
1. What do butterflies do with the flowers? As they obtain nectar,
What do bees also pick up from flowers?
2. What will happen to the pollen of flowers that stick to the legs of the
butterflies?
3. What is the importance of the butterflies to the flowers? How do you
describe their relationship?
4. Do they benefit from each other?
PICTURE B.
GUIDE QUESTIONS
1. What do plants provide to the fishes in the aquarium?
2. What do the fishes give to the plants in the aquarium?
3. How do they relate with one another? Are they both benefited? Why?
4. Can you describe the kind of interaction between the plants and fishes in
an aquarium?

PICTURE C
GUIDE QUESTIONS
1. What help does a tree give to orchids?
2. How about the importance of the orchids to a tree? Is a tree benefitted by
the orchids?
3. Is the tree affected by the presence of the orchids?
4. How can you describe their relationship?

PICTURE D
GUIDE QUESTIONS
1. How does the tree help the bird?
2. Does the bird also help the tree?
3. Is a tree harmed because of the presence of a bird’s nest in its branch?
4. How do you describe this kind of relationship?
Activity 2: Is it Harmful?
I- Objective: Describe the effects of harmful interactions in the
environment..
II- What you need: drawings of:
- bird eating worms
- aphids and a rose plant
- lions attacking a buffalo
activity notebook
ball pen
III-What to do:
1. Identify the organisms that you see in the pictures
2. Observe and write the types of interactions that exist between the birds
and the worms, between the aphids and a rose plants and between the
lions and a buffalo. Refer to the guide question below the pictures.
3. Prepare a data table in your activity notebook.
4. Record your observations.
Data Table
Description of the Type of Harmful Interaction
between and Among Living Things

Organism 1 Organism 2 Type of Description of

Interaction the Kind of
Interaction
birds worms
aphids rose plant
lions buffalo

GUIDE QUESTIONS
BIRDS AND WORMS
1. What do birds do with the worms?
2. Do worms get something from the birds?
3. What does organism benefited in the interaction?
4. Which organism is badly affected?
5. How can you describe the interaction between the birds and the worms?

GUIDE QUESTIONS
BIRDS AND WORMS
1. What is an aphid? What do aphids do with the petals of the roses?
2. What will happen sometimes with the leaves of these roses?
3. Which one is badly affected? Which one benefits from the interaction?
4. Describe the type of interaction between aphids and a rose plant.
 GUIDE QUESTIONS
LIONS AND BUFFALO
1. What animals are involved in this type of interaction?
2. Which is badly affected?
3. Is there an interaction among lions?
4. Will they be affected after sometimes?
5. How can you describe the type of interaction among these lions?

D. Assimilation Write your answer in your activity notebook.

1. What are the types of beneficial interaction among living things?
2. How can you describe mutualism and commensalism as beneficial type of
interaction?
3. How can you describe predation, parasitism, and competition as harmful
type of interaction?
4. Investigate in your community. Observe and write as many as you can of
interactions among living things that you could find. Prepare your
observation as example shown below. Write your answer in the activity
notebook.

Organisms Type of Interaction Description of the interaction

that exists between or among the
organisms

Concept Learned:
* There are interactions where both species benefit from the relationship
and there are also interactions where one species benefits but the other is
not affected nor harmed. These interactions are beneficial/important for
survival.
* Mutualism is the type of interaction where both species benefit from the
relationship.
* Commensalism is the type of interaction where one organism benefits
while the other is not harmed nor affected.
 * The type of interaction where one benefits while the other one is harmed
or badly affected is called predation. The one that usually benefits is
called the predator and the other one that is harmed is called prey. This
type of interaction is also called the predator-prey relationship.
* The sizes of predator and prey population are related to each other. If the
number of prey is large, the number of predators increases. As predators
feed upon the prey, the number of prey begins to decrease. The number
of
predators decreases, since they have a smaller food supply.
* One organism benefits from the interaction while the other one is
harmed
or badly affected. This type of interaction is called parasitism. The
organisms that usually benefit from this interaction are called the
parasites
and the one that is affected is called the host. The parasites could be
internal or external parasites.
* The internal parasites are those found inside the body of a host like the
ascaris in the human stomach. The external parasites are those found
outside the body of the host like the aphids and the tick in a dog’s body.
Parasites cannot live alone. They must live in a living host. Some
parasites
do slight harm to their host. Others can kill their host.
* The interaction between the buffalo and the lion is also called predation
and the interaction between the lions are called competition.
Competition
is the striving or vying between organisms for the things needed for
survival. Organisms may 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.

Create a song or poem about the concepts learned. You can make use of
the tune of a familiar song.

Example: (To the tune of Leron, Leron Sinta)

Types of interaction
Occurring everywhere
All living things we have
Relate with each other
There are interactions
Both species benefit
But there are also some
One only benefits

V. REFLECTION The learners, in their notebook, journal portfolio will write their personal
insights about the lesson using the prompts below.
I understand that ________________________.
I learned that ___________________________
 Answer Key

Crossword Puzzle Development

Down A. B.
1. environment 1. C 1. Werpa
2. beneficial 2. D 2. Power
3. A 3. Werpa
Across 4. E 4. Power
3. harmful 5. B 5. Power
4. organisms
5. interaction