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JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT | S.Y. 2021 - 2022

SUBJECT: Science Level: 8

UNIT TOPIC: Biodiversity Quarter: Second

UNIT STANDARDS AND COMPETENCIES DIAGRAM

TRANSFER

PERFORMANCE
TRANSFER GOAL PERFORMANCE TASK
STANDARD
Students on their own and in the long run will
be able to conduct an information
Students should be able to report on The learners will be doing:
dissemination activity to promote awareness the activities that communities engage Travelogue through Online
of and encourage others to participate in the in to protect, and conserve
conscious efforts of the community to protect Symposium
endangered and economically
and conserve endangered and economically
important species in the locality. important species.

AQUISITION MAKE MEANING

1. Explains the concept of species as UNIT TOPIC EU: The students will understand that
reproductively distinct group of organisms. protection and conservation of species is
2. classifies organisms using the determined by its classification as
hierarchical taxonomic system based on Biodiversity distinct groups of organisms.
structure and function. EQ: Why is classification of species
3. Explains the advantage of high important in the study of biodiversity and
biodiversity over low biodiversity. conservation?

CONTENT STANDARD

-The concept of a species as a distinct

reproductive group of organisms.
- That species is further classified into a
hierarchical taxonomic system (domain,
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus,
species).
- High and low biodiversity

LEARNING PLAN
EXPLORE

Have you ever wondered how many organisms are living on Earth? Or how
scientists can identify each of these organisms? This dilemma is answered by
Taxonomy-the science of naming and classification of organisms.
In this unit, you will find out the relationship between Taxonomy and Biodiversity.
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 You will explore on the importance of classifying organisms in promoting
biodiversity in your locality. You will also look at the different role’s organisms are
playing in maintaining balance in the ecosystem where they are dwelling. Remember
to search for the answer to this question as you go through this unit: Why is
classification of species important in the study of biodiversity and conservation?

Go over mentimeter.com and be part of the world cloud by answering “What is

Biodiversity?”

Activity 1: Video watching

Direction: Watch the video and answer the following questions below.

Click the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEPaENkjQcw - The Journey of

the Leatherback

Process Questions:

1. Why is a single species of leatherback turtle considering a miracle?

2. In the video it says that “Sea turtles spend most of their lives in the water.
And now they are fast disappearing. Are we beginning to unravel their
mysteries?” Based on this statement from the video, why is classification of
species important in the study of biodiversity and conservation?

ACTIVITY 2: ELICITING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE THROUGH I-R-F-CHART

In the previous activity, you are asked to think of the words through mentimeter.com
on what biodiversity is and how classification of species plays their role in
conserving biodiversity. What are your initial answers to this question?

Summarize your answers to this question. Summarize your thoughts and ideas in the
first column (Initial) of the I-R-F Chart.

Learning Competency FIRM-UP (ACQUISITION)

Classifies organisms Activity 3: How are organisms classified and organized?

using the hierarchical
Description: Now that you know how each organism is related to one another and
taxonomic system
that they share common characteristics and ancestry, you are now ready to do more
based on structure and
challenging tasks in taxonomy. You may start by watching these video clips about

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 function. how classification is done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F38BmgPcZ_I -Taxonomy: Life’s Filing System

-Crash Course Biology #19

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqxomJIBGcY – Classification of living things

Process Questions:
1. Why is there are need to separate the Kingdom Monera into two distinct domains?
2. How are organisms named and classified?
3. what do you think are the importance of having a unified way of classifying living
organisms?

Activity 4: Classifying YOU!

Direction: Complete the Taxonomic classification of human beings by matching
each hierarchical level with its appropriate description/content.

Scaffold for transfer 1

Activity 5: Review
Direction: With the given list of IUCN, identify the following endangered and
economically important species.

Scaffold for transfer 2

Activity 6: Analysis of Best Practices

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 Instructions: Read the given case study about “Saving Endangered Species”. Then
Analyze what are the best practices to preserve and conserve endangered and
economically important species.
Clickable Links :https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/saving-
endangered-species-a-case-study-using-19445898/

Activity 7: Revisiting the I-R-F Chart

In the previous activity, you were asked to think of how classification of species
plays an important role in biodiversity conservation.
What are now your revised answer to the question Why is classification of species
important in the study of biodiversity and conservation?
Summarize your new answers to the question, and your thoughts and ideas in the
second column (Revised) of the IRF Chart.

Self-assessment:
Activity 8: Moody Stop light
Description: How are you doing so far?

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 Learning Competency DEEPEN (MAKE MEANING)

Explains the advantage Activity 9: Importance of high Biodiversity inside the human body
of high biodiversity
Description: Read the article below entitle, Bacteria: More Than Pathogens then
over low biodiversity.
answer the questions that follow.

http://www.actionbioscience.org/biodiversity/wassenaar.html -Bacteria: More than

pathogens

Process Questions:
1. What are the beneficial effects brought by bacteria inside the human body?
2. what impact might the use of antimicrobial substances have on the bacteria
populations that come into contact regularly with humans?
3. Why is the biodiversity of natural bacterial ecosystem important to human health?

Activity 10: Minimizing Human Impact on the Environment

Description: At this point, we will explore on how human activities affect the
environment and the different ways by which we can minimize the impact of these
activities to the environment.

A. Web Page Reading: Below to be redirected to an e-book entitle, Ecosystems and

Human Well-being: Biodiversity Synthesis.
http://www.millenniumassessment.org/documents/document.354.aspx.pdf -
Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Biodiversity Synthesis

Process Questions:
1. What economic importance do humans get from ecosystems?
2. what is the advantage of having highly diverse ecosystems?
3. How do humans directly or indirectly affect biodiversity?
4. What do you think is the advantage of high biodiversity over low biodiversity?
Exolain

Explains the concept of Activity 11: News Article Analysis

species as
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 reproductively distinct Direction: You will read and analyze three articles at the same time you answer the
group of organisms. process questions after.

News article 1: “Extinct” Bird Seen, Eaten

Process Questions:
1. What does this say about the knowledge of local citizens on the existence of
endemic animals in the Philippines?
2. How does knowledge on the classification and identification of species impact on
biodiversity conservation?

News Article 2: Endangered wild pig and deer in Negros photographed for first time
Process Questions:
1. What possible changes could these photos bring in terms of the actions of the
government in protecting these species of endangered animals?
1. in what way did Taxonomy help in ensuring the existence and protection of these
endemic species?

News Article 3: Critically endangered tamaraws on the rebound

Process Questions:
1. What are the distinguishing features of a typical carabao and a tamaraw that
classify them as different species?
2. What are the human efforts that have changed the fate of this critically endangered
species of mammal?
How did Taxonomy help in the conservation of tamaraw?

Activity 12: Guided Generalization

Direction: in the previous section, we looked at different news articles about

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 endangered species that are endemic in the Philippines. Let’s put together in the table
below our answers to the essential question that we asked for each news article.
Process Questions:
1. Look at your answers the essential question in the above table. What do all the
answers have in common?
2. how are your answers to the essential questions different? What do you think
influences the variation among your answers?
3. complete the following statement and support your answer by citing phrases or
statements from the news articles.

Taxonomy helps in the conservation of economically important species by …

Activity 13: Making a Travelogue: Dinagat Tarsier

Direction: Imagine that you are a resident of Dinagat Island, and you want to
promote ecotourism in your area by highlighting the newly classified Dinagat
Tarsier. By the following the guide on the website below, make a travelogue that
aims to invite tourists to visit your island.

https://academichelp.net/creative-writing/write-travelogue.html - sample of a
travelogue, visit the webpage below

https://academichelp.net/samples/creative-writing-samples/travelogue-samples/
lviv.html

Activity 12: Finalizing I-R-F Chart

Summarize your new answers to the question, and your thoughts and ideas in
the third column (Final) of the IRF Chart.

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 UNIT STANDARDS AND COMPETENCIES DIAGRAM
TRANSFER

PERFORMANCE
TRANSFER GOAL PERFORMANCE TASK
STANDARD

Students on their own and in the long Students should be able to The learners will be doing:
run will be able to conduct an report on the activities that Travelogue through Online
information dissemination activity to communities engage in to Symposium
promote awareness of and encourage protect, and conserve
others to participate in the conscious endangered and economically
efforts of the community to protect important species.
and conserve endangered and
economically important species in the
locality.

AQUISITION MAKE MEANING

1. Describe the transfer of energy through

UNIT TOPIC EU: The students will understand that the
roles of organisms is important in the
the trophic levels process of continuous exchange of energy
2. Analyze the roles of organisms in the Ecosystem
in the biosphere.
cycling of materials
EQ: How do human activities affect the
3. Explain how materials cycle in an
survival of ecosystems?
ecosystem
4. Suggest ways to minimize human
impact on the environment

CONTENT STANDARD

- Livingorganisms survive in an intimate relationship with

each other and our surroundings
- Disrupting natural cycles and wasting energy through
irresponsible actions can affect our survival on the planet.
- Ecosystem needs our care and protection to ensure
sustainability of resources for the present and future
generations.
-

LEARNING PLAN

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 EXPLORE

In this unit, students will discover how matter and energy interact. They will gain a
better understanding of the roles of organism in the process of continuous exchange
of energy in the biosphere. While doing the activities, keep in mind this focus
questions, how do human activities affect the survival of ecosystems?

Activity 1: Saving Sharks from Human Attacks!

Description: are you afraid of sharks? Do not worry. They are more afraid of us. Do
you know that sharks are important managers of the ecological balance in oceans?
To better understand this, let’s start by watching a video about these vulnerable
species.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC66ACRpBH8 – Sharks are going extinct; help

save them.

Process Questions:
1. What important role do sharks take part in maintaining the balance in underwater
ecosystem?
2. How do human activities affect the balance in aquatic ecosystems?

Activity 2: I-R-F Chart

Give your initial ideas about how human activities affect ecosystems by answering
the first column.

Learning Competency FIRM-UP (ACQUISITION)

Describe the transfer of Activity 3: The Earth is Solar Powered! – Sun as the Ultimate Source of Energy
energy through the
Direction: At this point. Let us appreciate the ultimate source of energy of all living
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 trophic levels things on Earth-the sun. Below and watch the video clip about the importance of our
very own star (sun).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUR3hmW6Ydw – What is the Sun?

Process questions:
1. How is the energy coming from the sun utilized by plants and consequently, by
other living things?
2. Do you think life would be possible without the sun? Explain.

Activity 4: How do organisms get their share of sun’s energy?

A. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd1M9xD482s – Food Chains, Food Webs,
Energy Pyramid-Education video for kids by makemegenius.com
B. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CReZd9OHEfs – Energy Pyramid

Process Questions:
1. How does the energy pyramid show the flow of energy through the ecosystem?
2. To what part of the energy pyramid could human being be placed? Explain your
answer.
3. According to the video, the amount of energy being transferred decreases from
bottom to top of the pyramid. Does this mean energy is lost from the system?

Activity 5: Revisiting the I-R-F

Learning Competency DEEPEN (MAKE MEANING)

Analyze the roles of Activity 6: Role of different organisms in an ecosystem

organisms in the
Directions: Below are pictures of different organisms. Draw an arrow pointing them
cycling of materials
to their appropriate position in the energy pyramid. Also, fill in the box below each
picture with the letter that correspond to their role in the ecosystem. Choose from the
terms listed inside the word pool.

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 Activity 7: Were all in this together! -Importance of each organism in maintaining
the balance in ecosystems

Direction: In this activity, we will be discovering how each organism is involve in

the normal cycle of energy and matter within ecosystems.

A. Video Clip 1 – Scientists believe that sharks, aside from maintaining

moderating the flow of energy in marine ecosystems, play an important role
in ensuring the healthy growth of coral reefs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxtzVYBlC08 – Sharks are important for
healthy coral reefs |Pew
B. Video Clip 2 – Earthworms are important organisms that reduce the acidity
of soils by narrowing deep down the soil that consequently releases carbon
dioxide from the soil. Also, they are the best soil conditioners because they
activate organic matter in the soil for plant consumption.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZHTerOJYMA – The Amazing World
of Earthworms in the UK – Springwatch – BBC Two

Process Questions:
1. If sharks and earthworms will disappear, what important processes in their
respective ecosystems would greatly be affected? How?

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 2. what human activities directly or indirectly affect the flow of matter and energy in
marine and terrestrial ecosystems?

3. Explain how Activity 8: Anak ng Pasig by Smokey Mountain

materials cycle in an
Direction: Watch the music video of the classic song, Anak ng Pasig. While
ecosystem
watching, reflect on the different human activities that caused the destruction of this
aquatic ecosystem.
4. Suggest ways to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR6cZwn3gsw – Anak ng Pasig by Geneva Cruz
minimize human
impact on the
environment Process Question:
1. What human activities do you think brought this tragic status of the Pasig River?
2. Why can’t the “new” Pasig River sustain fish and other pleasant aquatic life?
3. How do human activities affect the survival of ecosystems?

Activity 9: Video Clips Analysis: Human Efforts to conserve the environment for
sustainable development
Description: Watch the following videos about how humans can reverse their
negative impact on the environment. Then answer the questions that follow.

Video clip 1
A. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RPDsi7mkSE – Forest Regeneration in the
Philippines (Food and Agriculture Organization)
Process Questions:
1. In what ways deforestation is destroying the balance in ecosystems?
2. What are the benefits that humans can get from healthy forests?

Video clip 2
B. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8oNhckPjFM – Ecotipping Point – Saving a
Fishery and Coral Reef (Apo Island, Philippines)
Process Questions:
1. What made the people decide to establish the fish sanctuary?
2. how does this action benefit the people?

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 Video clip 3
C. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-QlTcRQTxk – Born to be Wild: Marine Life
ng Romblon

Process Questions:
1. what makes Romblon’s marine life pristine?
2. According to Peter Eschweiler, “It (Romblon) should not be overcrowded. It
should be more ecotourism than party tourism. “ What does this statement say about
human impact on ecosystem?

Activity 10: Travelogue Making Part II

Direction: now that you are more familiar with the important parts of a travelogue,
let us now apply what you know in making a travelogue that will promote
Ecotourism in Romblon. Below is the link to get more information about the hidden
treasures of Romblon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBSA32FaRq4 – Romblon Ecotourism AVP

Teaser

Activity 11: Finalizing the I-R-F Chart

Performance Standard Transfer

Students should be SITUATION: In celebration of the International Day of Biodiversity online

able to report on the symposium on biodiversity will be organized for plant and animal experts on
activities that endangered species. With the theme “Walking Through the Path Toward Preserving
communities engage in Biodiversity,” and it will serve as a reporting and updating on the regional efforts to
save and conserve local biodiversity.
to protect, and
conserve endangered
and economically
GOAL: The event will serve as a venue for reporting and showcasing the efforts
important species. made by the community to save and conserve local biodiversity.

ROLE: Environmentalist, Biologist, Conservation Officer

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 PRODUCT CHOICES: Online symposium through travelogue
AUDIENCE: Community members
STANDARDS: Knowledge on the Topic, Content and Accuracy, Organization,
Audience Impact

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