DIVISION OF BACOLOD CITY

Bacolod City
LESSON GUIDE in SCIENCE
School Year 2019 – 2020
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
YEAR & SECTIONS: GRADE FOUR ____

Lesson/Topic: How Do You Prevent Disease Acquired from Stagnant Lesson No:
Water?

Learning Competencies:
At the end of the session, learners are able to:
Learning 1. Identify diseases caused by mosquitoes
Objectives
2. Share ways of preventing diseases caused by mosquitoes
Electronic Resources:
Index Mundi. (n.d.) Philippines major infectious diseases. Retrieved from
http://www.indexmundi.com/philippines/major_infectious_diseases.html

Mayo Clinic (2012). Diseases and conditions: Mosquito bites. Retrieved from
Resources http://www.mayoclinic.org.diseases-conditions/mosquitoe-bites/prevention/con-20032350

Materials Needed:
 pictures illustrating different ways of preventing diseases acquired from stagnant water

Engage

Ask students the breeding places of mosquitoes. Explain that mosquitoes lay eggs in stagnant water.
Follow up by asking why mosquitoes are dangerous. Through the game “4 pics 1 word” let the
students guess the deadly disease brought by mosquito bites based from pictures of the symptoms.

Activity

Explore
Main activity
How can you prevent diseases carried by mosquitoes?

What to do:
1. Look at the illustrations then answer the questions that follow.
 Q1. In your own words, describe what the people are doing in each illustration?
Q2. How can each of the activity prevent diseases carried by mosquitoes?

2. With your group, plan ways to prevent breeding of mosquitoes in your own homes.
Tell how your family can help.
3. Share your plan with your class.
Explain

1. Why are mosquitoes dangerous?

Analysis 2. What diseases do mosquitoes bring?
3. In your own words, describe what the people are doing in each illustration?
4. How can each of the activity prevent diseases carried by mosquitoes?

Elaborate
A water container in your restroom was left uncovered for days. When you were helping your
Application
mother clean the house, you saw that the container has wrigglers in it. What will you do next?
How will you prevent this from happening again?
Elaboration

The spread of mosquito-borne diseases can be prevented by cleaning up the environment and
Abstraction
eliminating the breeding places of mosquitoes.

Evaluation

Agree or Disagree. Show you agree with the statement by standing when the questions is read
or presented or remain seated if your disagree. Tally your correct answers

Evaluation 1. Mosquitoes pose danger to our health.

2. Dengue fever is not a disease acquired from mosquitoes.
3. Stagnant water serves as breeding places for mosquitoes.
4. Sweeping the ground with dead leaves should only be done by adults.
5. All the members of the barangay should help in cleaning the surroundings to prevent diseases
acquired from stagnant water.
 Elaborate

Assignment Ask one of your barangay officials of programs implemented to prevent mosquito-borne diseases in
your community. Be ready to share it in class.

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Prepared by:
Marielle Grace A. De Oca
Marielle Grace A. De Oca