St.

Paul University Surigao 13

St. Paul University System
8400, Surigao City

SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE

(Food Chain)

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the 30 minutes lesson, the students should be able to:
 Define Food Chain
 Identify proper arrangement of food chain, primary producers, consumers and
decomposers
 Draw and explain food chains and its importance in our environment

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. Topic: The Food Chain

B. Reference http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscor
ner/foodchain/foodchain.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/foodchain/

C. Materials: Laptop, PowerPoint Presentation, Manila Paper, Coloring

Materials

III. PROCEDURE

A. Routinary Activities
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Checking of Attendance
4. Review

Ecosystem is a community of living organisms (Plants, Animals, and

Humans) in conjunctions with the non-living components (Air, Sun, Water) of
their environment, interacting as a system.
B. Motivation

The students will be shown a picture of an environment with different living

organisms. They will be asked to identify the living organisms in the picture and
what those living organisms usually eat and consume that can also be found in the
picture.

C. Lesson Proper

Task 1: Lecture-Discussion

The teacher will now present the concept of food chain and its sub topics.

A food chain is the sequence of who eats whom in a biological community to

obtain nutrition. A food chain starts with plants or other autotroph (organisms that
make their own food from light or chemical energy) that are eaten by herbivores
(plant-eaters). The herbivores are eaten by carnivores (meat-eaters). These are
eaten by other carnivores or omnivores. When organism dies, it is eaten by
decomposers and then broken down and the exchange of energy continues.

A producer is an organism that makes its own food from light energy (using
photosynthesis or chemo-synthesis). Most green plants, many protists and most
bacteria are producers. Producers are the base of the food chain.

A consumer is a living thing that eats other living things to survive. It cannot
make its own food. Primary consumer eats producers, secondary consumer eats
primary consumer and so on. There are always many more primary consumers
than secondary consumers, etc. This is because that energy is lost between each
level.

A consumer may be classified into three categories namely herbivore, carnivore

and omnivore. Herbivores are animals that eat plants. Herbivores are also called
primary consumers. Most animals are herbivores. Carnivores are animals that eat
meat. Carnivorous animals often have sharp teeth and powerful jaw. Omnivores
are animals that eat both animals and plants. Some omnivores include humans,
monkeys and marmosets, chimpanzee and most bears.
A decomposer is an organism that breaks down organic matter. Some bacteria and
fungi and worms are decomposers. What they leave behind is used by primary
producers.

Task 2: Games

The students will be divided into five groups and will be shown pictures and they
will arrange it properly to form a food chain. They will identify the primary
producers, consumers and decomposers.

Set No. 1

Answer: Grass-Grasshopper-Rat-Snake-Eagle-Worm
Set No. 2

Answer: Algae-Fish-Seal-Shark

Set No. 3

Answer: Corn-Rat-Cat-Mushroom/Fungi

Set No.4
 Answer: Plant-Rabbit-Wild Cat-Lion-Worm

Set No. 5

Answer: Algae-Shrimp-Fish-Seal-Polar Bear

Set No. 6

Answer: Plant-Dragon Fly-Frog-Snake-Human

Set No. 7

Answer: Plants-Caterpillar-Chicken-Monitor Lizard-Worm

D. GENERALIZATION

A food chain shows how each living thing gets its food. Some animals eat
plants and some animals eat other animals. For example, a simple food chain links
 the trees & shrubs, the giraffes (that eat trees & shrubs), and the lions (that eat the
giraffes). Each link in this chain is food for the next link. A food chain always
starts with plant life and ends with an animal.
In a food chain, energy is passed from one link to another. When a
herbivore eats, only a fraction of the energy (that it gets from the plant food)
becomes new body mass; the rest of the energy is lost as waste or used up by the
herbivore to carry out its life processes (e.g., movement, digestion, reproduction).
Therefore, when the herbivore is eaten by a carnivore, it passes only a small
amount of total energy (that it has received) to the carnivore. Of the energy
transferred from the herbivore to the carnivore, some energy will be "wasted" or
"used up" by the carnivore. The carnivore then has to eat many herbivores to get
enough energy to grow.

E. APPLICATION

The students with their respective groups will be given Manila paper and
drawing materials. They will be asked to draw their own food chain. Afterwards,
they will be asked to explain their drawings.

F. EVALUATION

A short quiz will be given to the students. They will be asked to identify and classify
primary producers, consumers-herbivore, carnivore, omnivore and decomposers.

QUIZ:
Classify The Following:
Plants Carabao Cobra
Humans Mushrooms Goat
Bacteria Lion Panda
Fungi Tiger Spider
Algae Giraffe Deer
Corn Worms Chicken
Palay Cat Shark
Horse Dog Eagle
Trees Aligator Bird
Whale Seahorse Grass
Producers Consumers Decomposers
Herbivore Carnivore Omnivore

IV. ASSIGNMENT

Create your own food chain.

Prepared by:

Viemel G. Gecozo
BEED-II
Checked by|:

Mrs. Grace Therese M. Calagui

Professor