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Enclosure No. 2.c to Memorandum No. 047 s 2020
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Learning Activity Sheet in Science
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Competency Page Number

Identify observable characteristics

that are passed on from parents to
offspring (e.g. humans, animals, plants ……… ………..5

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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

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Developed by: EVELYN C. PEREDA

Illustrator by: MARK J ESPRESCION
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR LEARNERS

Heredity is the passing on of traits from parents to offspring.

Traits are found in genes.
The inherited traits came from parents to offspring, animals to baby
animals and plants can have their young plants.
Example: If the mother or father is tall, the child is also tall.

LEARNING COMPETENCY

The Learning Activity Sheets are provided to help engage learners into
guided and independent learning activities at your own pace and time. This
helps you master identify observable characteristics that are passed on from
parents to offspring (e.g. humans, animals, plants)(S3LT-IIg-h13 )

DIRECTIONS/INSTRUCTIONS

Let us go back to the article, observable characteristics that are passed on

from parents to offspring. Let’s see if you can still recall the information from the
text by answering series of activities.

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Read the activities carefully to answer the following task. Encircle the letter of the
correct answer.

1. What is a gene?
a. It contains hereditary information that is passed from parents to
offspring.
b. It contains hereditary information that is being observed only from parents
c. It contains hereditary information that is not passed from parents
to offspring
2. What is a trait?
a. A trait is a characteristic of something. Traits can include your eye
color, or skin color.
b. It contains hereditary information that is being observed from parents
to offspring
c. It contains hereditary information that cannot be passed from
parents to offspring

3. Why do people have different qualities from each other?

a. People have different qualities because they came from different
places.
b. It may look different because it underwent operations. c.
People have different qualities because they came from different parents.

4. Which of the following are possible examples of variations within a human

family?
a. skin color
b. height
c. all of these

5. Is it true, that girls get more hereditary traits from their mother than the
boys do?
a. It contains hereditary information that cannot be passed
from parents to offspring

b. True, girls get more hereditary information from their

mother than the boys do.

c. False, boys and girls get the same amount SCIENCE

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6. Which one is not an inherited trait?

a. curly or straight tails in pigs
b. dogs shaking hands
c. birds laying eggs

7. Height is a trait that is inherited, but can be affected by environment. What

environmental factors could affect how tall a person grows to be?
a. Eating junk foods always, not eating nutritious foods
b. If a child has an illness
c. all of these

8.Name a reason that environment can play a role in making who you are.
a. It contains hereditary information that can be passed from
parents to offspring that if the parents are stout the child also does.

b. It contains hereditary information that is being observed from parents

to offspring
c. The reason is too much intake of food makes you big and heavy.

9. Where do you get your personality?

a. We get these from both inherited and environmental factors.
b. We get these from both parents but not in the environment.
c. It contains hereditary information that cannot be passed from parents
to offspring.

10. Which of these is a learned trait?

a. migration
b. spinning a web
c. dog jumping through a hula-hoop.

LEARNING ACTIVITY 1:”Offspring of Animals”

 Animals can reproduce, creating offspring of their own kind.

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A. Direction: Name the animals shown below.

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Which adult animal and baby animal go together?

___1. a.

___ 2. b.

_____ 3. c.

_____ 4. d.

______ 5. e

B.ACTIVITY 2: Name the physical traits that are the same with the
group of animals

Direction
Look at the pictures of the different kinds of dogs.

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a. Give at least three of the same physical characteristics they possess.

1. _____________________________________________________________
2._____________________________________________________________
3._____________________________________________________________

Question:
a. What kind of animas are they?

b. Describe their physical traits?

LEARNING ACTIVITY 2: Reproduction and Inheritance of

Plants
 Many plants grow from seeds but they can also grow from other plant parts
like the stem, leaf and root. Plants beautify surroundings. We should not
destroy them instead let’s plant more.

Direction:
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the seeds germinate for one week.

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2. Observe it daily. Read the observations using the chart below.

Day Observations on the Physical

Appearance of the plant
1st ay

2nd day

3rd day

4th day

5th day

6th day

7th day

Describe the appearance of the plant on the first day.

3. After seven days. Compare the young plant to the old plant.

Questions:

1. Did the seeds grow into a young plant?

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2. Describe the appearance of the growing grain daily.

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3. Tell what the mongo plant looks like after 7 days.

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4. Describe the appearance of the old plant .

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5. Compare the young plant to the old plant. Are they identical?

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Plants that grow from their part.

Direction:

1. Observe the old leaves of a katakataka. Look at the edge of the it’s leaf.

a. What grows on the edge of the leave?

b. is this a part of the plant or a new growing plant? Why?

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2. Observe the small growths on the leaves of the plant.
How does this plant produce plant of its own kind?
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2. Look at the picture of the rose plant.

 Be careful with touching the flower. Use gloves in holding it.

a. What is the used of the thorn of the plant?

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b. Does the young plant look like the old plant? Why?
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c. Are there plants that grow from their mother plant? How?
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LEARNING ACTIVITY 3: Heredity and Reproduction of

Human
 Some physical traits are inherited from our biological parents or within the
family, or within the same ethnic group.

A. Describe the appearance that has been seen or observed in people of different
ethnicity.
Direction:
1. Let’s look at different Filipino kids.
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a. What physical features do they have in common?

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Look at the picture below.

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a. What physical features do they have in common?

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__________________________________________________________________
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b. What different qualities do they have?

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B. Direction: Show them the right path to their parent.

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READ

We learned that through reproduction, hereditary traits or characteristics

are passed on from parents to children, from parent-animal to offspring, and
from parent- plant to offspring.

GUIDE QUESTIONS
1. Do people, animals, and plants parents produce their own kind?

How?

RUBRIC FOR SCORING

Rubric in the presentation of activities

Name:____________________________ Date:_______
Topic:___________________________ _Hour:______
Standard Outstanding Very Satisfactory Satisfactory
(5) (3) (1)
Mastery Demonstrates Demonstrates very Demonstrates
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Organization Answers are clear, There is (1) one There are 2-3 answers
concise and answer that quite not that are not clear,
accurately organize. clear, concise and concise and
inaccurately organize inaccurately organize
Total

Reflection

1. I learned that________________________________________________
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2. I enjoyed most on
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3. I want to learn more on.

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REFERENCES FOR LEARNERS

Curriculum Guide Science grade 3 pp.100-106

Most Essential Learning Competency p 498

Science 3 Kagamitan ng mag-aaral Ibanag pp 91-98

Science 3 Teacher’s Guide pp 76-84

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ANSWER KEY

“SELF-CHECKS”
1.a
2.a
3.c
4.c
5.c
6.b
7.c
8.c
9.a
10.c

LEARNING ACTIVITY 1: “Offspring of Animals”

1. e
2. d
3. a
4. c
5. b
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a. Give at least three of the same physical characteristics they possess.

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1. Dogs have the same body part.

2. Dogs eat the same food.
3. Dogs have the same ability to move.

Question:
a. What kind of animal are they?
They are dogs.

b. Describe their physical traits?

They have different looks or characteristics.

c. What physical traits or attributes they have in common with other dogs.

Dogs have the same body part but they share differences in physical traits or
features.

LEARNING ACTIVITY 2: Reproduction and Inheritance of

Plants

Direction:
1. Plant five (5) mongo seeds in the ground with a favourable condition. Let
the seeds germinate for one week.
2. Observe it daily. Read the observations using the chart below.

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Day Observations on the Physical

Appearance of the plant
1st ay Nothing has changed much but the grain
swells.
2nd day The grain was swollen from his skin.

3rd day Little by little it grows

4th day A leaf sprouted

5th day The leaves grow and the roots come out.

6th day It has grown in size and leaves.

7th day It grows a few inches ,the leaves are

green and the old seed disappears

3. Describe the appearance of the plant on the first day. After seven days.
Compare the young plant to the old plant.

Questions:

1. Did the seeds grow into a young plant?

Yes, the seeds grow into young plant.

2. Describe the appearance of the growing grain daily.

The seeds or grain changes its appearance everyday.

3. Tell what the mongo plant looks like after 7 days.

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After seven days it grew and had leaves.

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4. Describe the appearance of the old plant .

It looks like it has large leaves and stout branches.

5. Compare the young plant to the old plant. Are they identical?

The appearance of the parent plant has large leaves and stout branches whereas the
young plant has soft one. They are not yet alike but as they grow up they will be
alike.

Plants that grow from their part.

Direction:
1. Observe the old leaves of a katakataka. Look at the edge of the it’s leaf.

a. What grows on the edge of the leaves?

A new baby plant grows from the edge of the leaves.

b. Is this a part of the plant or a new growing plant? Why?

Yes, it is a new growing plant because the young plant looks like the mother plant.

2. Observe the small growths on the leaves of the plant.

a. Does the new plant look like the old katakataka plant?
How can you tell?
Yes, the new plant looks like the Katakataka plant because plants can reproduce
their own kind.
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3. Look at the picture of the rose plant.

a. What is the used of the thorn of the plant?

The thorn is used for protection.

b. Does the parent plant look like its young? Why?

Yes, the parent plant looks like the young plant. Why? Because young plant can
grow from the stem and parent plant reproduce plants of their own kind.

c. Are there plants that grow from their mother plant? How?

Yes, many plants grow from mother plant. How? They grow from stems, seeds,
and roots.

Heredity and Reproduction of Human

Activity 3
A. Describe the appearance that has been seen or observed in people of different
ethnicity.
a. What physical features do they have in common?

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They have different qualities because some are curly or straight, the color of their
eyes and hair and skin are different, they differ also with the shape of the face,
lips, and nose.

B. Direction:
Show them the right path to their parent.

Guide Questions

1. Do people, animals, and plants parents produce their own kind?

How?

Yes, they do. People, animals, and plants parents produce their own kind since they
are living things. Certain characteristics of parents are inherited on to their
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Reflection

1. I learned that we inherit some traits from our parents and from our relatives,
that plants also reproduce their own kind from stem, seed, leaf, or roots. And
animal offspring possess similar observable characteristics with their parents.

2. I enjoyed most on answering the puzzle.

3. I want to learn more on new reproduction of people, plants and animals.

Evelyn C. Pereda
Writer

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