Republic of the Philippines

COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION

City Government of Bago
BAGO CITY COLLEGE
Rafael Salas Drive, Barangay Balingasag, Bago City, Negros Occidental 6101
Tel: (034)4611-363 Fax: (034)4610-546 E-mail: bagocitycollege@yahoo.com.ph

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(GEC 109)

NAME: JAMANDRE, KRISTINE MARIE M. COURSE,YR&SECTION: BS CRIMINOLOGY 1-C

INSTRUCTOR: RICARSE, CLINT ELEAZAR CONTACT NO.: 09094538456

 Republic of the Philippines
COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION
City Government of Bago
BAGO CITY COLLEGE
Rafael Salas Drive, Barangay Balingasag, Bago City, Negros Occidental 6101
Tel: (034)4611-363 Fax: (034)4610-546 E-mail: bagocitycollege@yahoo.com.ph

I. COURSE TITLE: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

II. COURSE OVERVIEW

A. INTRODUCTION

Environmental science is the study of patterns and processes in the natural world and their modification by
human activity. This course will survey some of the many environmental science topics at an introductory level,
ultimately considering the sustainability of human activities on the planet.

B. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOME

At the end of the course, the students must have:

1. Manifest meaningful and comprehensive pedagogical content knowledge PCK of different subject areas.
2. Utilize appropriate assessment and evaluation tools to measure learning outcomes.
3. Manifest skills in communication, higher order thinking and use of tools and technology to accelerate
learning and teaching.

III. MODULE 1: ECOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES

Environmental science is the study of patterns and processes in the natural world and their modification by
human activity. ... This course will survey some of the many environmental science topics at an introductory level,
ultimately considering the sustainability of human activities on the planet.

IV . STUDY SCHEDULE

WEEK TOPIC LEARNING OUTCOMES ACTIVITIES

MODULE 1 Ecological Concepts and Environmental
Policies
1. Identified Biotic & Abiotic components of the
different types of ecosystem based on the matrix.
2. Analyzed sub-components of ecosystem
through the contents indicated in the table by
defining and giving examples.
3. Recognized the techniques, factors, issues and
coping mechanism of professionals (Farmers,
Laborers) regarding status of production through
interview among experienced professionals.
4. Created a food web by illustrating the 5 food
chain flyers based on the data gathered through
interview.
Activity:In the matrix, the types of ecosystem is
indicated. All you have to do is to identify the
Biotic and Abiotic components found in each
ecosystem by indicating your answer in each cell.
Analysis: Given the lists of resources in the table
in their corresponding group, answer the
following questions provided by analyzing how
items are being classified.
Abstraction : Summary
Application : Conduct an interview to any of the
following: Farmers, Laborers, Veterinarian,
Agriculturist, Fisherman, and Experienced Great
Fore Fathers by using the guided checklist
provided below.
EvaluationA. Make a food web and illustrate five
food chain out of the food web presented. Use the
space provided.
B. Make a flyers based on the data gathered
through interview and post it on the facebook/
group chat.
 MODULE 2 BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES (CARBON, OXYGEN,
NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, & WATER)

1. Gave word or group of words that relates
on each letter in the ACROSTIC words.
2. Classified the following examples by
filling in the table provided according to each
label.
3. Identified/recognized the illustration
given through picture analysis
4. Provided the processes of each cycle
based on the illustration using the table.
5. Drawn an illustration of each cycle asked.
6. Discussed the importance of the
following cycles using the questions provided
Activity: A. ACROSTIC
B. EXAMPLE CLASSIFICATION
Analysis: A. PICTURE ANALYSIS
B. Based on the pictures identified in
Analysis A, kindly fill in the matrix below on the
processes involves in each cycle by choosing your
answer inside the box
Abstraction : Summary
Application : Draw a cycle representing the
following.
Evaluation: Answer the following questions
correctly.

MODULE 3 SPECIES INTERACTION (SYMBIOTIC

RELATIONSHIP- MUTUALISM,
COMMENSALISM,PARASITISM & PREDATION)
1. Identified a paired of species as to
whether they benefited or not.
2. Recognized symbiotic relationship based
on the given paired species.
3. Gave example of paired species on each
symbiotic relationship.
4. Determined the symbiotic relationship
exist based on the given pictures.
Activity: Given the lists of pair of species, check
the box if you think it benefits the other species or
not.
Analysis: Based on the definition above, analyze
the following pair of species & identify what
symbiotic relationship exists between them.
Abstraction :
Application : Give examples for each of the
following symbiotic relationship.
Evaluation: Determine the symbiotic relationship
occur in the given pictures:

V. EVALUATION
To pass this course, you must:
1. Comply what is asked in each procedure of the module.
2. Present all outputs in a short-bond paper either in hand or typed-written following the prescribed format of a
project paper.
3. Submit all required outputs in each modules every end of each term period.
4. Submit the final output using technology as required by informing your subject facilitator through text message.
5. Accomplish the final evaluation through online examination based on time schedule set by your facilitator.

Note: See Attached Grading System, Criteria and Scoring Rubrics Appended in your Module in the Appendices.

Grading System
Performance 50%
Activity 30%
Exam 20%
Total 100%

VI. TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS

For you to be able to accomplish the activities, you will need the following software Application, MS Word, MS
PowerPoint, Cellphone with camera

VII. CONTACT INFORMATION

For inquiries, feel free to get in touch with my messenger (Dayana Martizano Somcio), email add
(daybingsoms@yahoo.com) or cellphone number ( 09496529601).

Republic of the Philippines

 COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION
City Government of Bago
BAGO CITY COLLEGE
Rafael Salas Drive, Barangay Balingasag, Bago City, Negros Occidental 6101
Tel: (034)4611-363 Fax: (034)4610-546 E-mail: bagocitycollege@yahoo.com.ph

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
MODULE 2: BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES (CARBON, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS & WATER)
Intended Learning Outcomes: At the end of this module, the student must have;
1. Gave word or group of words that relates on each letter in the ACROSTIC words.
2. Classified the following examples by filling in the table provided according to each label.
3. Identified/recognized the illustration given through picture analysis
4. Provided the processes of each cycle based on the illustration using the table.
5. Drawn an illustration of each cycle asked.
6. Discussed the importance of the following cycles using the questions provided.

Introduction:
A thriving environment is basically composed of different structures that are interconnected and interact
with each other for their survival. This involves living things such as plants, animals and human beings, dependent
on the existence of one another and the nonliving things such as air, water, soil sunlight, nutrients and minerals
and the various cycles that allow living organisms to essentially grow, develop and thrive in the environment.
This lesson will help understand how each of these factors work together to create a sustainable ecological
succession. It will also allow us to see the significance of the numerous systems that make up the ecosystem. The
energies that help hold the ecosystem stable and the essential nutrients that can be contained within it.
ACTIVITY 1: ACROSTIC
Given the acronym, write a word or group of words that is related to the biogeochemical cycles.

ACRONYM WORD/GROUP OF WORD ACRONYM WORD/GROUP OF WORD

C- COLORLESS AND ODORLESS GAS O- OXYGEN WE NEED IN THE AIR WE

BREATHE TO STAY ALIVE.

A- AND IS ABSORBED BY PLANTS. X- X-FACTOR IN THE MATTER OF LIVING:

R- RESPIRATION IS WHERE IT IS Y- YOU, THEY AND THEM, BECAUSE OF

PRODUCED THIS ELEMENT WE DO SURVIVE.

B- BY BURNING CARBON. IT ALSO BOOST G- GAS THAT WE NEED FOR LIFETIME

TWO EXISTING.

O- OXYGEN: THE ATOMS AND ONE CARBON E- ELEMENT TO BE USED TO PRODUCE

ATOM. ENERGY.

N- NATURALLY PRESENT IN AIR, ALSO N- NOT GETTING ENOUGH, IT BE A

TAKES PART IN PLASM. PROBLEM TO THE ENTIRE PART OF
YOUR BODY.

D- DUE TO IT’S MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

I- IT ACTS AS A GREENHOUSE GAS.

O- OF COURSE, IT IS A HUMAN BREATHING

MECHANISM YET IT IS OBSCURE.

X- XEROTHERMIC IS THE CAUSE OF IT’S

OVERALL MASS.

I- IT IS NOT POISONOUS.

D- DETERMINATION OF THIS
ENVIRONMENT WOULD BE
INCOMPLETE.
 E- EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, CO2 IS AN
IMPORTANT CONSTITUENT.

ACTIVITY 2: EXAMPLE CLASSIFICATION

Classify the following words below according to the cycle they belong by filling in the table provided. Write
the word.
a. Reservoir f. Match k. Hydrogen cyanide p. phosphates
b. Oxides g. Alcohol l. Sea foods q. rivers
c. Formaldehyde h. Oceans m. Oxalates r. ammonia
d. Cyanide i. nuts n. nitrates s. Nitric acid
e. Phosphates j. Sulphates o. Lakes t. Amides

CARBON CYCLE OXYGEN CYCLE NITROGEN CYCLE PHOSPHORUS CYCLE WATER CYCLE

FORMALDEHYDE OXIDES CYANIDE NITRIC ACID SEA FOODS

HYDROGEN CYANIDE ALCOHOL NUTS MATCH LAKES

OXALATES OCEANS NITRATES PHOSPHATES RIVERS

SULPHATES AMMONIA AMIDES RESERVOIR

ANALYSIS: PICTURE ANALYSIS

Identify the following pictures as to what biogeochemical cycles it belongs.

__OXYGEN CYCLE__

__WATER CYCLE__
 ___NITROGEN CYCLE__

___PHOSPHORUS CYCLE___

___CARBON CYCLE___

ANALYSIS B
Based on the pictures identified in Analysis A, kindly fill in the matrix below on the processes involves in
each cycle by choosing your answer inside the box.
s a. evaporation f. Respiration k. nitrification
a. evaporation f. Respiration k. nitrification
b. weathering g. Denitrification l. Percolation & absorption
b. weathering g. Denitrification l. Percolation & absorption
c. photosynthesis h. Absorption by plants & animals m. Movement of carbon form the atmosphere to
c. photosynthesis h. Absorption by plants & animals m. Movement of carbon form the atmosphere to ocean
ocean
d. nitrogen fixation i. combustion n. Return to the environment via decomposition
d. n
e. precipitation j. ammonification o. Transpiration

nitrogen fixation i. combustion n. Return to the environment via decomposition

 CARBON DIOXIDE & NITROGEN CYCLE WATER CYCLE PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
OXYGEN CYCLE

PHOTOSYNTHESIS NITROGEN FIXATION EVAPORATION RETURN TO THE

ENVIRONMENT VIA
DECOMPOSITION

COMBUSTION DENITRIFICATION PRECIPITATION ABSORPTION BY PLANTS

& ANIMALS

PERCOLATION & AMMONIFICATION RESPIRATION WEATHERING

ABSORPTION

MOVEMENT OF CARBON NITRIFICATION TRANSPIRATION

FORM THE ATMOSPHERE
TO OCEAN

ABSTRACTION:
Carbon Cycle
The carbon cycle is the process by which carbon moves from the atmosphere into the earth and its
organisms and then back again.
Nitrogen Cycle
Air is 78% nitrogen but this gaseous nitrogen cannot be used by plants. The sequence in which nitrogen
passes from the atmosphere to the soil and organisms, and then is eventually released back into the atmosphere.
Water Cycle
The whole process in which water evaporates and falls on the land as rain and water flows back into the
sea via rivers is known as water cycle.
Phosphorus Cycle
This is mainly sedimentary cycle since phosphorus is not found in the atmosphere. It is based on
phosphorus containing rocks that are mined or naturally weathered. It, however, involves the oceans to a certain
extent.
Oxygen Cycle
Respiration and photosynthesis are two life processes involved in the carbon-oxygen cycle. Oxygen is used
up by plants and animals in respiration in the performance of their life processes and release carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere. Plants get carbon dioxide from the air during photosynthesis and release oxygen as by product.

APPLICATION:
Draw a cycle representing the following.
1. Water cycle
2. Nitrogen cycle
 3. Carbon cycle

EVALUATION:
Answer the following questions correctly:
1. What is the importance of biogeochemical cycles?

— Biogeochemical cycles importance are they regulate the elements necessary for life on Earth by
cycling them through the biological and physical aspects of the world. Biogeochemical cycles are a
form of natural recycling that allows the continuous survival of ecosystems.

Rubrics 5 4 3 2 1

Citing the
importance

Grammar

Organization of
ideas

2. How this biogeochemical cycle affects environment?

— Human activities have greatly increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and nitrogen
levels in the biosphere. Altered biogeochemical cycles combined with climate change increase the
vulnerability of biodiversity, food security, human health, and water quality to a changing climate.

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Justification
Cited

Grammar

Organization of
ideas