A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE V

I. Objectives
At the end the lesson the pupils will be able to:
A. define ecosystem;
B. know the different populations living together interact with the physical factors around
them to form an ecosystem;
C. name the characteristics of some ecosystems.
II. Subject Matter
A. Topic: Ecosystem
B. Materials: Book, pictures, cartolina, visual aids
C. Reference: Science book: My Pals Are Here: Dr. Kwa Siew Hwa, et. Al and Google
D. Science Process: Observing, Communicating, Classifying
E. Value: Caring for the Ecosystem
III. Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Preliminary activities
Good morning class! Good morning teacher!
Let us pray. All are praying.
a. Checking of Attendance
Who are absent today? None Teacher.

Very good that all of you are present.

b. Review
Teacher, our topic last time is about plants,
What was the topic that we discuss last meeting?
animals and their habitat.

Very good! Let’s clap our hands for Mark.

c. Motivation
Grade V, I will divide you into 2 groups. Every
group will prepare a cartolina and a marker. You’re
going to do is to draw and label all the things that
you see to your assigned area. The Group 1 will be
in the garden and the Group 2 will be on the pond.
You have 7 minutes only to observe. Yes teacher!
Are you ready Grade 5?
B. Lesson Proper

Time is up!
Each Group will paste your work on the board.
Choose 2 members to become the reporter of your
Good morning everyone! Based on our
group.
observations in the garden We found the
Group1 following: Butterfly, worm, birds, and frogs.

Good morning teacher and classmates! We,

the group 2 assigned to observe on the pond.
Job well done! Let’s clap our hands to group 1. Here are the things or animals that we’ve
Now, it’s your turn Group 2. seen: Frogs, pond skater, fish like tilapia and

You observe the different types of ecosystem which Student 1: The examples of terrestrial are
are the Terrestrial and the Aquatic. Rainforests, savannas and deserts.
Who can give me an example of Terrestrial?

Very good !
First let’s tackle the Rainforest. Tropical
rainforests these are warm and receive high rainfall
throughout the year. They are the home to many Student 1: Monkey

kinds of animals. Student 2: A tiger teacher

What animals can you see in the rainforests?Who Student 3: Bird teacher like an eagle.

can give me an example?

Good job students.

Second is Savannas.
Teacher, savannas have tall trees and short
Savannas are a type of grassland that have wet
shrubs examples are acacia tree and baobab
and dry seasons.
tree.
Do you have an idea about savannas?

Student1: Teacher, the animals that found in

Good job!
the savannas are elephants, giraffes,
hippopotami.
What animals can you see in the savannas?
Student 2: And also teachers there are some
predators like lions and cheetahs.

Very Good students!

The third example of terrestrial is deserts. Deserts

Student: Teacher, during day the
are very dry places that receive very little rainfall
 every year. temperature in the desert can be very high.
What can you say about the temperature in the
deserts?
Very Good!
However, at night, the temperature can drop very Teacher, we can found a plant in the desert

quickly. example is the cactus/ cacti. There are

So, what can we see in the deserts? animals live in the desert like camels and
fennex foxes.

Very good student!

We are now done with the terrestrial. Let’s move Teacher, if we say aquatic it’s all water.

on the aquatic.
If we say aquatic, what word comes to your mind
The examples of aquatic are ponds, rivers,
first?
lake, streams and oceans.
Good job!
Who can give an example of aquatic ecosystem?

Remember, that ponds, lakes, streams and rivers

freshwater bodies. Like the report of group 2, they
have seen many animals in pond such as frogs, Oceans are the large bodies of water with a
fish, etc. high salt content.

Let’s go to the ocean. What is ocean? Crabs, starfish, clams, shark, octopus, turtles,
sponges.
Very good!
What are the animals that you can see in the
ocean?

Good job!
That is all about the different types of Ecosystems.

IV. Evaluation
Fill in the blanks.
1. There are _______________________ and _________________________ ecosystems.
2. ______________ Rainforests have high rainfall and temperature all year around.
3. Savannas are type of _________________ that has wet and dry seasons.
4. __________, ______________, _____________, ___________ are examples of freshwater.
5. The ___________________ is the larg bodies of water with a high _________ content.

V. Assignment

Complete the labels for each layer of the forest. Choose from the following words.

Forest floor canopy understorey emergents