Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region X
DIVISION OF GINGOOG CITY
Brgy. 22,Gingoog City
Lesson Plan in science III
Writer: Jonah T. Rama
School: Kalipay Central School

Content Standards: The learners demonstrate understanding of people animals,

plants, lakes, rivers, streams, hills, mountains, and other land
forms and their importance.

Performance Standards: The learners should be able to express their concern about their
surroundings through teacher guided and self- directed activities.

Learning Competency and code: Relate the importance of surroundings to

people and other living
things. S3ES- IVe-d-2

Quarter: IV Week: 3 day: 5

I. OBJECTIVE: At the end of 50 minutes period, 100% of learners are

Expected to:
1. relate the importance of bodies of water to
plants.

II. Content:
Subject Matter: Importance of bodies of water to plants

Integration: Plants and water conservation.

Strategies: 7Es learning model,

References: Science III learning Material, 144-145

Science III Teacher’s Guide, pp. 175-177

Curriculum Guide 2016

III. LEARNING TASK

1. ELICIT Materials
Ask the pupils:
Have you gone some bodies of water near in our place? Have
you observed different plants found there? What are these
kinds of plants? How important bodies of water to plants?
 2. ENGAGE
1. Review
What are importance of bodies of water to people? If
without water what would happened to us? Do you think we .
can survive?
Strips and pen/ marker
2. Motivation Manila paper
The teacher will let the learners to have a group and
every group must have a yell. Let them draw a healthy plants.
Give time to discuss what makes the plant become healthy
and grow. Encourage them to realize what importance of
landforms to plants. Have time to do the sharing of ideas and
present to the class with the yell they composed.

3. EXPLORE.
.Teacher will give learners a certain task to do.
( Strategy: Thinking Cafe)
Procedure:
1. Divide the class into 5 groups.
2. Assign a leader to manage the group member and
writer.
3. Post question on the board or through power point. Please refer to
The teacher will give a factsheet for the learners as Appendix no. 1 for
their source to create an idea of correct answer. activity sheet,
4. Assign group to answer each question using Manila appendix no. 2 for
Paper and pilot pen. fact sheet and
5. Allow each group to discuss/share and record answers. answer sheet
6. After the given time for each group to finish their
work, instruct each group to assign one group member
to stay in the group with the output and the other
members will move to the next group. The group
member assigned to stay in the group will answer the
questions of the members who moved to the next
group. The group members who moved to one group
to another may ask questions or may give some inputs
and ranked each group.
7. After the group members visited each café, the groups
may pass their output and report to the whole group
considering some inputs and clarifications given by
other groups.
8. The group will be evaluated according to the correct
ideas they formed.
9. Score and rank group’s performance considering the
ranking given by the group
The teacher will give another question if possible
 4.EXPLAIN
Have the group representative present the results of activity.
Every group has 3 minutes to do.
The group will be evaluated according to the correct answers
they have. For additional points, accept another answers from
the group if possible. The teacher will give another ideas of
how bodies of water important to plants.

Plants grow and live in different places.

Other plants live in water. They are called aquatic
plants.
River, stream, brook, and other fresh water
supply water to different plants in order to stay alive
and grow.
Water from different bodies is necessary for plant
survival during long hot or dry season.
Without water all plants can’t grow. They
won’t be able to process their foods or even
produce flowers.
5.ELABORATE
1. Generalization
What are the importance of bodies of water to plants? What
will happen to plants if without water? 1. Colored board, pentel
How bodies of water affect to different kinds of plants? pen, small ring
binder/fastener
2. Application 2. The following are the
( The amazing chain pad strategy) steps in making an
amazing chain pad.
Procedure:
1. The worksheet is passed from pupil to pupil. a. Attach the desired number
2. Each pupil responds with one sentence related to the of coloured board using the
question without repeating others’ statement and small ring/fastener.
passes it on to the next pupil. When the pupil received b. Put design to make the
the paper, they must add new thoughts, facts, amazing chain pad more
definition and ideas. If pupils do not have something attractive.
to write, let them pass it to the next pupil. c. At the top of the amzing
3. Give each pupil 1-2 seconds to write. chain, write the question
4. When completed, the amazing chain pads can be read about the question or the
aloud or projected allowing pupils to give feedback on topic.
statements made by the peers.
5. Pupils discuss whether they agree or disagree with the
statements and defend their reasoning with the
teacher’s assistance
The groups will be evaluated through counting the given
points for correct statements given.
Questions in amazing chain pad;

1. If you are a farmer what is the great uses of

freshwater like river and stream or broke to your
different plants in your garden.?
2. How important of water to the process of food making
of plants?
3. Why is it that if there is water there is life?
4. Why salt water like sea and bay are important to
plants like seaweeds and other plants grow beside
them?
5. Your father is a farmer, do you think he can get good
harvest without water/ why
6.EVALUATE
Directions:
Relate the importance of bodies of water by completing the Chart for evaluation
following sentences. Choose the exact word from the box.

1. Plants grow and live in different_________.

2. Other plants live in_______. They are called aquatic
plants.
3. River. Stream, brook, and other _____ water supply to
different plants in order to stay alive and grow.
4. Water from different bodies is necessary for plant
survival during long ____ season
5. Without water all plants can’t grow. They won’t be
able to _______ their foods or even produce flowers.

places water fresh

process hot/dry

7. EXTEND
Ask your mother what are the importance of river,
waterfalls, sea, stream, pond, brook, cove lake, spring and
some bodies of water to plants. Write your answer to your Assignment notebook
notebook and share to your classmates.

Reflection:
 A. No. of Learners achieve 80%_______
B. No. of Learners who require additional activities for remediation________
C. Did the remedial lesson work?_________
D. No. of Learners who have caught up the lesson________
E. No. of Learners who continue to require remediation________
F. Which of my teaching strategies worked well? Why did these work?
G. What difficulties did I encounter which my principal or supervisor help me solve?
H. What innovation or localized materials did I used/ discover which I wish to share with
other teachers?__________

ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY SHEET
SHEET
Title:
Title: What’s
What’s on
on My
My Mind?
Mind?

What you need: Answer sheet, factsheet, pilot pen

What to do: 1. Study the fact sheet given to the group, create an idea or
answers from the question given.

2. Follow some procedures under explore part on page 2.

Questions: 1.for group 1- What is the use of water to aquatic plants like lilies,
lotus and duckweeds?

2. for group 2-What is the importance of fresh water like river and
stream to the process of food making of plants?
3. How plants save and preserve from landslide?
 Factsheet for group #1.

Title: Plants Grow in Different Places

Plants grow in different places. Most plants lived on land while other plants lived in
water. They are called aquatic plants. Example water lilies, lotus and duckweeds.

Factsheet for group #2

Title: Plants Can Make their Own Foods.

Plants are the only living thing that can make their own food. They can do this because they
have the green coloring pigment called chlorophyll. Plants need enough water and carbon
dioxide to make food.

Factsheet no 3. For group 3

Title: Forest Protects water Supply

Forest protect our water supply to prevent soil, erosion and landslide by controlling
floods or mudflows, by that ,many plants are save preserve and produce.

Resources for Reaching All Learners

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 Answer sheet

Group#1
Questions: Answers:
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Group#2
Questions Answers
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Group#3
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