Capacity Building for Mentors on the Higher Order Thinking Skills

Professional Learning Packages (HOTS-PLPs) for Science, Mathematics and English/Reading

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Worksheet No.
Position: __________________________________________________ 4D
School: ___________________________________________________
Plenary Session
No.
7
Item 1

Competency Stem Unistructural Question Acceptable Answer Rationalization

Predict the A food chain represents a series of Which organism in the The producer in the food The response is
effect of events in which energy in the form of food chain is the chain is the grass. unistructural requiring the
changes in food is transferred from one organism producer? learner to provide a single
one to another in an ecosystem. The
response based on the food
population following food chain was drawn by a
on other chain. It only requires a
student during their science lesson.
populations recall of the concept
in the previously learned.
ecosystem
(Grade 7) (
S7LT-IIi-11)
)

This HOTS Professional Learning Packages was developed through the Philippine National Research Center 1 for Teacher Quality
(RCTQ), a partnership between the Philippine Normal University and the SiMERR
National Research Centre--University of New England, with support from the Australian Government.

Capacity Building for Mentors on the Higher Order Thinking Skills

Professional Learning Packages (HOTS-PLPs) for Science, Mathematics and English/Reading
Item 2

Competency Stem Multistructural Question Acceptable Answer Rationalization

Predict the A food chain represents a series of Based on the food chain, The primary consumer in The response is
effect of events in which energy in the form of which organism is the the food chain is the multicultural requiring the
changes in food is transferred from one organism primary consumer and grasshopper and the learner to provide two
one to another in an ecosystem. The
the secondary secondary consumer is independent concepts, i.e.
population following food chain was drawn by a
on other consumer? the chicken. the primary consumer and
student during their science lesson.
populations the secondary consumer.
in the
ecosystem
(Grade 7) (
S7LT-IIi-11)
)

This HOTS Professional Learning Packages was developed through the Philippine National Research Center 2 for Teacher Quality
(RCTQ), a partnership between the Philippine Normal University and the SiMERR
National Research Centre--University of New England, with support from the Australian Government.
 Capacity Building for Mentors on the Higher Order Thinking Skills
Professional Learning Packages (HOTS-PLPs) for Science, Mathematics and English/Reading
Item 3

Competency Stem Relational Question Acceptable Answer Rationalization

Predict the A food chain represents a series of If we would remove the If we will remove the The response is relational
effect of events in which energy in the form of grasshopper in the food grasshopper in the food requiring the students to
changes in food is transferred from one organism chain, what will happen chain, there will be a analyze how the change in
one to another in an ecosystem. The
to the population of the decrease in the the population in the food
population following food chain was drawn by a
on other chicken? How would it population of the chicken chain affects the energy
student during their science lesson.
populations affect the balance in the since it has nothing to transfer in the ecosystem.
in the ecosystem? feed on. Thus, the chicken
ecosystem will lose its source of
(Grade 7) (
energy based on the
S7LT-IIi-11)
) diagram affecting the
balance of the ecosystem.

This HOTS Professional Learning Packages was developed through the Philippine National Research Center 3 for Teacher Quality
(RCTQ), a partnership between the Philippine Normal University and the SiMERR
National Research Centre--University of New England, with support from the Australian Government.