A Detailed Lesson Plan in Science Grade 7

SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Developed by:
Kin Josue T. Padua
September 19, 2023

I. OBJECTIVES

Content Standard: The learners demonstrate an understanding of reproduction being asexual

and sexual.
Performance Standard: The learners are able to identify things/samples of sexual and
asexual reproduction

Learning Competency: Differentiate asexual from sexual reproduction in terms of

1. number of individuals involved

2. similarities of offspring to parents

II. CONTENT

A. References:

1. Curriculum Guide: page 114

2. Teacher’s Guide: page 99

3. https://byjus.com/biology/reproduction/

4. https://www.britannica.com/science/sexual-reproduction

B. Other Learning Resources:

PowerPoint presentation, pictures, gumamela flowers, video clips

III. PROCEDURE
TEACHERS ACTIVITY STUDENTS ACTIVITY
A. Preliminary Activity
Good morning class! Good morning, sir.

My name is Kin Josue T. Padua your teacher

for this subject.

Before we start our lesson,

Let us pray first,

Will you please pick up all the trash under

your chair?
Is anyone absent today? None sir.
Very good. Let's have 3 claps and a loud AHO!
AHO!

Before we start our lesson, let us

First, recall our classroom rules. Who can
Give me the first rule. Sit properly

Correct. What are the others?

Be quiet.
Listen attentively.
Participate.

B. Developmental Activities
Let us have a game. I will show you a series of
letters. Arrange them properly to find the hidden
words.
TNERAP PARENT
GNIRPSFFO OFFSPRING
DLIHC CHILD
EZILITREF FERTILIZE
ECUDORPER REPRODUCE

C. ELICIT
I have here several pictures of different
Organisms. I want you to tell me the number of
Parents needed to reproduce an offspring.
 1 Parent
Starfish

2 Parents

Gumamela

2 Parents

Human

1 Parent
Segmented worm

2 Parents
Dogs
D. Engage
Let us examine the following
Pictures of some organisms we saw
Earlier.
These are pictures of a starfish and a dog.
One of them needs 1 parent to reproduce
While the other one needs two parents.

Why do you think these happen?

Sir, maybe the dog can have Two sexes while
the starfish has only One sex.
You have a point. What else?
The students will give other answers.)
Do these organisms always look the same
Like their parents?
(The students will give their answers.)
Why do you think these are possible?
(The students will give their answers.)

E. Explore
Now, we will have a trip inside the
Classroom. I will group you into four.

Each of them offers a different topic

That you will observe and examine. Write
Your notes as you go on.

I will assign each group to a

Designated learning area. After 3 minutes,
You will proceed to the next learning area
Until you finish visiting all learning areas.

Before we do that, let us recall

The guidelines in doing an activity. What
Is the first step?
Be cooperative.
That’s right. What else?
 Show respect to your groupmates.

Don’t disturb other groups.

Let us start the activity.
Follow directions correctly.
(Designated learning areas for the groups:)

Group 1 – Area 1
Group 2 – Area 2
Group 3 – Area 3
Group 4 – Area 4
(The students will do the activity.)

Learning Area 1: Vegetative Reproduction

“Can You Grow Plants from ‘Eyes’?”

1. In this activity, a potato tuber was cut into pieces

and planted.
2. Observe and examine the changes in the tubers.
3. Where did the new plants come from?
4. How many parents did it need to reproduce new
plants?
5. What plants reproduce in the same manner? Cite
some examples.
Learning Area 2: Pollination
“Can You Grow Plants from ‘Dust’?”

1. Study the male and female parts of the flower.

What qualities do they have?
2. What does the stamen have? What do we call
the dust-like particles in it?
3. Touch the pistil. What does it feel like? Why do
you think it is sticky?
4. What process spreads pollen to other plants?
What organisms aid in this process?
5. How many parents are needed to reproduce?

Learning Area 3: Internal Fertilization

“Sperm and Egg Cells”

1. Study the picture. Where does a sperm cell come

from? Where does an egg cell come from?
2. How many organisms are needed to reproduce
an offspring?
3. Does the offspring only have similarities in just
one parent? Support your answer.
Learning Are 4: Fragmentation
“A New Worm By Cutting?”

(Present a video clip about

cutting a segmented worm
into two parts.)

1. Observe and study the video clip. What organism

is it?
2. What happened to the worm when it was cut?
3. What happened to the separated part of the
worm?
4. How many parents are needed for the
reproduction?
5. Does the offspring have similarities with the
parent worm? Support your answer.

F. Explain
Let us examine and hear your
Observations in the activity.
Each group shall have a designated
Speaker to present what they’ve observed
In a learning area.
Each group will only present their observations in
the first learning area that They visited.

(The teacher will assist the learners in the

Presentation. The teacher will give the
The correct scientific term for every needed
Observation.)
(The students will present their work.)
Examples:
Pollination Stamen
Budding Pistil
Pollen Reproduction

What have you observed in the

Parents of the different offspring? Do they
Have the same number of parents? No, sir

Why does it happen?

Some organisms need only one parent. Others
need two parents to reproduce.
That is correct. Does every offspring
Look exactly the same as their parents? No sir.
Why do you say so? The organisms that need 1 parent, such
as the segmented worm, looked alike their
parent. On the other hand, the organisms with
two parents got traits from both parents.

Yes, that is right!

G. Elaboration
There are two kinds of reproduction.
Asexual reproduction needs one parent to
Produce an offspring.

Some examples of asexual

Reproduction is vegetative reproduction from
Potatoes, budding from the yeast cells and
Fragmentation just like what happened to
The segmented worm.

Offspring from asexual reproduction

Looks the same with the parent organism.

Sexual reproduction requires two

Parents- a male and a female- to reproduce.
Examples of this process are pollination in
Plants and internal fertilization in humans.

Offspring from sexual reproduction

Gets traits from both parents.

To further understand the lesson, let

Us have an activity. I will group you now into
Three.
I will give you an activity card and
Follow the directions in it. (The students will do the activity.)

Group 1:
1. Make a Venn Diagram about Asexual
And Sexual Reproduction.
Show their similarities and differences.

Group 2:
1. Draw two organisms that undergo
Asexual reproduction.

Group 3:
 1. Draw two organisms that undergo
Sexual reproduction.

Let us take a look in your (The students will present their work.)
Works.

Let us recall our lesson today. The two kinds of reproduction are
What are the two kinds of reproduction? Asexual and sexual.

An organism needs one parent for

Correct! How many parents do
An organism needs an asexual and asexual
Reproduction?
What can you say about the
Similarities of the offspring to the parent
In an asexual and sexual reproduction?
Asexual reproduction while two parents
Are needed for sexual reproduction.
Offspring from asexual reproduction
Looked the same as their parent. On
On the other hand, offspring from sexual
Reproduction gets traits from both
Parents.

Exactly.

H. Evaluate
Write AR if the sentences refer to an asexual reproduction and SR for sexual reproduction.

____1. Ginger and sweet potatoes can reproduce by planting their plant tubers in the soil.

____2. The male organism produces sperm cells and the female organism produces an egg cell.

____3. Lisa cut a worm into two pieces. She was shocked when she saw the two pieces move separately
and independently.
____4. Male elements of a flower release pollen to a female element of the flower.

____5. Sponges have smaller parts that can grow and become different organisms.

Answers:

1. AR
2. SR
3. AR
4. SR
5. AR
I. Extend

Read the sentences below.

1. If a starfish loses a body part, it grows itself a new one. The separated part grows into a new
independent starfish. Why do you think this happened?

2. To produce desirable gumamelas, the farmer needs to propagate a good variety of the flowers. What
method can the farmer use? Support your answer.