LESSON 23: BODY

PARTS OF ANIMALS
FOR PROTECTION

engage explore explain extension/elaborate evaluate

OBJECTIVE:
Infer that animals have body
structures to protect themselves
from their enemies.
ENGAGEMENT:

Let’s play
“HIDE and SEEK”
 How did you find the
activity? Why?
How do you think animals
protect themselves from
their enemies?
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Groupings
Materials Manager Reporter

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Writer Leader
Standard in Doing Group Activity?

cooperatively.
quietly.
fast.
neatly.
ACTIVITY 1

ACTIVITY 2

ACTIVITY 3
EXPLORATION:
Activity 1: “How does appearance of
animals help protect them from their
enemies?”

 Objective:
Infer that color of animals protect
themselves from their enemies
Materials:
Stopwatch, chart and marker
Procedure:
1. Look at the picture.
2. Count the total number of cows in
the picture.
3. Record the time you started and
finished counting.
4. Answer the questions that follow.
EXPLORATION:
Activity 2 – “What body parts of
animals protect them from their
enemies

Objective:
Infer that animals have different body
parts that help them protect themselves
from their enemies
Materials:
Chart , marker
Procedure:
1) List down animals you are familiar
with.
2) Identify the animals and the body
parts they use to protect themselves
from their enemies.
3) Record your answers.
EXPLORATION:
Activity 3 – “How will animals survive
in particular habitat?”

Objective:
Construct a model of an animal with
protective structure
Materials: Colored paper, scissor, glue,
newspaper, carboard, yarn
 Procedure:
1. Think of an animal. Recall its characteristics
as its color, shape, length, predator or
enemies and its defense
2. Have a quick design of this animal
3. Start making this animal. Do this for 15
minutes.
4. Present your creation in class.
5. Tell something about this animal.
Your TIME starts NOW
cooperatively.
quietly.
fast.
neatly.
 Group
After Activity 3

Reporting

extension
discuss camouflage
 AMOUFLAGE
a protective coloration in
animals. This adaptation
allows some animals to
blend with their
surroundings.
Example:
Example:
Grasshopper
Toads
spider
owl
Fox
Dove
 sting

Fire ant
sharp pointed
teeth

claws

lion
 pincers

crab
 legs

horse
 horn

carabao
 fangs

snake
Fill in the dialogue balloons with
the way the animal protect itself.
I am a _______ I am a _______ I am a _______
I_____________ I_____________ I_____________
_____________ _____________ _____________
_____________ _____________ _____________
Elaborate
Other animals imitate the
shape, smell, taste, color
and even sound of other
animals. This behavior is
called MIMICRY.
Hoverfly (the mimic) - honey bee (model)
Viceroy Butterfly Monarch Butterfly
not poisonous poisonous
 Elephant hawk
caterpillar mimic a
snake
insect mimic of a
eucalyptus leaf.
Most insects secrete
chemicals that they use to
protect themselves from
other animals like squid,
wasps and snake.
squid wasp snake
 Other animals protect their own kinds.
Animals like turtles, crabs,
snails and oysters have
protective shell coverings.
When they sense danger, they
keep their bodies inside their
shells.
 How do animals protect
themselves by adaptation?
 Animals protect themselves by using
their body parts such as strong legs,
paws, claws, sharp pointed teeth, and
other parts of the body. Other animals
protect their own kind by staying
together within hearing distance. And for
animals that cannot move fast they use
their hard shell by keeping their bodies
inside. Furthermore, others secret
chemicals.
EVALUATION: Infer animal body structure use by the
animal below to protect themselves from their
enemies.

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Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection
Act. (Republic Act No. 9147). An Act providing for
the conservation and protection of wildlife resourc
 Research on how animals
escape from extreme weather.
Then, give examples of these
animals.
 Prepared by:
Ms. Maylene B. Gatpolintan