MULTIGRADE LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE AND HEALTH GRADES V AND VI Lesson 16 GRADE V I. OBJECTIVES 1.

Describe characteristics of flowering and non- flowering plants 2. Classify plants into flowering and non- flowering II. SUBJECT MATTER Topic: Flowering and Non-Flowering Plants Reference/s: BEC- PELC Materials: Real plants Science Ideas 1. Seed plants are classified into two groups: the nonflowering plants or gymnosperms and the flowering plants or angiosperms. 2. Gymnosperms are non- flowering plants which produce naked seeds not enclosed in a fruit. Most common example of gymnosperms is conifers, liverworts, lichens and evergreen. 3. Angiosperms are flowering seed plants which produce seed enclosed in a fruit or pod. 1 I. OBJECTIVE Infer the effects of overgrowing, mining and intensive farming to the ecosystem GRADE VI

II. SUBJECT MATTER Topic: Human Activities that Disturb Ecological Balance Reference/s: BEC- PELC Materials: Pictures showing people doing mining and intensive farming, art materials, white cartolina Science Ideas 1. Human activities produce much waste which pollutes the environment such as mining and intensive farming. 2. Mining operations contaminate the soil with poison from metals. 3. Intensive farming can loosen the fertility of the soil.

GRADE V Process Skills: Observing, Classifying, Communicating Values: Appreciation of different kinds of plants

GRADE VI Process Skills: Observing, Inferring, Communicating Values: Concern for the environment

III. LEARNING ACTIVITIES Preparatory Activities 1. Health Inspection 2. Science News 3. Review Differentiate the seed bearing plant from non-seed bearing plant. 3. Review Recall lesson about effects of oil spills and improper disposal of wastes. 4. Motivation Show picture of people doing mining. Have the pupils share their reactions regarding the picture. Ask: What would be the effect of mining to the environment? Show a picture of grazing animals. Show picture of farmer using insecticides in his farm. Ask: What would be the effect of this to the farmers health? to the air?

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GRADE VI Developmental Activities 1. Presentation Today, we are going to study how mining overgrazing and intensive farming affect the ecosystem.

4. Motivation May is the month of flowers. Many plants are blooming with flowers. Can you name some plants that bloom in May? Developmental Activities 1. Presentation Introduce that like animals, plants are also classified into groups based on the presence or absence of its body parts. Ask: Name some plants that bear flowers? Plants that does not bear flowers? Do all plants with seeds bear flowers and vice versa?

2. Activities Form three groups. Give each group related literature about mining, overgrazing and intensive farming. Have each group discuss the effect of mining, intensive farming and overgrazing in the ecosystem. Each group is assign to discuss specific topic: Group I- Mining Open-pit mining removes the fertile topsoil. It is then replaced by waste soil that is contaminated with poisonous chemicals used in mining. The microorganisms in the soil are not able to break down the poison. Instead, they all die, and the place becomes totally barren and unproductive. . Group II- Overgrazing Pasturelands are over grazed when people raise too much line stock. Too many animals grazing will eat everything, even the roots and the underground stems of the plants, the plants are not given enough time to reproduce. As a result, the land becomes barren and turns into desert. This is the reason why much of Africa has become arid and barren. 3

GRADE V 2. Activities Group outdoor activity. The groups will tour around the vicinity of the school where there are plants/ trees growing. Have each group identify the plants that they found and classify these into flowering and non- flowering plants. Fill- in the observation table. Name of Place plant/tree found
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GRADE VI Group III- Intensive Farming In the desire of the farmers to raise and harvest more crops to gain more money, the farmers engage in intensive farming. They overuse pesticides and artificial fertilizers. Overusing of pesticides and artificial fertilizers in agriculture destroys soil organisms that cycle and mountain soil fertility. After a few years, the farmers have to use more pesticides and artificial fertilizers to get more harvest. As they do so, they continue to destroy the few microorganisms that are left. They are also building up inorganic salts in the soil. This results in soil infertility. After discussing have each group make a poster illustrating their shared ideas. Have the groups publish their outputs.

Flowering

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3. Analysis/ Discussion What could be the effects of mining to the environment and to the living thing? How could this disrupt the ecosystem? How intensive farming does affects the soil and the quality of crop products? What could be the effects of overgrazing? How can this upset the ecological balance? 4. Generalization How do overgrazing, mining and intensive farming do affect the ecosystem? 4

GRADE V Group reporting on the given activity. 3. Analysis What characteristic/s is distinct among flowering plants? What is the characteristic/s of non-flowering plants? Do all seed bearing plants bear flowers? Do all plants with flowers bear seed? 4. Discussion Plants with seeds are classified into two smaller groups: flowering plants and non-flowering plants. Non-flowering plants are the first to appear on earth. Their seed are not found in fruits but in cones. They are called conifers or the cone bearing plants. They produce seeds even without flowers. They are also called gymnosperms. Evergreens belong to gymnosperms and they remain green throughout the year even during cold season or winter. Most of their leaves are needle-like and scalelike. Examples of evergreens are the pines and cypress. Flowering plants have true roots, stems and leaves. Their seeds are inside the fruits. Flowering plants are also called angiosperms. Their flowers have stamen 5 5. Application

GRADE VI

Being a Grade VI pupil how will you help solve these problems? List down five ways for each.

GRADE V (male reproductive part), and pistils (female reproductive part). When the flowers are fertilized, they become fruits. Flowering plants is grouped into biennial or annual. Biennial plants take two years to complete their cycle. Biennials produce bear flowers in their second year, bear seeds and then die. Examples are carrots, beets, asparagus and parsley. Annual plants last only for one season and die. They need to be replanted again to bear flower and fruit to make seed. Examples are beans, cosmos, margarita and pechay. 5. Application How are flowerings used in our daily life? How do we make use of the cones of pine trees and other conifers? IV. EVALUATION A. Match the words in column A to their characteristics in column B. A. B. 1. Angiosperms a. non-flowering plants 2. Conifers b. female reproductive part of a flower 3. Gymnosperms c. con- bearing plants 4. Stamen d. flowering plants 5. Pistil e. male reproductive part of a flower 6 IV. EVALUATION

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True or False. Write T if the sentence is correct and F if it is wrong. 1. Intensive farming can loosen the fertility of the soil. 2. Population increases when there are more deaths. 3. Malnutrition is one of the major effects of overpopulation. 4. Mining can cause health problem to the people. 5. When the demand for food is greater than the supply of food, then the people will be hungry.

GRADE V B. Classify the following into flowering and non- flowering plants. Flowering Plants Non- flowering Plants

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Papaya Mango Guava V. ASSIGNMENT

Pine tree Roses Liverworts

Squash Lichens Evergreen V. ASSIGNMENT Group Assignment Make a collage of pictures showing the effects of overgrazing, mining and intensive farming and paste it in a copy paper.

Cut out pictures of different examples of flowering and nonflowering plants and paste them in a copy paper.