Grade III I.

Learning Objective Classify animals according to body parts, movement and places where they live (BECPELC II.1.4)

II. A.

Learning Tasks Subject Matter: Classification of Animals According to Body Parts, Movement and Places Where They Live

1. Concept Animals can be classified according to body parts (e.g. with and without wings; with and without webbed feet; with and without comb and wattle). Animals can be classified according to movement (e.g. if they walk/run; jump/hop; swim; fly; cruise). Animals can be classified according to places where they live (e.g. on land and in water). 2. Process Skills Observing, communicating, classifying, inferring 3. Value Focus Care for animals B. References Balagtas, et al (1999) pp. 79-80 Carale, et al (2002) p. 66 Coronel, Carmelita C., et al (2000) pp. 63-65 C. Materials Cutouts of different animals, pictures, charts III.Learning Procedures A. Review (If needed/checking of assignment) B. Motivation/Presentation Show a picture of a farm where there are lots of animals.

What animals can you see? (horse, fish, frog, duck, chicken, dog, cat, cow, carabao, goat, earthworm, snake, butterfly, bird) Today, you will classify these

animals according to their body parts, movements and places where they live. C. Activity Proper Activity 1 - Classification of Animals as to Body Parts Classify the different animals inside the box as to body parts. Use the classification key. Duck Chicken Dove
with head

Frog Carabao Worm

Starfish

without head Worm Starfish Rough skin

With wings

Without wings

Smooth skin

With webbed feet

Without webbed feet

With webbed feet

Without webbed feet

Answers: Classification of Animals as Duck Chicken With comb Without comb andDove wattle and wattle
with head Duck Chicken Dove With wings Duck Chicken Dove
Without webbed feet With webbed feet

to Body Frog Carabao Worm

Parts Starfish

without head Worm Without wings Frog Carabao Smooth skin Worm Starfish Rough skin

Frog Carabao

Starfish

With webbed feet

Without webbed feet

Duck

Chicken Dove

Frog

Carabao

With comb and wattle

Without comb and wattle

Chicken

Dove

Activity 2 - Classification of Animals as to How They Move Procedure: Below are the 15 names of animals. Classify them as to how they move. Write your answers on the table.

Duck Lizard Squid Ant Fly Walk/Run

Spider Rabbit Grasshopper Bird Fish Jump/Hop Swim

Earthworm Mosquito Snake Eel Dog Fly Crawl

Answers: Classification of Animals as to How They Move Walk/Run Jump/Hop Swim Fly Duck Rabbit Squid Bird Lizard Grasshopper Fish Mosquito Ant Eel Spider Dog

Crawl Earthworm Snake

Activity 3 - Classification of Animals as to the Places Where They Live Procedure: Below are 11 names of animals. Classify them as to where they live. Write your answers on the table. whales, goat, turkey, crab, jellyfish, tilapia, rabbit, cow, milkfish, shark, turtle

Land Animals

Water Freshwater Saltwater

Answers: Classification of Animals as to the Places Where They Live Land Animals Goat Turkey Rabbit Cow Water Freshwater Crab Tilapia Milkfish Turtle Saltwater Whale Crab Jellyfish Shark Turtle

D. Discussion/Analysis Say:Into how many ways did you classify the animals? (three ways as to body parts, as to how they move, and as to where they live.) You can classify animals into more ways, as long as you can explain how you grouped them. Now, when you have devised a dichotomous key like in Activity 1, you can give an operational definition of an organism, just by following the levels of

classification the animal has gone through. For example: I can now define an animal with comb and wattle, without webbed feet, with wings and with a head. Try and do that kind of definition with a dove, frog, carabao, worm and starfish. Its easy. In Activity 3, notice that some animals can be classified as those which live not only in one habitat. Look at how you classified the crab and the turtle. Both are found in freshwater and saltwater habitats.

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Generalization How can we classify the animals? We can classify animals into so many ways, as long as we can explain their groupings. We can classify them according to their: 1. body parts, 2. movements, and 3. places where they live (habitats).

F. Application Who among you have seen a rabbit? How does a rabbit move? (A rabbit hops and jump around.) Would you want to own a pet rabbit? If you dont have a big backyard, do you still want to own a rabbit? Why? Do you think it is okay to place your pet rabbit in a cage? Why? What should your pet be if you really want to have a pet? Probable answers: No, I will not have a pet rabbit if we dont have a space in the backyard. I will just be cruel to my pet rabbit if I will keep it in a small cage. Maybe, I will just have a pair of small fishes in an aquarium filled with plants. My fishes will be happy in it. I can easily feed them with good fish food. I can easily clean their aquarium. And I have a sunny window sill to keep the aquarium plants healthy too. Assessment Use the following classification key to describe 5 pond animals: water strider, guppy, frog, snail and earthworm.

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Yes 1 3 2

No 4 5

Yes 1

No 3

Yes 2

No 4 5

Yes 4

No 5

Answers: A water strider is a pond animal which has wings and six legs. It has also 2 antennae. A guppy is a pond animal which has fins and no legs. A frog is a pond animal which has no wings but with four legs. A snail is a pond animal with a shell but with no fins or legs. An earthworm is a crawling pond animal. It has no shell, fins or legs to move around. V. Assignment Name 10 animals you see in your neighborhood. Classify them as to where they live, how they move and their body parts.