COMPETENTE, RONNEL JOSEPH | UNIVERSITY OF NUEVA CACERES| DEMO ONLY

LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE II

I. OBJECTIVE

At the end of one hour, 80% of the students should be able to:

1. identify and classify on the natural resources found in the environment and man-
made resources.
2. judge if the resources are needed to conserve.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. TOPIC: Identifying Natural Resources Found in the Environment (e.g. water, soil,
trees, plants and animals)
B. MATERIALS:
a. Pictures of the things we get from water (fish, shells, crabs, shrimp)
b. Pictures of the things taken from the land (fruits, vegetables, crops)
c. Pictures of different animal
d. Pictures of man made objects
C. REFERENCES: Simply Science in the Next Century 2, pp 124-126; pictures from
varied sources biology4kids.org

D. VALUE INFUSION: Usefulness of Natural Resources, identifying, observing,

classifying

III. PROCEDURE

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY

A. Preliminary Activities
Good morning class! Good morning sir!
Please arrange your seats and pick-up (Students will arrange and pick-up the
the pieces of paper pieces of paper)
So today, we are going to have a tour
without going outside the classroom!
Are you excited? Yes, teacher!
Okay, we will begin if your eyes will be
locked on the screen and will close your
mouth. (Students will focused their eyes on the
LCD screen)
B. Engagement
Imagine we are in a farm, what are the
things we will see?
(Students will give their different
responses, accept all answers and write
them on the board)

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Okay, now, imagine we are under the

sea! What are the things we will see?
(Students will give their different
responses, accept all answers and write
them on the board)
After going to the sea, let’s now go the
mall, what are the things we can see?
(Students will give their different
responses, accept all answers and write
them on the board)
Excellent children! Lets give ourselves a
round of applause (Students will clap their hands.)
C. Explorations
Now, I will group you into three. (Students will be divided into three.)
(Once settled, the teacher will give the
instruction for the activity.)
Each team will be given an envelope. You
have to paste these pictures on the given
cartolina. Note, there is one picture that is
not included in the group and therefore
should not be posted. Then you have to
tell whether the pictures given to you are (Students will clarify the instruction.)
natural resources or man-made
resources. Are the instruction clear? Yes Sir!
Okay, you have only 10 minutes to finish
this exercise.
D. Explanation
Okay, students that is enough! Teams,
please paste your answers on the board.
Okay, may I request the team members
of this group (pointing out to land
resources) to stand? (Members will stand)
Okay, what are the objects you have
pasted? Rice/palay
Trees
Chicken
How many objects you have pasted? Three, sir!
Is that a natural resource or man-made Natural resource, sir!
resource?
Excellent! Where are they located, in land In land!
or in water?
Very good! Thank you! You may take
your seat. Class, these (pointing to the
work of land resources team) are land
natural resources. Again, what are they
call? Land natural resources

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Okay, lets give the team a round of

applause! (Students will clap their hands)
Let us now proceed to the team who did
this. Where are they? (Students will stand.)
Okay, what are the objects you have
pasted? Fish
Shell
Salt
How many objects you have pasted? Three, sir!
Is that a natural resource or man-made Natural resource, sir!
resource?
Excellent! Where are they located, in land In water!
or in water?
Very good! Thank you! You may take
your seat. Class, these (pointing to the
work of water resources team) are water
natural resources. Again, what are they
call? Water natural resources
Okay, lets give the team a round of
applause! (Students will clap their hands)
Let us now proceed to the last team.
Please stand. (Students will stand.)
Okay, what are the objects you have
pasted? Clothes
Shoes
Toys
How many objects you have pasted? Three, sir!
Is that a natural resource or man-made Man-made, sir!
resource?
Excellent! Who do you think created People, sir!
those objects?
Very good! Thank you! You may take
your seat. Class, these (pointing to the
work of last team) are man-made. Again,
what are they call?
Man-made resources
D. Evaluation
Lets’ see if you know the difference. I will
flash on the screen a sentence and you
tell me what is the answer. Ready? Yes, sir!
First question, these are resources that
can be found in land Land natural resources
Correct! Next question, these are
resources that can be found in water Water natural resources
Nice! Last question, these are resources
that are made by man Man-made resources

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Excellent, students! Let us check your

prior work. (In this part, the students will look on their
previous answer on the tour activity)
E. Expansion
I have here another question, if
somebody can answer this, he/she will
receive a special gift after the class. Here
is the question, What do you mean by
conserve? Conserve is same as consume.
The answer is close, but not quite right,
Anyone else? Yes Ian? Conserve is to save.
Exactly!

Now, I will flash a sentence on the

screen. (Students will read.) “Resources should
be conserve.”
What do you mean by that statement?
(Students will raise their hands)
Yes, Dorothy!
It means sir that resources should be
used everyday.
Okay, resources should be used
everyday but how are we going to use it?
Should we use it until its gone? Yes,
Mary! No sir! It means we have to save some
resources.
Correct! Okay I will flash on the screen
pictures of students using resources.
Clap your hands if they are conserving
and put your hands in your mouth if it is
not. Ready Yes, sir!
Picture of a child using a glass in
brushing his teeth (Students will clap their hands)
Picture of a child leaving the faucet open. (Students will put their hands in their
mouth.)
Picture of a child crumpling many papers (Students will put their hands in their
mouth.)
Picture of a child switching off the lights (Students will clap their hands)
F. Extension (part of the assignment)
Okay, for your assignment, list down
other resources to be conserved.

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IV. ASSESSMENT

A. Draw a circle if the resources is land natural resource, if the

resources is water natural resource and if the resources are man-made.

___________1. Pig

___________2. Tilapia

___________3. Shoes

___________4. Pencil

___________5. Banana

B. Cross-out the picture of the child who is NOT conserving.

V. ASSIGNMENT

A. Remedial: Draw some of our land resources and water resources in your
notebook
B. Enrichment: Write in 2 or 3 sentences how will you maintain the earth’s natural
resources?
C. Expansion Activity.

Prepared by:

Ronnel Joseph T. Competente

Assistant Professor III
College of Education
University of Nueva Caceres

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