School: Grade Level: 5

GRADES 5 Teacher: Learning Area: SCIENCE

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A.Content the interactions for survival among living and non-living things that take place in estuaries and intertidal zones
Standards
B.Performance create a hypothetical community to show how organisms interact and reproduce to survive
Standards
C.Learning Explain the need to protect and conserve estuaries and intertidal zones
Competencies/LC
code
D.Enabling Explain the need to Explain the need to Explain the need to protect Explain the need to Explain the need to protect
Objectives protect and conserve protect and conserve and conserve estuaries and protect and conserve and conserve estuaries and
estuaries and intertidal estuaries and intertidal intertidal zones estuaries and intertidal intertidal zones
zones zones S5LT-Ii-j-10 zones S5LT-Ii-j-10
S5LT-Ii-j-10 S5LT-Ii-j-10 S5LT-Ii-j-10
II. CONTENT Protecting and Protecting and The Need to Protect and The Need to Protect and The Need to Protect and
Conserving Estuaries Conserving Estuaries Conserve Estuaries and Conserve Estuaries and Conserve Estuaries and
Intertidal Zones Intertidal Zones Intertidal Zones
and Intertidal Zones and Intertidal Zones
III. LEARNING
RESOURCES

A. References
1. Teacher’s MELC, SLM , PIVOT MELC, SLM , PIVOT MELC, SLM , PIVOT
Guide pages
2. Learner’s SLM p.1-36, PIVOT 36-40 SLM p.1-36, PIVOT 36-40 SLM p.1-36, PIVOT 36-40
Material pages
3. Textbook
pages
 4. Additional
Materials from
Learning
Resource (LR)
portal
B. Other Learning
Resources
IV.Learning Tasks
ENGAGEMENT
Reviewing previous What was our past What was our past What was our past lesson? What was our past lesson? What was our past lesson?
lesson or presenting lesson? lesson?
the new lesson WHAT are interidal zone and
WHAT are interidal WHAT are estuaries estuaries? Why does interdidal zone Why is interdidal zone and
zone? is a vital place to live in? estuaries are already under
threat?
B.Establishing a WATCH THIS WATCH THIS LOOK AT THE PICTURE DO THIS DO THIS
purpose for the
lesson Video Clips : Video Clips : Ecosystem Direction: Write an essay on
Ecosystem Protecting Protecting and how you can protect and
and conserving conserving Estuaries conserve the intertidal
zones and estuaries.
Estuaries and Intertidal and Intertidal zones `
zones

http:// http://

www.ehow.com/ www.nature.com/

how_5480174_protect- scitable/knowledge/

ecosystem.html library/restoration-of-
estuaries-82965822
Presenting Estuaries are The estuaries and Most of our intertidal zones Intertidal zone and Like other ecosystems,
examples/instances important intertidal zone are both and estuaries are already estuaries are homes to estuaries and intertidal
of the new lesson important to our under threat. Some of them different kinds of living zones need to be protected
biologically diverse
ecosystem. They
ecosystems that are being converted to things. These make them a because of the presence of
alsoneed protection in
buildings, malls, etc, while vital place of the earth. organisms that are
have significant order to function well and
others are now extensively These places are meant to dependent on their unique
ecological, social, help our natural
resources. They polluted by man’s industrial protect by us human conditions. Our country is
cultural and activities. Thus, we should beings rich in different forms of
providehabitats to our
economic value. protect and conserve our ecosystem because of the
marine resources. But
when they are not being environment now before it is presence of so many rivers
protected andconserved, too late. and long shorelines. Like the
they will no longer give Manila Bay which has both
shelter to some of our intertidal zones and
marine resources
estuaries, human should do
actions that will not destroy
but support the interactions
of the organisms living in the
area. There are a lot of ways
of taking good care the
environment.
Discussing new READ THIS THIS IS HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THIS IS HOW TO TAKE CARE Estuaries are important
concepts and OUR INTRDIDAL ZONES AND OF OUR INTRDIDAL ZONES because it filters dirt before
practicing new skills STUARIES AND STUARIES the freshwater enters the
#1 seas or oceans. It also filters
the salt from the seas and
oceans before it enters the
mouth of the river. It plays a
vital role during storms since
it serves as an exit point for
floods. Can you imagine life
without estuaries and
intertidal zones?
A. Developing
mastery
(Leads to
Formative
Assessment 3)

B. Finding practical ANSWER THIS

Nekton

Estuaries Intertidal

River

Ocean

your notebook.
______1. It's a place where
 fresh river water mixes with
salty ocean water.
_____ 2. An organism that
drift freely in the water.
_____ 3. The shallowest part
of the ocean ecosystem.
_____ 4. It is known as the
running – water ecosystem.
_____ 5. These organisms
known as the scavengers or
decomposers.

C. Making Now that you know the i m p As a student, how are you Most of our intertidal zones
generalizations o r t a n c e o f estuaries and going to take care and and estuaries are already
and abstractions intertidal zones, as student protect of our estuaries under threat. Some of them
about the lesson you can do your part in and interdidal zones on are being converted to
protecting and conserving your own way? buildings, malls, etc, while
them. To show your support others are now extensively
to the program entitled " polluted by man’s industrial
Save Manila Bay", in a bond activities.
paper, make a poster in
indicating your proposed
actions in cooperation and
collaboration with your
classmates.
D. Evaluating Answer the crossword puzzle
learning below.

E. Additional
activities for
application or
remediation
IV. REMARKS
V. REFLECTION