Quarter IV: Ecology

Topic: Time Frame: Basics of Ecology and Human Impact on 40 days Ecosystem Element of TG: Firm-Up Sub-Topic: Components of Ecology Learner's Activities: Comparing ecological communities,ecological habitats and ecological niches(Day6) Differentiating habitats and niches(Day6)

Element of TG: Element of TG: Element of TG: Explore Explore Firm-Up Checking for Teacher's Sub-Topic: Understanding Activities Basic Units of Assessing learner's Introducing the topicEcology understanding of concept "Basics of Ecology Learner's taught in elementary scienceand Human Impact Activities: in regard to ecosystems on Ecosystems" Conducting any or (Day2) both of the two activities:(a) Orientation on the environmental products/ sensitivity,and (b) performances(Day2) ecology conceptualizing Learner's (Day4) Activities: Formulating Explaining the questions leading to importance of EQ(Day2) studying ecology and different areas Detailing assessmentof study within its criteria(Day2) realm(Day4) Conceptualizing the design of an environmental project (Day3)

Planning and conducting a field study of a nearby available ecosystem(Days 7 to 9) Checking for Understanding Revisiting prior knowledge, misconception, alternative Describing conceptions,etc. in connections betweenrelation tocomponents and among the of ecology concerns within the scope of ecology (Day5) Checking for Understanding Revisiting prior knowledge, misconception, alternative conceptions,etc. in relation to basic units of ecology

Element of TG: Firm-Up Sub-Topic: Characteristics of Ecosystems Learner's Activities: Making inferences on the carrying capacity when the of a given species beyond the limit that can be supported by a particular habitat

Element of TG: Firm-Up Sub-Topic: Characteristics of Ecosystems Learner's Activities: Making inferences on maintaining the balance in the population when natural enemies or predators are absent

Element of TG: Firm-Up Sub-Topic: Functions of Ecosystems Learner's Activities: Communicating how an ecosystem performs and regulates the process of energy flow

Find the connections between extinction and reproductive capabilities of organisms nalyzing how materials A cycle as they are Making predictions on how Checking for Understanding accumulated,transformed the exceeding limit of Revisiting prior and moved between living production of an eccosystemknowledge, organisms and the physical affect the cycle of nutrients misconception, environment alternative Communicating how conceptions,etc. in Checking for pollution occurs when wasterelation tocharacteristics of ecosystems Understanding production goes beyond Learner's Activities: the recycling capacity Proving how organisms, of the ecosustem other than humans,affect their environment (FU:EXPLANATION) Evaluating how understanding on ecosystem benefits human (FU:INTERPRETATION) Revisiting prior knowledge, misconception, alternative conceptions,etc. in relation to functions of ecosystem

Element of TG: Element of TG: Element of TG: Element of TG: Firm-Up Firm-Up Firm-Up Firm-Up Sub-Topic: Sub-Topic: Sub-Topic: Sub-Topic: Human Impact Human Impact Environmental Environmental on Ecosystem on Ecosystem Principles Principles Learner's Learner's Learner's Learner's Activities Activities Activities Activities Making inferences on how Analyzing human Expalining how Justifying the need to biotic and abiotic factors contributions to nature regulates, maintain the limits with which are altered through hunting, increasing global perpetuates, the nature operates eliminating predators, warming and maintain its balance introduction of new species,climate change and keep both Expalining human land conversion,kaingin living and non-livingresponsibility to conserve system,etc. Exploring new ways components stable and protect nature or approaches to Analyzing how some humanaddress the Relating diversity Checking for activities contribute to ecological problem of organisms to Understanding pollution human survival Designing how resources Checking for can be sustained using Analyzing the impact of Understanding Justifying why basic concepts on ecology man-made pollutions to Revisiting prior interdependence (FU:APPLICATION) the quality of airand water knowledge, should be maintained misconception, in the ecosystem Revisiting prior Checking for alternative knowledge, Understanding conceptions,etc. in Making inferences misconception, Revisiting prior relation to human why changes are alternative knowledge, impact on essential in conceptions,etc. in misconception, ecosystems maintaining balance relation to environmental alternative of nature principles conceptions,etc. in relation to human impact on Explaining the ecosystems importanceof knowing that nothing on Earth "disappears" or "simply" goes away

Element of TG: Element of TG: Deepen Transfer Checking for Learner's Activities: ASSESSMENT FOR Understanding Solving an ecological problem existing inLEARNING Arguing on one's own view the immediate community through the after exhausting all views cooperative conduct of an innovative about "thinking globally andor creative environmental activity or acting globally" to protect project (clean-up drive,tree planting, ecosystem rip-rapping,IGP for an environmental (FU:PERSPECTIVE) cause, etc: PRODUCT/PERFORMANCE Assuming the role of environmentalist Evaluating the product/performance committed to protect the (USE OF ASSESSMENT CRITERIA/ earth TOOLS) (FU:EMPATHY) Realizing one's contribution to environmental protection and conservation (FU:SELFKNOWLEDGE) CHECKING FOR THE ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDING (EU) Contemplating on the Essential Question (EQ) Re-examining the tentative idea vis-a-vis the EQ Revising/Justifying the tentative idea based on the understanding(s) gained

available ecosystem(Days 7

understanding on ecosystem (FU:INTERPRETATION)

maintain the limits with which