Science 7-Energy Transfer in The Ecosystems
Science 7-Energy Transfer in The Ecosystems
I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standard: The learners demonstrate an understanding of organisms interacting with each
other and with their environment to survive
B. Performance Standards: The learners shall be able to: conduct a collaborative action to preserve the
ecosystem in the locality
C. Learning Competency: describe the different ecological relationships found in an ecosystem; S7LT-
IIh10
D. Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to perform the following activities with at least
75% proficiency:
Knowledge: Describe how producers, first order consumer, second order consumer, and third order
consumer gets its food.
Skills: Construct a food chain showing how energy flow from the sun to the different organisms.
Attitude: Develop an awareness the importance of each components in the ecosystem
C. PROCEDURE
A. Preparatory Activities:
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Checking of the attendance
B. ELICIT:
What are the different relationships that exist between organisms in an ecosystem?
C. ENGAGE:
Let the students describe the illustration, then ask the following question:
1. What are the different types of plants that you can see in the illustration?
2. Where do you think the plants gets its energy?
3. What are the organisms that feed on plants in this illustration?
4. What are the different types of animals that you can see in the illustration?
5. What identify the organisms that feed on other organisms
Identify the organisms that are mentioned as producers, first order consumer, second order
consumer, and third order consumer.
D. EXPLORE:
Using the same illustration, call students volunteers to trace the flow of energy from the sun to the
different organisms.
E. EXPLAIN:
What can you observe in this series? How does energy flow from the sun to the different organisms?
F. ELABORATE
Food chain
• The next link in the chain is the group of organisms that make their own food - the
photosynthetic organisms (producers)
• Next in the sequence are organisms the eat the producers; they are the first order
consumers
• The next link in the chain is the group of animals that eat the first order consumer;
they are the second order consumer. These organisms in turn, are eaten by larger
animals – the predators; they are also called third order consumers.
G. Application
Do you think each component in the food chain are important?
What do you think will happen if one component disappears, let’s say for example the
plants?
H. EVALUATION:
A. Construct a food chain showing how energy flow from the sun to the different organisms. List
down the organisms found in your food chain. By putting a check mark (/), classify them
according to the following categories:
Organism Producer First-order Second-order Third-order
Consumer Consumer Consumer
I. .EXTEND:
B. Draw a food chain. Label the organisms as producers, 1st order consumer, 2nd order consumer, 3rd
order consumer and decomposer.
Prepared by:
Rowena O. Saavedra