SCIENCE 3

SCIENCE 3Unit IV, Chapter 1, Lesson 3: Bodies of Water in Your Community4

STRUCTURED LEARNING EPISODEGRADE III

Competency:Describe the things found in the surroundings (S3ES-IVa-b-1)Relate the importance of surroundings to people and other living things (S3ES-IVc-d-2)

Lesson:Bodies of Water in Your Community

Objectives:1. Describe the bodies of water2. Infer that plants and animals are present around and in the bodies of water.3. Participate in group activities

Reference:K to 12 Learners Material pp. 151-152K to 12 Teachers Guide pp. 157-160

Materials:pictures of different bodies of water; pencilphotocopy of two bodies of water, crayon or water color, clear tape, cardboard , pair of scissors

Activities:PrimingQuestions Have you gone swimming with their parents, brothers and sisters? Where was the place? Did you enjoy swimming? Have you traveled by boat with their parents, brothers and sisters? Where was the place? Did you enjoy the travel? Where do you get the water you use for drinking, for taking a bath, and for washing their clothes?Based on the answers to the questions, ask the pupils: are there different kinds of bodies of water? Name some of them.

Activity Activity Sheet 4: Bodies of Water in your Community

Analysis Let the pupils examine closely the pictures in the Activity Sheet. Ask them if the body of water is familiar to them. Discuss further the characteristic of the different bodies of water. Refer to the background information for this topic. (see Teachers Guide pp.157-158)

Abstraction What are the different bodies of water present in your community?

Water bodies are described in a plethora of different names in English - rivers, streams, ponds, bays, gulfs, and seas to name a few. A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. It moves to a lower level in a channel on land. Example of this is Tandawan stream in Davao. A river is a natural watercourse usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, or sea, or another river. In few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. The rivers in the Philippines are the Pasig River ,called Ilog Pasig in Filipino that connects Laguna De bay to Manila Bay. A hot spring is produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater from the Earths crust, Example is the Tangub Hot Spring in Camiguin. It is in the sea at normal water level. At low tide the warm water comes out between the rocks. A pond is a small lake, most often in a natural depression. Like a stream, the word lake is quite a generic term - it refers to any accumulation of water surrounded by land - although it is often of a considerable size. A sea is a large body of saline water that may be connected with an ocean or may be a large saline lake that lacks a natural outlet. An example is the Camotes Sea, a small sea between the Eastern Visayas and the Central Visayas. It is bordered by the islands of Leyte to the north and east, Bohol to the South and Cebu to the West. Oceans are the ultimate bodies of water and refers to the five oceans - Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and Southern. The equator divides the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Oceans into the North and South Atlantic Ocean and the North and South Pacific Ocean.

Application1. Kangkong grows in shallow bodies of water. What do think will happen to them if they are planted away from bodies of water?2. Roy noticed that frogs are abundant in the nearby pond, while toads can be barely seen. What is the reason behind this?

Closure Ask the pupils to complete the table below. BODIES OF WATER

Fresh WaterSalted WaterPlants and Animals Present

AssessmentMatch Column A with Column B. Write the letter of the correct answer on your paper.

Column AColumn B

1. a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. It moves to a lower level in a channel on land.a. sea

2. usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, or sea, or another river.b. lake

3. produced by the emergence of geothermally heated ground water from the Earths crust,c. spring

4. localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land apart from a river, stream, or other form of moving water that serves to feed or drain the laked. river

5. a large body of saline water that is connected to an ocean or may be a large saline lake that lacks a natural outlet.e. hotspring

6. the smallest indentations of land by a lake, sea, or ocean.f. lake

7. larger than a cove and can refer to any wide indentation of the landg. gulf

8. larger than a bay which is usually a deep cut of the landh. oceans

9. body of water surrounded by landi. coves

10. body of water smaller than oceanj. bay

Agreement1. Draw a water body found in your community.2. Collect pictures of the different kinds of bodies of water.

Prepared by:

KATHERINE L. ROMERO Teacher I

SUPPLEMENTARY WORKSHEETGRADE III

Competency:Describe the things found in the surroundings (S3ES-IVa-b-1)Relate the importance of surroundings to people and other living things (S3ES-IVc-d-2)

Lesson:Bodies of Water in Your Community

Objectives:1. Describe the bodies of water2. Infer that plants and animals are present around and in the bodies of water.3. Participate in group activities

Reference:K to 12 Learners Material pp. 151-152

Materials:pictures of different bodies of water; pencilphotocopy of two bodies of water, crayon or water color, clear tape, cardboard , pair of scissors

Direction: Activity Sheet 4: Bodies of Water in your Community

1. Group yourselves into 5. Have a photocopy of the bodies of water.

2. Using crayons or water color, color the illustrations and cut the paper following the broken lines.

3. Tape each cut out bodies of water onto a sheet of poster board using only a small piece of clear tape along the top of each card ( so the card flips upwards) and answer the questions. Do this on your notebook.

Prepared by:

KATHERINE L. ROMERO Teacher I