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SECOND TERM WEEKLY LESSON NOTES

WEEK 5
Date: 10th JUNE, 2022 DAY: Subject: Science
Duration: Strand: Systems
Class: B7 Class Size: Sub Strand: Ecosystem
Content Standard: Indicator:
Lesson:
B7.3.3.1 Recognize the components of and B7.3.3.1.1 Analyze the
interdependences in an ecosystem, and appreciate components of ecosystems and 1 of 3
their interactions identify the interactions within
Performance Indicator:
Core Competencies:
Learners can analyze the components of ecosystems and
CC 9.6: CC 8.1: CC 8.4: DL 5.5: DL 5.6: CP 5.1:
identify the interactions within
References: Science Curriculum Pg. 21-22

Phase/Duration Learners Activities Resources

PHASE 1: STARTER Using questions and answers, review to find out what
learners already know about ecosystem.

Share learning indicators and introduce the lesson.

PHASE 2: NEW Describe an ecosystem as a self-sustaining unit in which Pictures and Charts
LEARNING components interact. E.g. a pond, a forest and many
others.
Ecosystem: An ecosystem is defined as the interactions between living
and non-living things in a given area.

Guide learners to identify some other terminologies in

Ecology.
Example:
Population: A population refers the total number of a particular species
living in a habitat.
Community: A community refers to all of the populations of different
species that live in a particular habitat.

Guide learners to discuss what Habitat means and types.

A habitat is the natural dwelling place of an organism.
 Have learners group ecosystems into terrestrial, aquatic
and arboreal categories.
Aquatic habitat: This refers to water as the natural dwelling place
of an organism. The water bodies like rivers, lakes, seas, oceans. The
organisms that live in water are aquatic animals. It is mainly of three
kinds: freshwater, marine, coastal and estuarine

Terrestrial habitat: This refers to the land as the natural home of

an organism. Examples of terrestrial habitats include rainforest,
grassland, dessert and arboreal.
Identify and list the components, such as biotic and abiotic, of each
category of ecosystem.

Assessment
1. What is Ecosystem?
2. Explain the following terms used in ecology.
a. Environment
b. Population
c. Community
d. Ecosystem
PHASE 3: Use peer discussion and effective questioning to find out
REFLECTION from learners what they have learnt during the lesson.

Take feedback from learners and summarize the lesson.

Date: 10th JUNE, 2022 DAY: Subject: Science
Duration: Strand: Systems
Class: B7 Class Size: Sub Strand: Ecosystem
Content Standard: Indicator:
Lesson:
B7.3.3.1 Recognize the components of and B7.3.3.1.1 Analyze the
interdependences in an ecosystem, and appreciate components of ecosystems and 2 of 3
their interactions identify the interactions within
Performance Indicator:
Core Competencies:
Learners can analyze the components of ecosystems and
CC 9.6: CC 8.1: CC 8.4: DL 5.5: DL 5.6: CP 5.1:
identify the interactions within
References: Science Curriculum Pg. 21-22

Phase/Duration Learners Activities Resources

PHASE 1: STARTER Using questions and answers, review with learners what
was studied in the previous lesson.

Share learning indicators and introduce the lesson.

PHASE 2: NEW Engage learners to discuss the interractions between Pictures and Charts
LEARNING Abiotic and Biotic Factors.
Example:
 Reptiles sit on hot rocks in the sunlight to warm their bodies.
 Animals such as termites, ants and rabbits dig or burrow in the
ground for shelter.

Learners to research on the Interdependence of Living

Organisms in The Ecosystem.
Example:
1. Snakes rely on the leaves and ground coloration to camouflage
themselves from predators.
2. Animals use plants as a form of shelter within their environment.
For example, many birds reside within nests on the trees. They build
their nests from twigs and sticks.

Have learners demonstrate the terms predation,

parasitism, competition, commensalism and mutualism in
relation to how organisms interact.
 Predation: In these interactions, one organism benefits while the other
is negatively affected.
 Parasitism is a relationship in which one organism is helped while the
other is harmed.
 Competition: Both organisms are negatively affected in some way due
to their interactions
 Commensalism: In this interaction one organism benefits while the
other is neither harmed nor gains.
 Mutualism: Both organisms benefit from their interactions.

Guide learners to explain how the components of the

different ecosystems affect one another.
 Assessment
1. State the components of an ecosystem
2. What is a species?
3. Give three examples of organisms living in each of the
following habitats
a. Land b. sea c. pond
PHASE 3: Use peer discussion and effective questioning to find out
REFLECTION from learners what they have learnt during the lesson.

Take feedback from learners and summarize the lesson.