Department of Education
Region IV-A Division of Laguna
Banca-Banca Integrated National High School
Banca- Banca, Victoria, Laguna
S.Y 2018-2019
A Semi-detailed Lesson Plan in Science 8
(Energy Pyramid)
Prepared by:
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RIAH V. BARSICULA
Teacher II
Checked by:
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MARRY ANNE A. ALCANTARA
Master Teacher II
Noted by:
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ERENE SJ. PANOPIO
School Principal
A. Content Standards
The learners demonstrate an understanding of the one-way flow of energy and
the cycling of materials in an ecosystem.
B. Performance Standard
The learners should be able to make a poster comparing food choices based on
the trophic levels.
C. Learning Competencies
Describe the transfer of energy through the tropic levels.
Code: (S8LT-Ivi-22)
I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
1. Fit the food chain into a food pyramid.
2. Determine the amount of food eaten by a person according to his place in the
food pyramid.
3. Give value
IV. Subject Matter:
A. Topic: Module 2: Energy Pyramid
B. References:
1. Science Grade 8 Teacher's Guide pages 203
2. Science Grade 8 Learner's Materials pages 280 - 284
V. Procedure
A. Review
What are herbivores? carnivores? omnivores?
B. Priming
Who among you prefer to eat chicken, pork, and beef as a normal part of
your diet? Let us see how much food energy we get out of this.
Discuss about food pyramid and explain the amount of energy in food
received from one trophic level to another.
C. Activity
Students do the Activity: The Pyramids of Life!
Each group will be graded based on the rubrics below.
Safety Reminder:
1. Work with your group cooperatively.
2. Avoid unnecessary noise while performing the activity.
3. Keep your working area in order.
C. Analysis
What does the biomass pyramid demonstrate?
What does the energy pyramid demonstrate?
E. Application
Can a person live by eating plants alone without suffering from malnutrition?
Explain.
F. Abstraction
Between a meat eater and a plant eater, who gets the maximum energy?
VI. Assessment
Use the diagram below to answer the given questions.
Man 50
kg
Goat
500 kg
Vegetables
5000 kg
1. If a man has eaten 50 kg of goat meat, how much of the goat will be left?
2. How many more persons weighing about 50 kg could the goat support?
3. Suppose a man has eaten 50 kg of vegetables, how many more persons of the same
weight can the green plant support?
VII. Assignment
Answer the following questions in your notebook:
1. What is oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle?
2. Why are plants and animals important in the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle?
3. How do plants produce gas? How about the animals?
Reference: LM page 285
Science and Technology II SEDP Series pp. 217-219
Remarks:
_______ out of _____ students reached the mastery level
_______ out of _____ students did not reached the mastery level
Activity 3 The Pyramids of Life
I. Objectives
After performing this activity, you should be able to:
1. describe the amount of biomass and energy in each trophic level in the food chain;
2. Infer that plant eaters are more efficient in converting biomass of producers to biomass of
consumers.
II. Materials Needed
diagram of pyramid of biomass
diagram of energy pyramid
III. Procedure
Group 1
1. Study the pyramid of biomass and answer the questions that follow.
Q1. Which group of organisms has the greatest biomass?
Q2. Which group of organisms has the least biomass?
Q3. What happens to the amount of biomass from the bottom to the top of the
pyramid?
2. Study the energy pyramid and answer the questions that follow.
Q4. Which group of organisms has the greatest energy?
Q5. Which group of organisms has the least energy?
Q6. What happens to the amount of energy from the bottom to the top of the pyramid?
Group 2
Meat eaters vs. plant eaters
1. Study the following pyramid of biomass.
Q7. How much biomass of humans can 5 000 kg of corn support?
2. This time, study the following pyramid of biomass.
Q8. How much biomass of chicken can 5 000 kg of corn support?
Q9. How much biomass of humans can the chickens support?
