Grade III

I. Learning Objective Classify animals according tobody parts, movement and places where they live (BEC-PELC II.1.4)

II. Learning Tasks

A. Subject Matter: Classification of Animals According to Body Parts, Movement and Places Where They Live

1. Concept Animals can be classified according to body parts (e.g. with and without

wings; with and without webbed feet; with and without comb and wattle). Animals can be classified according to movement (e.g. if they walk/run;

jump/hop; swim; fly; cruise). Animals can be classified according to places where they live (e.g. on

land and in water).2. Process Skills

Observing, communicating, classifying, inferring

3. Value Focus Care for animals

B. References- Balagtas, et al (1999) pp. 79-80- Carale, et al (2002) p. 66- Coronel, Carmelita C., et al (2000)

pp. 63-65C. Materials

Cutouts of different animals, pictures, charts

III. Learning Procedures

A. Review (If needed/checking of assignment) B. Motivation/Presentation

Show a picture of a farm where there are lots of animals.

What animals can you see? (horse, fish, frog, duck, chicken, dog, cat, cow, carabao, goat, earthworm, snake, butterfly, bird) Today, you will classify these animals according to their body parts, movements and places where they live.

C. Activity Proper

Activity 1 - Classification of Animals as to Body Parts Classify the different animals inside the box as to body parts. Use the classification

key.

Duck Chicken Dove

FrogCarabaoWorm

Starfish

Answers: Classification of Animals as to Body PartsDuck Chicken Dove

FrogCarabaoWorm

Starfish

Activity 2 - Classification of Animals as to How They Move

Procedure: Below are the 15 names of animals.Classify them as to how they move. Write youranswers on the table.

DuckLizardSquidAnt

SpiderRabbitGrasshopperBird

EarthwormMosquitoSnakeEel

Worm Starfish

with head without head

With wings Without wings Smooth skin Rough skin

With webbed feetWithout

webbed feet

With webbed

feet Without webbed feet

With comb and wattle

Without comb and wattle

Duck FrogChicken Carabao Dove

Worm Starfish

with head without head

DuckChickenDove

Frog Carabao

Duck Chicken Dove Frog Carabao

Chicken Dove

Worm Starfish

With wings Without wings Smooth skin Rough skin

With webbed feetWithout

webbed feet

With webbed

feet Without webbed feet

With comb and wattle

Without comb and wattle

Fly Fish Dog

Walk/Run Jump/Hop Swim Fly Crawl

Answers: Classification of Animals as to How They MoveWalk/Run Jump/Hop Swim Fly Crawl

DuckLizardAntSpiderDog

Rabbit Grasshopper

Squid FishEel

BirdMosquito

Earthworm Snake

Activity 3 - Classification of Animals as to the Places Where They LiveProcedure:Below are 11 names of animals. Classify them as to where they live. Write your answers on the table.

whales, goat, turkey, crab, jellyfish, tilapia, rabbit, cow, milkfish, shark, turtle

Land AnimalsWater

Freshwater Saltwater

Answers: Classification of Animals as to the Places Where They Live

Land AnimalsWater

Freshwater SaltwaterGoatTurkeyRabbitCow

CrabTilapiaMilkfish Turtle

Whale CrabJellyfish SharkTurtle

D. Discussion/Analysis

Say:Into how many ways did you classify the animals? (three ways – as to body parts, as to how they move, and as to where they live.)You can classify animals into more ways, as long as you can explain how you grouped them.Now, when you have devised a dichotomous key like in Activity 1, you can give an operational definition of an organism, just by following the levels of classification the animal has gone through. For example: I can now define an animal with comb and wattle, without webbed feet, with wings and with a head. Try and do that kind of definition with a dove, frog, carabao, worm and starfish. It’s easy. In Activity 3, notice that some animals can be classified as those which live not only in one habitat. Look at how you classified the crab and the turtle. Both are found in freshwater and saltwater habitats.

E. Generalization How can we classify the animals?We can classify animals into so many ways, as long as we can explain their groupings. We can classify them according to their:1. body parts,2. movements, and3. places where they live (habitats).

F. Application

Who among you have seen a rabbit? How does a rabbit move? (A rabbit hops and jump around.) Would you want to own a pet rabbit? If you don’t have a big backyard, do you still want to own a rabbit? Why? Do you think it is okay to place your pet rabbit in a cage? Why? What should your pet be if you really want to have a pet?

Probable answers: No, I will not have a pet rabbit if we don’t have a space in the backyard. I will just be cruel to my pet rabbit if I will keep it in a small cage. Maybe, I will just have a pair of small fishes in an aquarium filled with plants. My fishes will be happy in it. I can easily feed them with good fish food. I can easily clean their aquarium. And I have a sunny window sill to keep the aquarium plants healthy too.

IV. Assessment

Use the following classification key to describe 5 pond animals: water strider, guppy, frog, snail and earthworm.

Answers:

A water strider is a pond animal which has wings and six legs. It has also 2 antennae.

A guppy is a pond animal which has fins and no legs.

Yes1 3

No 2 4 5

Yes1

No 3

Yes2

No 4 5

Yes4

No 5

A frog is a pond animal which has no wings but with four legs.

A snail is a pond animal with a shell but with no fins or legs.

An earthworm is a crawling pond animal. It has no shell, fins or legs to move around.

V. Assignment

Name 10 animals you see in your neighborhood. Classify them as to where they live, how they move and their body parts.