TOPIC TRADITIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY TECHNIQUES

GRADE LEVEL Grade 8

TIME ALLOTMENT 1 hour
TEACHER KRISTINE MAY S. DURENS
QUARTER 2ND

LEARNING COMPETENCIES AND OBJECTIVES

Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC)
Differentiate Traditional Biotechnology and Modern Biotechnology.
At the end of the cycle, students should be able to:
a. Discuss the techniques or practices used in traditional biotechnology;
b. Identify some cell activities applied in food production; and
c. Give importance of traditional biotechnology
Materials/Assessment
ELICIT (3 minutes)
Tools
3 minutes To equip you with all the necessary knowledge for our new lesson Laptop
LCD Projector or
“SPACE ROCK PUZZLE”
Television
The teacher will distribute a puzzle piece to each student. Puzzle Sets
The goal is to look for their group to connect their puzzle piece and complete the puzzle. Pictures
They should be able to complete the puzzle and post it on the board.
First group to finish will win a price.

Let the students identify what these objects are,

Guide question:
1. Can you identify these objects? What do you think these objects are?
2. Do you notice any similarities or differences between these objects?

After the students give their answers, the teacher will tell the class that in the course
of the unit, they will learn if their answers are correct.
ENGAGE (10minutes) Materials/Assessment
Tools
Group Activity
“I AM ME”
The teacher will show a video of Space Rocks; while the video is playing, students will
answer the given worksheets
Video
The teacher will provide worksheets on each group they will be assign on different topics Worksheets
and present their answers in the class Manila Paper
Identifying the characteristics of a Comet, Asteroid and a Meteor based on their Origin, Rubric
size, features, Composition, and Orbits

Discussing the concepts ….

PRESENTATION OF GROUP OUTPUTS
Group Moon:
Group Sun:
Group Star:

Guide question: The teacher will facilitate the discussion through a PowerPoint presentation
1. So what is the difference between a Comet, Asteroid and a meteor?
2. Which is most likely to make a more frequent “visitor” of earth?
3. What do you think will happen if these fragments enter the Earth’s Atmosphere?

The teacher will say:

Do you know that on the average, more than 40 tons of dust and debris fall into the earth’s
atmosphere every day and are burned up as it falls toward the ground? Mostly too small to
be visible, but sometimes a larger piece will burn long enough to be seen in the night sky.
What is exciting is that sometimes these pieces survive to journey through our atmosphere
and strike the surface of the earth.
EXPLORE (5 minutes) Materials/Assessment
Tools
Group Activity
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Activity 2 : “Care to Say Something” Worksheets
The teacher will provide worksheets with different pictures in each group:
They were ask to give a brief description on what is happening in each picture.
Group 1: Picture of a Meteoroid
Group 2: Picture of a Meteor
Group 3: Picture of a Meteorite
EXPLAIN (10 minutes) Materials/Assessment
Tools
The teacher will facilitate the discussion through a PowerPoint presentation to check
misconceptions about meteors, meteoroids, and meteorites. Visual Aids
Key concepts:
A meteoroid is a broken up rock and dust from either a comet, asteroid, the Moon, or from
Mars.
A meteor is a light phenomenon or a streak of light that occurs when a meteoroid burns up
as it enters earth’s atmosphere, also called a falling star or shooting star.
A Meteorite is the portion of the meteoroid that survives the fiery descent and make it all
the way to the Earth’s Atmosphere, and fall to the ground.

ELABORATE (10 minutes) Materials/Assessment

Tools
The teacher will pose the following key questions:
1. Why do scientists collect and study Comets, Asteroid and meteorites? Powerpoint
2. Do you think there is a connection between meteor shower occurrences in the
realization of your dreams?
Presentation

Key points: Pictures

1. The composition of a comet is important in helping scientists understand how Earth
has liquid water, which made the planet live able.
2. The chemical composition of an asteroid is important in providing clues for
scientists to discover more about the chemical composition of earth and the other
planets in the Solar System.
3. Meteorites are of importance to scientists in studying the occurrence of different
elements and compounds on Earth. This information is in turn important in
studying our mineral resources, which is an important industry in any country.
4. The occurrences of comets, asteroids or meteors have been thought of as bad omens
or signs of great change or challenge such as disasters and wars.

Making generalization and abstractions about the lesson Materials/Assessment

(10 minutes) Tools
Activity: “THINK-TAC-TOE NEO EDITION:
Visual Aid
Instruction: 3 Group Players will each try to get a row of their symbol Timer
before the opponent does. Sign Board
The teacher will draw a question, first group to raise their SYMBOL and Cut-outs
answers the question correctly have the advantage to put their symbol in
compartments.

Twist: There are special question, whoever answers a special question will
earn an advantage.
1st advantage: You can erase or change the opponent’s symbol with
yours.
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 2nd advantage: The END GAME question. Whoever answers the End-
Game question can put 2 symbols on their advantage or win the game.
Choices on Each Question: Comets, Asteroid and or Meteors
EVALUATE (5 minutes) Materials/Assessment
Tools
Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. What do Asteroids, Comets and Meteors have in common?
a. They both have the same shape and sizes.
b. They have rocky composition
Answer sheets
c. They have nothing in common
d. They are leftovers from the solar system
2. The following choices are characteristics of an asteroid Except;
a. Found in Kuiper Belt c. Rocky Composition
b. Orbit in Asteroid Belt d. Large as a mountain
3. The following choices are characteristics of a Comet Except;
a. Found in Kuiper Belt c. Rocky Composition
b. Orbit around the sun d. Large as a mountain
4. What celestial object does a meteoroid come from?
a. Sun and Planets c. Comets and Asteroids
b. Planets and Satellites d. Comets and Meteors
5. Why do scientist value the importance of space rock occurrence?
a. To add on their collection of mineral resource
b. To help them understand how planet Earth is live able.
c. To scrutinize celestial life forms
To help them uncover the truth about Aliens.

EXTEND
NEO’s have been associated with superstitious beliefs that affected and influenced the
society’s way of living.
Gather at least 3 superstitions through the internet or in your community, list down
as many scientific evidences that support the said superstitions and lastly, propose
doable actions that you can do to promote scientific attitudes towards comets,
asteroid and meteors to your fellow students, family members and the community.
REFERENCES
Science Grade 8 Quarter 2 - Module 6
Department of Education. (2013) Grade 8 learner’s module. Department of
Education Madriaga, E.A.,Valdoz, M.P., Aquino, M.D., & Castillo, M.A.B. (2015)
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/segwayed/lessons/cometstale/frame_place.html
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/comet-ocean/en/

KRISTINE MAY S. DURENS

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ANTOLIN C. ROMARATE
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