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I. OBJECTIVES At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
A. Content Standards .
B. Performance
Standards
C. Learning
Competencies
(Write the LC code for Describe ways of using Earth’s resources sustainably. (S7ES-IVc-4)
each)
A. References
4. Additional
Materials from
N/A
Learning
Resource (LR)
portal
B. Other Learning
Resources
IV. PROCEDURES
2. Do you know that we have two types of Natural Resources on Earth? Can you
name those types of natural resources?
coal
COLUMN A COLUMN B
E. Discussing new
concepts and 1.Wind Energy ___________ 1.a renewable resource that
practicing new skills
can be used to generate electricity from
#2
sunlight.
F. Developing mastery
(Leads to Formative
Assessment) EXPLAIN
There are nine major areas of energy resources. They fall into two categories: nonrenewable
and renewable. Nonrenewable energy resources, like coal, nuclear, oil, and natural gas, are
available in limited supplies. This is usually due to the long time it takes for them to be
replenished. Renewable resources are replenished naturally and over relatively short periods
of time. The five major renewable energy resources are solar, wind, water (hydro), biomass,
and geothermal.
Solar energy is a perfect example of a renewable resource. Our planet receives in a single hour
the same amount of energy from the sun that the entire world’s population uses in one year.If
we captured and used all this energy at once, we would not deplete the solar power in any way.
The sun will still keep on sending its energy our way every day, until it will cease to exist and our
planet with it.
Wind energy was amongst the first resources harvested by us to improve our livelihoods. Wind
pushed our sailboats, and helped mills to grind grains or pump water. No one has really paid
special attention to it – some days wind was blowing, some days not. But it has never crossed
anyone’s mind that we would run out of wind.
Water is one of the most important resources on our planet. Life without it would not be
possible at all.Throughout the earth’s history, we have always had the same amount of water.
This means that the water running from your tap today might have been drunk by a dinosaur
some 200 million years ago. Water simply does not disappear, neither can be exhausted by us
– it always completes a cycle to return in one form or other.
The air we breathe is a carrier of compounds crucial for metabolism of all living organisms.
Even our industrial processes depend on the access of oxygen as a catalyst to chemical
reactions. The combustion of fossil fuels to supply our energy would not be possible without
the access of oxygen, neither would be the ignition of a fire that enabled our ancestors to
survive cold weather of the last ice age.
Biomass energy has been used by us throughout our history mainly for cooking and warming
our homes with fire. It is the energy released from burning plants and animal-based organic
materials such as manure. Biomass is a renewable resource for the same reason as food
crops are – we can simply regrow once harvested plants, or collect more manure from our
livestock every day.
Coal is non-renewable not only because the process of its creation took millions of years, but
also because the climate on earth was completely different at that time. This means that we
cannot replicate the same conditions to encourage creation of new coal reserves, and the
deposits we have been over exploiting since the last century are quickly running out.
Oil is probably one of the most well-known non-renewable resources alongside coal. It is a
liquid fossil fuel made up of fossilized animals (possibly even dinosaurs) thousands of years
ago. When extracting oil from the ground, it comes out in the form of black crude oil. Crude oil
is then refined into different products we use on a daily basis such as gasoline, diesel fuel or
heating oil
Rocks form over many thousands or millions of years. Only a tiny fraction of the
Earth's rocks is being replaced each year. The replacement takes so long
that rocks are not considered to be renewable resources.
G. Finding practical
applications of ELABORATE ( ESP Integration )
concepts and skills in
daily living
H. Making PROCEDURE:
generalizations and
abstractions about the 1. Discuss the effects on these activity on natural resources.
lesson
2. Write the effect on the column opposite the activities. An activity may have more than one
effect. Some of the effects have already been listed on the table.
When roads are built, mountains are blown off Damage on Natural habitats and/or kill plants
using dynamite. and animals
Some farmers use too much chemical Too much fertilizer destroys the quality of the
fertilizers to replenish soil fertility. soil and both harm to human and animals.
a. coal
b. Forest
c. water
d. wildlife
a. Solar energy
b. biomass
c. Geothermal energy
d. soil
a. Coal
b. Water
C. animals
d. air
a. Highly polluting
b. High waste disposal cost
c. Unreliable supply
5. Soil is an example of ?
a. renewable
B. non-renewable
1. Since many of the resources that we have today are not in endless
supply, as a student in what way you can help conserve and protect our
natural resources?
VI. REMARKS .
VII. REFLECTION
How important natural resources in our lives?
ROVEJANE Y. SELVANO
Teacher 1-Science School Head/HT III