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Science
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
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Science – Grade 3
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Nature of Biology
First Edition, 2020

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Science
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
Welcome to the (Subject with Grade Level) Alternative Delivery Mode
(ADM) Module on ( Lesson Title) !
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by
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and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time.
You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being
an active learner.
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What I Need to Know

This will give you an idea of the
skills or competencies you are
expected to learn in the module.

What I Know
This part includes an activity that
aims to check what you already
know about the lesson to take. If
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What’s New
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What is It This section provides a brief

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 What’s More This comprises activities for
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topic. You may check the answers
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Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

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lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity

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situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate

your level of mastery in achieving
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be given to you to enrich your
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learned.

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 1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of
the module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
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activities included in the module.
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We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning
and gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
master the nature of Biology. The scope of this module permits it to be used in
many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse
vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard
sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to
correspond with the textbook you are now using.

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The module is divided into three lessons, namely:
 Lesson 1 – Biology: The Science of Life
 Lesson 2 – Biological Concepts as Applied in Technology
 Lesson 3 – Tools Used in the Development of Biology and
Biotechnology

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. identify the unifying ideas in biology;
2. explain the different life processes;
3. explain biological concepts in a given technology;
4. identify the parts and function of the microscope;
5. name special tools used in research and technology; and
6. describe the contributions of Filipino and foreign scientists in the field of
biology and technology

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 What I Know

Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet
of paper.

1. The process by which animals take in foods that have already been
manufactured from raw materials is
a. Digestion
b. ingestion
c. nutrition
d. photosynthesis

2. The process by which digested foods are passed into different parts of a
plant or an animal is
a. digestion
b. ingestion
c. nutrition
d. absorption

3. The process by which oxygen is taken into an organism and carbon

dioxide is eliminated from the organism is called
a. excretion
b. secretion
c. circulation
d. respiration

4. The building-up and breaking down processes occurring in animals is

a. excretion
b. secretion
c. metabolism
d. assimilation

Lesson Biology: The Science of Life

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 What’s New

Biology Defined
Biology is the science that studies life and living things, including the laws that
govern the phenomena of life.
Every aspect of life from the smallest submicroscopic living particle to the
largest and most imposing of plant and animal species is included in the study
of biology. Biological study encompasses all that is known about any plant,
animal, microbe or other living thing of the past or present.

Branches of Biology
The amount of knowledge gained in biology is so large that it has many
branches. The following table lists some of the major ones.

Table 1. Some Branches of Biology

Name Focus
Botany plants
Zoology animals
Anatomy structure of living things
Taxonomy classification of living things
Cytology cells, their structure and functions

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 What’s More

Activity 1.1 Understanding Science Words

There are two ways you can understand science words better. One way is by
defining the word in context. The way the word is used gives you a clue as to its
meaning. Another way is by looking at the parts that make up the word. Each
word part can give you a clue as to the meaning of the whole word.
Learning the Skill: Defining Words in Context
1. First, read to see if the word is defined directly in the sentence.
2. If the word is not defined directly, read several sentences beyond the one
in which the word first appears. These sentences may provide information
about the definition of the word.
3. If possible, define the word based on your own past knowledge. You may
have learned the word in an earlier grade, or you may be familiar with it
because you hear it everyday.
4. Figure out the meaning of the word by how it is used in the sentence and
by the sentences around it.
Find the definitions of the italicized words.
1. Biology is the study of life.
2. A cat is a mammal.
3. All living things can reproduce
4. Green plants carry out photosynthesis.

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 What I Have Learned

1. The basic characteristics of living things include movement, metabolism,

growth, response, and reproduction.
2. Metabolism is the sum of all chemical activities essential to life.
Ingestion, digestion, respiration, and excretion are metabolic activities
that occur in all organisms.
3. Life span is the maximum length of time a particular organism can be
expected to live.
4. A living thing reacts to a stimulus, which is a change in the environment,
by producing a response.
5. Reproduction is the process by which organisms produce offspring.
6. Asexual reproduction requires only one parent while sexual reproduction
requires two parents.
7. Living things need energy for metabolism. The primary source of energy
for all living things is the sun.
8. Oxygen in the air or dissolved in water is used by all organisms during
respiration.
9. Carbon dioxide is used by plants to make food.
10. Homeostasis is the ability of an organism to keep conditions constant
inside its body when the outside environment changes.

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Assessment

Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on
a separate sheet of paper.
1. Which is NOT one of the basic characteristics of life?
a. air
b. response
c. metabolism
d. reproduction

2. Life activities such as ingestion and digestion are parts of the

process of
a. growth
b. response
c. metabolism
d. respiration

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 Answer Key

Assessment What's More What I Know

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2. B 2. B 2. B
3. C 3. C 3. C
4. D 4. D 4. D
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