Eunice Lois A.

Camalon

MA Biology

LESSON PLAN
I. Objectives: At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to 1. Define and describe possible ecological relationships between species that exist in an ecosystem. 2. Differentiate relationships namely, neutralism, mutualism, commensalism, competition, amensalism, predation, parasitism, parasitoidism. 3. Develop science process skills such as observing, inferring, comparing and communicating 4. Appreciate the value of interaction and connection of each organism in an ecosystem. II. Materials: Pictures of different relationships through powerpoint presentation III. Procedure 1. Let the students infer about the word relationship 2. Define Ecological Relationships. 3. Discuss one by one the different ecological relationship a. Neutralism b. Mutualism Obligatory Mutualism Non-obligatory Mutualism c. Commensalism d. Competition Intraspecific Competition Interspecific Competition e. Amensalism f. Predation g. Parasitism h. Parasitoidism 4. Along the discussion, let students give their own examples for each ecological relationship 5. Review the concepts they have learned. Give examples and let them identify the relationship that exists. IV. Formative Test 1. Give a relationship that has negative effects on each other (--) 2. Is the mutualism between a clown fish and a sea anemone, obligatory or not? 3. What is the relationship when both organisms benefit from each other? 4. What is the difference between parasitism and parasitoidism? 5. In symbols, what is the difference between commensalism and amensalism

6. A kind of competition that happens between the same species? 7. Give a relationship where one is benefited and the other is harmed. 8. A kind of relationship where one organism serves as a food source to another organism. 9. A kind of relationship where no one is affected. 10. Give an example of a commensalism. V. Reinforcement Let them do an experiment about predator-prey relationship (Source: General Ecology: Conceptsand Selected Laboratory Exercises by Arnold V. Hallare, 2001)