University of Baguio

Junior Science High School

General Luna Road, Baguio City, Philippines

A Detailed Lesson Plan on Environmental Science, Grade 10

I. Objectives: At the end of the lesson, the students should have been able to:

 Determine the causes and effects of Natural Resources Degradation;

 Recognize the importance of the environment in the society through an

essay;

 Demonstrate the causes and effects of natural resources degradation and

how to address those through a skit.

II. Subject Matter: Natural Resources Degradation: It’s Causes and Effects

Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.).

References: Lakhimi Gogoi, Degradation of Natural Resources,pg.12-24

Retrieved at: http://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-1213/ijsrp-p2459.pdf.

III. Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

A. Preliminaries

1. Checking of Attendance

2. Review:

b. What are the environmental -Pollution, climate change,

issues that we have deforestation, urban sprawl, and loss

discussed from the previous of biodiversity.

meeting?

3. Motivation:

 A video clip about the

causes and effects of natural

resources degradation will be

shown to the students.

B. Presentation
 “Today, we are going to talk

about another environmental

issue.”

C. Lesson Proper

-Recitation:

a. What have you observed in -I observed that people are

the video? experiencing famine because they

have nothing to eat.

b. What else? I saw that people are irresponsible

because they cause harm to the

environment.

c. Anything else? -I think the video is trying to convey

that farmers don’t have enough plant

to harvest, forests lack trees, water

animals are becoming lesser and

lesser, cattle and other land animals

are decreasing in number.

d. What do you think causes -Sir, I think human beings cause

these problems? these problems. The video showed

that people throw garbage in the

bodies of water and do illegal

fishing, they also cut trees to build

houses and even burn the forests to

build different establishments.

e. The cause of these problems

is human disturbances. We

dwell in the environment but we

also destroy it. The environment

is there to help us satisfy our

needs. However, we tend to

abuse it. What else do you think -Sir, I think overpopulation is also one

are the causes? of the causes of these problems.

Because of overpopulation, the

demand of the people increases.

f. The higher the number of our

population, the higher the

demands and the greater the

chance of destroying the

environment. How about the -There will be limited resources sir.

effects of these problems? Thus, this could lead to famine,

poverty and destruction of the

environment.
g. Because of humans’

inappropriate behaviors towards

nature, we experience famine,

poverty, and deteriorated

environment These problems

also cause pollution,

deforestation, drought, global

warming, toxic pollutants, lack

of agricultural resources, and

many more. These problems

are collectively known as

 natural resources

degradation. What do you think -Sir, for me natural resources

is natural resources
degradation is a situation of our
degradation?
environment where available

resources in the environment are

limited.

h. Our environment is very

important so it is our

responsibility to take care of it.

What do you think is the

importance of environment? -Our environment provides us shelter,

food, clothing, buildings, oxygen, and

a lot more. So, our environment is

very crucial for us because it is where

we entirely depend on to live every

day.

D. Generalization

 So generally speaking, -Sir, there different causes of natural

what are the causes and effects resources degradation. These include

of natural resources overpopulation and humans’

degradation? inappropriate behavior towards the

environment. The effects comprise of

famine, poverty, global warming,

deforestation and limited resources.

 E. Application

 Instruction: You will be divided

into three groups. Provide a skit

portraying the causes and

effects of natural resources

degradation and how to properly

address those problems. You

have 10 minutes to practice and

after that the first group shall

start at exactly 10:25.

 Questions after the skit:

-What have you learned from -We have learned that we should

your skit? preserve our natural resources

because those things are essential in

everybody’s lives.
-Do you think it’s still possible to -Yes.

solve this problem?

-What can we do to solve -We should avoid inappropriate acts

natural resources degradation? like illegal mining, illegal fishing,

deforestation, and many more. We

should preserve our environment.

IV. Evaluation/Assessment

Explain the importance of the environment in the society in a ¼ sheet

of paper. Relate it to natural resources degradation.

V. Agreement

Watch a movie/documentary/a short video clip about energy

conservation.
Prepared by: Rolly D. Herida Jr. Date: March 23, 2018