Interactive and Integrative Lesson PlanControlling the Population of Pests

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I. Objectives

Cognitive : Identify some animals that are carriers of diseases, sources of infections, allergy, and injury.• Describe the life cycle of houseflies and mosquitoes.

• Infer that the short life cycle of houseflies and mosquitoes makes it hard to control theirpopulations.

• Explain how animals pests! may harm people. Psychomotor  : "ollect li#e specimens and write a report on their life cycles. Affective : $uggest ways of controlling pests, including drug addicts.

$how social responsibility in keeping the community clean and safe.

II. Integration

A. Values: "leanliness and pre#entionB. Maaba!an: %ealth, sanitation, and social responsibility.C. "nglish: Explain the passage: & An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.'

III. #ubject Matter  

1. $nit : (nimal )eproduction%opic : "ontrolling pests.&eference : i*extbook +, $cience and %ealth + by essie (. -illegas, pages /0Materials : plastic jar with water, nylon cloth or worn0out stocking, black stick.

2. Concepts'&elated Ideas

1. 2ecause insects multiply rapidly in #ery short span of time and that some destroy crops while others are carriersof disease0causing germs, many species are regarded as pests. *hrough the years, science and technologyde#eloped different insecticides to destroy them. 2ut this method has pro#en inadequate because of their massi#e population, resiliency, and adaptability.... plus the fact that most insecticides are threats to theen#ironment and public health. ( better and more effecti#e method of fighting insects is to control their population by destroying their breeding places.

/. %ouseflies are our most annoying #isitors, especially in the kitchen and the dining room. *hey stand on all of their six feet on our food, suck the juicy parts. (nd to make it worse, they lea#e disease0carrying germswhere#er they go.

3. 4ike the mosquitoes, houseflies ha#e a #ery short life cycle. *hey change from eggs to maggots to pupae andthen to adults in just a matter of days that controlling their population is next to impossible. %ouseflies had beenaround where#er people li#ed because the garbage that they lea#e helps these flies to breed.

+. ( female housefly lays many eggs in garbage dumps and manure piles. *hese are the breeding places of houseflies because their lar#ae depend on manure and garbage for food during their first weeks of de#elopment. *he lar#ae are hatched in just a matter of hours after they are laid. *he lar#ae turn to pupae inonly about days. (fter about 5 days more, the pupae become adult houseflies.

5. 6osquitoes, like most insects, go through four stages while growing up. *hese are: egg, lar#a or wriggler, pupaor tumbler, and adult. *heir life cycle is usually #ery short, growing quickly from eggs to adult.

. 6osquitoes are one of the most disliked pests in the community, not only because they are annoying7 they alsopose a danger to public health and safety. 6osquitoes are known to be carriers of deadly diseases. ( mosquitothat has bitten a person afflicted with a communicable disease becomes a carrier of that disease for as long asthe germs causing the said diseases are in the mosquitoes8 sali#a. *hat makes mosquitoes one of the deadliesttransmitters of diseases in a community.

9. *he Anopheles mosquito that carries the malaria parasite can transmit malaria to whoe#er it bites. *he  Aedesmosquito is known to be the carrier of yellow fe#er. 2ut the deadliest of them all is the  Aedes aegypti  or Aedesalbopictus, the carrier of Dengue %0e#er.

;. *he only way to a#oid the disease is to a#oid getting bitten by a #irus0carrying (edes aegypti mosquito. It isimportant to know that this type of mosquitoes usually bites during the day and breeds at nightfall in stagnantwaters. *he best way of controlling their population is to get rid of their breeding places like exposed water containers and pot holes. ( regular cleaning of these possible breeding is a additional safety measure.

<. =sing a mosquito net or screening windows and doors can be #ery helpful in controlling the spread of thedisease. ( mosquito that is contained in the house of a sick person cannot spread the #irus. In the same way, amosquito that is contained in the house of healthy persons has no #irus to transmit.

3. Process #ills

>bser#ing, inferring, testing

IV. Procedure

A.Preparator! Activities?reetings

 

"hecking of attendance"hecking of assignments

1. &evie(

1. How do fishes develop and grow?2. How do amphibians develop and grow?3. How do insects develop and grow?

2. Motivation

Why is it so difficult to get rid of pests? Why is it not advisable to use insecticides?

3. Presentation

Because insects multiply rapidly in very short span of time and that some destroy crops while others are carriers of disease-causing germs many species are regarded as pests. !hrough the years science and technology developed different insecticides todestroy them. But this method has proven inade"uate because of their massive population resiliency and adaptability.... plus thefact that most insecticides are threats to the environment and public health. # better and more effective method of fighting insectsis to control their population by destroying their breeding places.

4. Concept )or*ation

1. $pen your boo%s to page &'.2. What insects are our most annoying visitors especially in the %itchen and the dining room and why?3. Why is the population of houseflies so difficult to control?(. Why are houseflies around wherever people live?&. Why are garbage dumps and manure piles the breeding places of houseflies?). *escribe how fast the life cycle of a housefly is.+. #ctivity , on pages )2-)3 is your homewor%. ou will survey your home school and community for places that are good

 breeding grounds for houseflies. !hen suggest ways on how to control their population.'. !urn to page )(. os"uitoes li%e most insects go through complete metamorphosis. /ame the stages of their life cycle.,. #ctivity 10 on page )( is also a homewor%. eport your findings in two days.10. Why is controlling the population of mos"uitoes as hard as houseflies?11. Why are mos"uitoes one of the most disli%ed pests in the community?12. How are mos"uitoes carriers of deadly diseases?13. What species of mos"uitoes carry the malaria parasite?1(. What species of mos"uitoes are %nown carriers of yellow fever?1&. What species of mos"uitoes are %nown carriers of *engue H-ever?1). !he only way to avoid the disease is to avoid getting bitten by a virus-carrying  Aedes aegypti mos"uito. What is important

to %now about this species?1+. What safety measures can you practice to prevent the spread of *engue H-fever?

5. "nhance*ent Activities ' Assign*ent

How can we reduce the population of houseflies? pages )2-)3What are the stages in the life cycle of a mos"uito? pages )(

6. +enerali,ations

Why are houseflies and mos"uitoes pests?Why is it hard to reduce the populations of pests?What are the life cycles of houseflies and mos"uitoes?How can we prevent the spread of *engue H-fever?

7. Application'Integration

Cleanliness knows no boundaries. What is the use of having a very clean and tidy home if the vacant lot outside your 

 fence is the dumping ground for your own garbage and that of your neighbors'?  If you want to get rid of mosquitoes, destroy their breeding places and their life cycles. olving the problem of drugs is

like getting rid of mosquitoes. !estroy the breeding places of drugs and destroy the life cycle, or the pusher"buyer cycle. What is meant by the saying# $%n ounce of prevention is a pound worth of cure?$ &ow does this apply in this activity?

8. "valuation

How and why should we get rid of mos"uitoes? pages ))

9. Assign*ent

How do you care for your pet?