A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE

(Grade 8-Secondary)
By: Lara U. Geronimo BSE-III

I. Objectives
A. Content Standards: The student demonstrate the understanding of the digestive system and its
interaction with the circulatory, respiratory, and excretory systems in
providing the body with nutrients for energy
B. Performance Standards: The learners should be able to present an analysis of the data gathered
on diseases resulting from nutrient deficiency.
C.Learning Competency: Explain ingestion, absorption, assimilation, and excretion;
(S8LT-IVa-13)

II. Subject Matter

Topic: The Digestive System
Reference: Science Learner’s Module
Pages: 291-306
Instructional Materials: Powerpoint presentation of short video clip and lecture about digestive
system and DLP,chalkboard,small box with pieces of colored paper for
activity
Value Integration: Health is Wealth

III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

Good morning class…

Good morning Sir!
Let’s pray.
(one student will lead the prayer)
Checking of attendance
(Student raise their hand and say
present as the teacher calls in their name.)
Review of the past lesson.

Motivation

Class have you experience attending

occasions, such as birthday party, wedding,
fiesta, and etc…?
Yes Sir!
What have you observed?
(Varied answers from the students)
As you enjoy eating different
delicious foods, do you ask yourself how
these foods be digested and absorbed by the
body?
(Varied answers from the students)
Presentation

Now class, the topic that we are going

to tackle today is all about the digestive
system.
As we continue the discussion, I have
here a short video clip regarding the digestive
system.
View and take down important facts
and information for I will ask questions later.
Yes, Sir!
Class, based from the video clip how
does digestion begins?
It starts from the mouth Sir.
Very good! That is the first stage
which undergone the process of ingestion.

What is the next organ that the food

pass through?
Sir, the esophagus.
Exactly! You’re correct! Then how
does esophagus work?
Sir, esophagus works as a passage
way of food in order to reach the stomach by
the process of peristalsis.
Excellent answer! After esophagus is
now the … what’s the next?
Stomach Sir!
You’re right! What’s the role of the
stomach in the system?
The stomach where it mixes with
juices and acids and where digestion takes
place.
Very good! Digestion is the second
stage/process involved in food processing.

What is the next organ?

Small intestine Sir!
That’s correct, how does small
intestine work?
Sir, it is where the absorption of
nutrients will take place to be used by the cell.
Very good answer! Absorption is the
third stage/process in the digestion of foods.
 What is the next organ involved in the
digestive system after small intestines?
Large intestine Sir!
How is the role of this organ in the
digestion?
The large intestine is used to absorbed
water from the waste material leftover.
Very good!

After that what’s next? All leftover waste material compacted

and stored at the end of the large intestine
called the rectum before they are excreted out
of the body through the anus.
Excellent! That is now the last stage in
the digestion, the process involved is
elimination.

There are also attached some

accessory organs that help to maximize
digestions of foods. What are they?
Sir these are the liver, gall bladder and
pancreas.
Ok! In what ways these organs help in
the digestion?
Liver helps in the production of bile
which help in the excretion of excess
cholesterol.

Gall bladder stores bile until it is

needed in the small intestines.

Pancreas secretes insulin and

glucagon, for the digestion of starch, fats and
proteins.
Very good!

Do you now understand how digestion

take place and how the different organs of the
digestive system work together to digest
foods and use by the body.
Yes Sir!
Any questions? Additional or
supplement?
None Sir!

Then, may I ask the class if how much

you have understood the topic.
 What are the different organs of the
digestive system? How these organs work in
the digestion of foods?
Students responded with varied
answers.
Application

Ok, we have an activity… group your

self by picking a piece of paper in the box.
Then find your group according to the color
you have picked.
Students responded with the
instructions.
I’ll give you 5 minutes to do and 5
minutes to present/discuss your output in
front.
ACTIVITY:

YELLOW GROUP
Task:
 Think of ways or activity in daily life
in order to become healthy.

BLACK GROUP
Task:
 List down some reasons why there
are some individual who keeps on
eating with high cholesterol food
contents beside, of its bad effect to
our health.
WHITE GROUP
Task:
 Things you can do to disseminate in
order to lessen bad effects of
smoking, drinking liquor and illegal
drugs in our health.
BLUE GROUP
Task:
 Make a slogan of good relationship
in the society.
GREEN GROUP
Task:
 Ways to divert the attention of a
person who’s a chain smoker,
drunker and illegal drug user.
RED GROUP
Task:
 Make a poster of healthy family.

Yes, Sir!
Generalization

Digestion starts when food is taken

into the mouth.

What do you call the stage/process

where in is the taking in of food through the
mouth?
“Ingestion”
The second stage/process which
involved in the breaking down of foods into
nutrients.
“Digestion”
The next stage/process in the digestive
process which involved in the taking in of
nutrients by the cell.
“Absorption”
And the last process that is removing
of any leftover wastes/materials from the
body.
“Elimination”
That you have learned and understood
how the digestive system works, how and
what practice you will do in order to maintain
healthy body?
Students raised varied answers.
IV. Evaluation

Direction: Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks.

stomach chewed food energy

rectum liver mouth small intestine
waste saliva large intestine digestion
system swallow tongue pharynx
acid absorbed liquids esophagus

All animals need to eat _______________ to get _______________ to live. But in order to
use this food, they have to break it down in a process called _______________. And so, all animals
have a group of connected organs called the digestive _______________.

In humans, the process of digestion begins in the _______________ where food is

_______________ into small pieces by the teeth. The _______________ helps by moving these
pieces around. There pieces are covered by _______________, or spit. The saliva makes the food
slippery so that it is easier to _______________. It also helps to break down the food.

Once the food is swallowed, it passes through the _______________, which is like a gate that
sends food into the _______________ and air into the lungs. The food travels down the esophagus
and into the _______________. Once in the stomach the food is mixed with _______________ and
crushed some more.

After spending some time in the stomach, the food is sent into the _______________ where
nutrients are _______________. The _______________ helps by producing some digestive juices
called bile. Next, the remaining food goes into the _______________ where the _______________
are absorbed. The remaining food is called _______________ and it is pushed into the
_______________ where it waits before leaving the body.

V. Assignment

Read the next lesson the Reproductive System.

a. What are the different parts and functions of male reproductive system and female reproductive
system.
b. Compare the male reproductive system from the female reproductive system.
 ACTIVITY:

YELLOW GROUP
Task:
 Think of ways or activity in daily life in order to become healthy.

BLACK GROUP
Task:
 List down some reasons why there are some individual who keeps on eating with high cholesterol
food contents beside, of its bad effect to our health.

WHITE GROUP
Task:
 Things you can do to disseminate in order to lessen bad effects of smoking, drinking liquor and
illegal drugs in our health.

BLUE GROUP
Task:
 Make a slogan of good relationship in the society.

GREEN GROUP
Task:
 Ways to divert the attention of a person who’s a chain smoker, drunker and illegal drug user.

RED GROUP
Task:
 Make a poster of healthy family.