Lesson Plan in Biology I. Objectives: At the end of the discussion the students should be able to: a. define homeostasis.

b. value the importance of homeostasis in our cell and in our body. c. take care of our cell as well as our body. II. Subject Matter: Cell and its Surrounding: Homeostasis Prior Knowledge: a. Cell is a basic unit of life. b. Environment is an external factor influencing the life and the activities of living organisms. New Knowledge: a. Norm is the regulation of external and internal environment. b. Homeostasis is the maintenance of a constant internal environment in response to changes in the changing conditions of the external and internal environment. Skills: Reading comprehension, speaking, listening

Values: Class participation, health-consciousness

III. Materials: You and the natural world series: Second Edition: Biology Textbook; Capco ,Yang;copyright 1995; pp. 68-72, 81 visual aids (pictures of fishes) hand out about homeostasis IV. Procedure: Teachers Activity Routine: Prayer, checking of attendance, classroom management Introduction: Motivation I will present a picture and tell me what did you see? Where do they dwell? Students Activity Remarks

Fishes

In the ocean/ under the sea

What will happen to these fishes if they are transferred to another type of environment such as an aquarium

Some of them will survive but some of them will die (the student will have a hard time to answer the question.) (They will survive / Some of them will survive but some will die)

(If the student has a hard to answer the question, the teacher will rephrase it, Will they survive if they will transfer to another environment?) How do they survive if they are now already exposed to a sudden change of temperature, pressure and concentration of chemicals which is different from the sea water? (If no one knows the answer) Lets keep it as a hanging question and you will find out the answer after we finish discussing our lesson for today (If someone knows the answer) Lets see if your answer is correct after we finish discussing our lesson for today. Interaction: Our lesson for today is Homeostasis in Cell and its environment. I will give handouts for our lesson As a living organism, we are an open thermodynamic system Now, what do you mean by thermo dynamic system? Very good It is also a flow that is in dynamic equilibrium, often called steady state. It occurs at all levels of organization. Everyone in the class, kindly give an example of the level of organization. Good, another example is the bacteria.

(The students will wonder) It is due to homeostasis

(The students will start to listen.)

(The students will receive the handouts)

(The students will start to listen) It is a constant flow of energy and matter between us and the environment

From cell to tissue to organ to organ system to organism

Bacteria are unicellular organisms. Now, if these bacteria will group together, then they will form a colony. There is an occurrence of level organization. Now lets continue our lesson, a dynamic steady state is continuously changing, but there are systems that keep within a certain range of norms. What is norm? Good What if the external environment will change? Through homeostasis, constant internal environment can regulate change of external environment. What is Homeostasis? Homeostasis is the maintenance of balance in response to the changes in changing conditions, both internal and external. (The students will listen.)

It is the regulation of internal and external environments.

(The students will wonder) (The students will listen)

Very good, it maintains the state of balance in response to the changes in changing conditions, both internal and external. This is similar to keep quiet even if somebody is trying you to create a noise. What is the origin of the word homeostasis? Very Good Did you know that there is a process in order to achieve homeostasis in cell? In a living cell, if there will be no change in external environment of the cell and it is stable or balance, homeostasis achieves but if there will be a change in external environment of a cell, the internal environment of cell will be unstable, now how can internal environment be stabilized?

It came from the Greek word homoi, which means like or same and stasis, which means standing No, sir

(The student will listen) Through self-regulation

Through continuous supplement of oxygen and food nutrients within the cell

(If no one knows the answer) Through selfregulation. How do cell regulate itself? The instability of the cell will persist. Very good. If the cell is already self-regulated, it is now ready to adopt the external environmental changes. It already achieves the homeostasis. But what if the cell fails to regulate itself? This is what we call homeostatic failure. Yes What will happen if homeostatic failure will persist? What will happen if the cell dies? Integration: Now, lets go back on how these fishes will survive if they will transfer to the other environment, is it due to homeostasis even they are already exposed to many changes in the environment? Why? It is due to homoeostasis because these fishes regulate and maintain their balance to the external environment.

The cell dies

It may affect the other cell and the level of organization.

None sir.

Very good. Any clarification our questions about our discussion for today? After knowing homeostasis, what could be the importance of homeostasis in our cell as well as in our body?

Homeostasis maintains balance of changing conditions external and internal environment. Without homeostasis there will be imbalance and it will lead to diseases that may cause to our death.

Through aerobic exercise, balance diet and to have healthy life style

Very good Since homeostasis is important to our cell and our body, how could you care of your cell as well as your body in order to obtain homeostasis and to avoid homeostatic failure?

V. Assignment: Define the following terms: a. Selective permeability b. Diffusion c. Osmosis d. Tissue culture Galimba, Maila B. Date: ____________________ Evaluation: _______________