Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION X NORTHERN MINDANAO
DIVISION OF BUKIDNON
DON CARLOS I DISTRICT
DON CARLOS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN GRADE IV SCIENCE

School Don Carlos Central Elementary School Grade Level 3
Teacher Jelyn S. Gocotano Learning Area Science
Teaching Date and Time 08:30am-09:30am Quarter 2nd Week
October 14,2024 3

I.
A. Content Standard Demonstrate understanding the parts , and functions of the
sense organs of the human body.

B. Performance Standards Able to practice healthful habits in taking care of the sense
organs.
C. Learning Competency Describe the parts and functions of the sense organs of the
human body. (S3LT-IIa-b-1)

Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, 75% of the learners should be
able to:
1. Identify the specific areas of the tongue responsible
for sensing different tastes.
2. Show that the taste buds cover the tongue.
3. Label the areas of the tongue with the different taste
being sensed.

II. CONTENT THE TONGUE AND THE DIFFERENT TASTE

III. LEARNING RESOURCES
A. REFERENCES
1. Teacher’s Guide/Pages
2. Learner’s Materials Lozada, B.A, & Mendoza, A.T. (2011) Science for Daily
Uses. Pages 52-54
B. Other Learning Resources Printed images, visual aids, PowerPoint
Teaching Strategy Interactive Learning, Cooperative Learning
Values Infusion Respect, Teamwork
Interdisciplinary Integration Arts
IV. PROCEDURE
Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
A.Reviewing
previous lesson or
presenting new
lesson.
 Preparatory Good morning, class. Good morning, Teacher Jel.
Activities
1. Prayer In the Name of the Father, the Son In the Name of the Father, the Son
 and the Holy Spirit. Amen. and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Before you take your seats, kindly

arrange your chairs and pick up
some pieces of trash.

2. Checkin Let’s check your attendance. Each Row 1, Jheo Cruz, Ma’am.
g of row, please say the name of who is Row 2, none, Ma’am.
attendan absent today. Row 3, none, Ma’am.
ce
Thank you everyone. The girls do
have a perfect attendance while the
boys have one absent. Clap your
hands everyone.

In our past lesson, what did we We discussed about the five sense
discussed? organs.

3. Review Very good. What are those? We have the eyes, nose, tongue, ears
and skin.

Now, is if I say that “The cake is so Tongue, Teacher.

sweet”, what sense organ did I
uses?
The skin, Teacher.
Very good. How about, when I say
that “The pillow is soft”?

Very good class, you did really

understand our past lesson.

B.Establishing a Today, we will be dealing with

purpose for the another topic that is still related to
lesson our past lesson.

What are the different taste of There is sweet, Teacher.

foods?
Sour, salty and bitter also, Teacher.
Very good. What else?

Exactly. Very good.

C. Presenting Before we start discussing our new
examples/ lesson, let’s have an activity first. I
instances of the will randomly choose names and
new lesson. they will go here on the front.

(The teacher will blindfold the

learner and let him/her taste the
vinegar. And let the pupils guess the
answer.)

What is it? It is a vinegar , Teacher.

 It is a sugar, Teacher

It is a salt, Teacher.

It is a coffee, Teacher.

Are they correct, class? Yes, Teacher.

Yuri, how did you know that it was a It taste sour, Teacher.
vinegar?

What did they used to taste it? Their tongue, Teacher.

Yes, very good.

D.Discussing new Kindly face your seatmate and look

concepts and his/her tongue. Can you describe
practicing new the tongue of your seatmate?
skills. #1
Yes, good observation. It is color pink teacher.

Look at the image.

In our tongue class, it has taste

buds embedded in it.

The picture shows that the taste Yes, Teacher.

buds cover the tongue. Did you also
observe taste buds in your partner’s
tongue?

FOOD TASTE NERVE BRAIN FOOD TASTE NERVE BRAIN

IN THE BUDS IN THE BUDS
MOUTH MOUTH

The food will pass through our

mouth then to the bumps in our
tongue, the taste buds.

And then it will pass through the

nerve where it will deliver the
message to the brain and the brain
 will interpret the taste of the food.

Now, let’s to identify the parts of the

tongue that senses different tastes.

back
Side back
near
Side
the
near
back
the
back
Side
near
the Side
tip near
the tip
tip
tip

That’s why through the use of our

tongue, we can be able to what? Taste.

Yes, we taste all the foods or things

that we place in our mouth.

What foods taste sweet?

Candy, Teacher.
Very good. What are examples of
sour? Mango, kalamansi, Teacher.
How about salty foods?
Junkfoods, Teacher.
Yes, very good, then lastly, bitter?
Ampalaya, Teacher.

E.Developing Now, let’s have a group activity,

Mastery (Lead to you’ll going identify the areas of the
Formative different taste by putting the correct
Assessment) taste and then assigned picture to
the parts where it is fit; sweet, salty,
sour, bitter.

SWEET SOUR SALTY BITTER SWEET SOUR SALTY BITTER

donuts fries ampalaya donuts fries ampalaya

 mangoes coffee tamarind mangoes coffee tamarind

candies salt candies salt

Answer key:
SWEETS: SOUR:

DONUTS MANGOES
CANDY TAMARIND

BITTER: SALTY:

AMPALAYA FRIES
COFFEE SALT
F.Finding practical Now, class, I want you to draw and The learners do their activity.
application of label the areas of the tongue with
concepts and skills the different taste being sensed.
in real life.

G.Making What do we use in tasting foods? Tongue.

Generalization and
Abstractions about Yes, correct. What are the four basic We have Sweet, sour, salty and bitter,
the lesson. taste? Teacher.

Ver good. What do we call the Taste bud.

bumps in our tongue?

Very good. What about the part that The nerve, Teacher.
the message to you brain for it to
interpret the taste?

Very good.
H. Evaluating A. Direction: Label the areas of the A. Direction: Label the areas of the
Learning tongue with the different taste being tongue with the different taste being
sensed. sensed.
 Bitter

sour

salty

sweet

salty sweet sour bitter salty sweet sour bitter

B. Direction: Fill the table below by B. Fill the table below by sorting the
sorting the following foods according following foods according to their
to their taste. taste.
cake kalamansi ampalaya cake kalamansi ampalaya
fries candy soy fries candy soy sauce
sauce vinegar coffee
vinegar coffee
SWEET SOUR SALTY BITTER
SWEET SOUR SALTY BITTER (tam-is) (aslom (parat (pait)
(tam-is) (aslom) (parat) (pait) ) )
cake kalamansi fries ampalaya

candy vinega soy coffee

r sauce

I. Additional Assignment Assignment

Activities for Direction: Answer the question. Direction: Answer the question.
Application and
Remediation Explain how your sense of taste Explain how your sense of taste
changes when you have a cold, and changes when you have a cold, and
describe how it might affect your describe how it might affect your food
food preferences preferences

PREPARED BY: CHECKED BY:

JELYN S. GOCOTANO MARIA LILLI ELSA G. SALAVEDRA
Student Teacher Master Teacher - I
 Needs
Criteria Very Good (4) Good (3) Fair (2) Improvement
(1)

Joins some
Always joins in Joins most Rarely joins
activities, but
activities, answers activities and activities and
Participation needs help and
questions well, and answers most gives little or
gives short
helps classmates. questions. no answers.
answers.

Has difficulty
Correctly identifies Identifies some identifying
Taste Test Identifies most
all tastes and helps tastes but needs tastes and
Group tastes and helps
the group complete help from the does not help
Activity the group.
the activity. group. much in the
group.

Draws the tongue Drawing is

Draws the Drawing is okay,
well, labels all parts unclear or
Drawing and tongue and but some labels
correctly, and labels are
Labeling labels most parts are wrong or
understands the mostly wrong
correctly. missing.
taste areas. or missing.

Gives clear Cannot give

Gives some Gives a few
examples of how examples or
Real-Life good examples examples but
taste works in real explain how
Examples of how taste they are not very
life and explains taste works in
works in real life. clear.
well. real life.

Shows a strong
Shows good Shows some Struggles to
understanding of
understanding understanding understand
Understanding how the tongue
but needs a bit but needs a lot how the tongue
and taste work in
of help. of help. and taste work.
all activities.