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Health
Quarter I – Week 3-4
Environmental Problems
in the Philippines

CONTEXTUALIZED LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS

SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PUERTO PRINCESA CITY
Health Education – Grade 9
Contextualized Learning Activity Sheets (CLAS)
Quarter I - Week 3-4: Environmental Problems in the Philippines
First Edition, 2020

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 Lesson 1
Environmental Problems
in the Philppines

MELC: 1. Discuss the nature of environmental issues. (H9CE-Ib-d-11).

2. Analyze the effects of environmental issues on people’s health. (H9CE-Ib-d-12)

Objectives:
1. Analyze the environmental issues and illustrate own interpretation
about it;
2. Read and understand the environmental problems in the
Philippines; and
3. DEnumerate ways to prevent improper waste disposal in Puerto
Princesa.

Let’s Try

Directions: Read carefully the following questions/statements . Choose and circle

the letter of the best answer.

1. What environmental problem that causes of diseases such as cholera and other
water borne diseases?
A. Deforestation C. Oil Spill
B. Flash Floods D. Soil Erosion
2. What environmental problem does this picture depict?

A. Deforestation
B. Flashfloods
C. Improper waste disposal
D. Water Pollution

3. Which of the following environmental problems causes climate change?

A. Deforestation C. Oil Spill
B. Flashfloods D. Pollution
4. What environmental problem reduces the ability of soil to store water
and support plant growth?
A. Deforestation C. Oil Spill
B. B. Illegal Mining D. Soil Erosion

5. Which among the following is the effect of oil spill in the environment?
A. Barenness of land C. Flooding
B. Death of trees from oil in roots D. Soil erosion
 Let’s Explore and Discover

Natural resources and biodiversity explain why the Philippines is a rich country. These
put our home into the rare list of nations which have both a hotspot and mega diversity
area for over 6000 plant species and also numerous animal species inhabited this area.
However, despite—or perhaps because of— their richness and massive importance to the
environment and humans as well, the forests face continuing destruction and possible
extinction.
This lesson will make you aware of the most pressing problems of environment today
and their effect on people’s health.

The most pressing environmental problems in the Philippines today

1. DEFORESTATION – is the destruction of big areas of forests.

✓ The Philippines is among the countries with the

fastest loss of forest cover around the world.
✓ It ranks 4th among the world’s top 10 most
threatened forest hotspots.
✓ If the 157, 400 ha per year rate of deforestation
continues, our remaining forest cover will be wiped
out in less than 40 years.

Illustrated by: Jessy Hann Bonbon, Deforestation, Grade 8

Peace Student, Ubaldo L. Conde High School, July 6, 2020.

2. FLASH FLOODS - is a sudden flood of great volume, usually caused by a heavy rain.

Illustrated by: Edrian A. Aledro, Deforestation, Grade 10 – Honesty

Student, Ubaldo L. Conde High School, July 6, 2020.
3. ILLEGAL MINING - is defined as the extraction
of valuable minerals or other geological materials
from the earth from an ore body, lode, vein, seam,
or reef, which forms the mineralized package of
economic interest to the miner in the absence of land
rights, mining license, exploration or mineral
transportation permit or of any document that
could legitimate the on-going operations.

4. SOIL EROSION - happens when soil and rock are moved from one place to another by wind,
water, and gravity.

Causes of Soil Erosion:

• Deforestation
• Building of Roads
• Agriculture
• Urbanization
• Mining
• From oil tankers with equipment faults
• from nature and human activities on land
• from water sports Illustrated by: Jessy Hann Bonbon, Soil Erosion, Grade 8
• from drilling works carried out in the sea Peace Student, Ubaldo L. Conde High School, July 6, 2020.

5. CORAL REEF DEGRADATION - is a significant problem throughout the world. It has been
acknowledged that 27% of the world’s reefs have been affected. Gardener (2003) pointed out
that:
• 11% has been completely lost
• 16% has been damaged

Coral reefs – are diverse underwater ecosystem built from calcium carbonate secreted by corals.
Coral reefs can be categorized into the following coral coverestimate thru line intercept transect
method.

1. Category 1 – Poor (coral reef with >0 to 10% coral cover)

2. Category 2 – Fair (coral reef with 11 – 30% coral cover)
3. Category 2 – Good (coral reef with 31-50% coral cover)
4. Category 4 – Very Good (coral reef with 51-75% coral cover)
5. Category 5 – Excellent (coral reef with 76-100% coral reef cover)

6. POLLUTION - means any alteration of the physical, chemical and biological properties of
water, air and/or land resources.
Types of Pollution
▪ AIR POLLUTION means any alterationof the
physical, chemical and biological properties
of the atmospheric air.

▪ WATER POLLUTION means any alteration of

the physical, chemical, biological, or radiological
properties of a body of water resulting in the
impairment of its purity or quality.

Illustrated by: Jessy Hann Bonbon, Pollution, Grade 8 Peace

Student, Ubaldo L. Conde High School, July 6, 2020.
 ▪ NOISE POLLUTION is the excessive sound that causes hearing loss, stress, fatigue,
irritability, tension, headaches, and high blood pressure.

▪ SOIL POLLUTION is chiefly caused by chemicals in pesticides, such as poisons that are
used to kill agricultural pests like insects and herbicides that are used to get rid of
weeds.
Soil pollution results from:
• Unhealthy methods of soil management.
• Harmful irrigation methods

The following are pertinent laws adhering to environmental safety and health protection:

❖ P.D. 389 (P.D. 705) – The Forestry Reform Code

- codifies, updates, and raises forestry laws in the country. It emphasizes the sustainable
utilization of forest resources.
❖ P.D. 704 – Preservation of optimum productivity of fishery resources through conservation
and protection.
❖ P.D. 1219 – Providing for the protection of coral ecosystems.
❖ P.D. 1067 – Water Code of the Philippines
- adopts adequate measures to conserve and regulate the use of water in commercial,
industrial, and residential areas. It also provides other policy guidelines on water quality and
management of water resources.

❖ P.D. 463 – Amended the Mining Act of 1936. Requires all mining leaseholders to comply with
Pollution Control Laws and regulations and provide for penalties for noncompliance.

❖ P.D. 1251 – Imposes fines on tailings and mine wastes and the fund generated is used to pay
for the damages to land, agricultural crops, forests products, aquatic resources and
infrastructures caused by pollution for mining operations.
❖ P.D. 984 – The Pollution Control Law
❖ P.D. 825 – Prohibits the improper disposal of garbage
❖ P.D. 856 – Sanitation Code
- places the responsibility on the local government units for the solid waste management in
their area of production.
❖ R.A. 8749 – Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999- provides for a comprehensive air pollution
control policy.

Remember that each one of us, especially you, have a big

responsibility in taking care of our environment.

(Source: Jose P. Doria et al., Physical Education & Health 9 Learner’s Material Pasig City: Department of Education-Bureau of Learning Resources, 2016, 242.)
 Let’s Practice

Environmental Concern is Everybody’s Solution

Directions: Using the graphic organizer below, list down the ways to prevent the
improper waste disposal in Puerto Princesa City.

Ways to prevent
improper waste
disposal in Puerto
Princesa City

Rubrics (point system)

CRITERIA 5 4 3 1
The learner The learner The learner
The learner
shows shows lacked shows little or
shows a unique
Creativity originality sincere no evidence
level of
originality original
originality
throught.
The learner’s The learner’s The learner’s The learner’s
output is neat output is neat output is dirty in output is dirty
Neatness
in all parts of in most parts some parts of in most parts of
composition of composition composition composition
The learner The learner The learner did
The learner completed the finished the not finish work
gave an effort task in an project, but it in a satisfactory
Effort beyond the average lacks finishing manner.
requirements of manner, yet toches or can be
this activity more could improved with a
have been done little effort.
 Let’s Do More
Your Choice, My Voice

Directions: Make a slogan about environmental issues. Write your slogan on the box provided
below.
Slogan – is a short phrase used in advertising.

Example:
“Save Earth, Save Yourself”

Materials Needed: Coloring materials, Pencil, Ballpen, and Marker

Rubrics for slogan (point system)

CRITERIA 5 3 1
The learner shows The learner shows
The learner shows
average poor undersanding
Content deep undersanding
undersanding of of the lesson
of the lesson
the lesson
The learner’s The learner’s The learner’s
output is neat in output is neat in output is dirty in
Neatness
all parts of most parts of most parts of
composition composition composition
The slogan The slogan
The slogan
composition has composition has
Language Usage composition has no
few grammatical many grammatical
grammatical errors
errors errors
 Let’s Sum It Up
Answer Me
Directions: On the space provided, answer the following Hi! Have you learned
questions. something? Let us sum
up our lesson.
1. Why do we need to learn the environmental issues?
__________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
2. Who could be the possible victims of these environmental problems?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
3. Do people still have the chance to restore what are lost in the environment? Yes or
No. Why?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

Let’s Assess
Directions: Directions: Read carefully the following
questions/statements . Choose and circle the letter of the best answer.

1. Which of the following environmental problems causes climate change?

A. Deforestation C. Oil Spill
B. Flashfloods D. Pollution
2. What environmental problem does this picture depict?
A. Deforestation C. Improper waste disposal
B. Flashfloods D. Water Pollution

3. What environmental problem that causes of diseases such as cholera and

other water borne diseases?
A. Deforestation C. Oil Spill
B. Flash Floods D. Soil Erosion
4. What environmental problem reduces the ability of soil to store water
and support plant growth?
A. Deforestation C. Oil Spill
B. B. Illegal Mining D. Soil Erosion
5. Which among the following is the effect of oil spill in the environment?
A. Barenness of land C. Flooding
B. Death of trees from oil in roots D. Soil erosion

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 Answer Key

Let’s Try
ie1. B 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. A

Let’s Practice
ie Answers may vary

Let’s Do More
The students will submit their output.

Answers may vary

Let’s Sum It Up
Answers may vary

Let’s Assess
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. A

References
Book

Doria, Jose P., Madonna C. Gonzales, Lawrence Joy Sedilla, Janeth Cagulang, Raffy
Mabiling, Johannsen Yap and Jorie de la Torre. Physical Education & Health 9. Pasig
City: Department of Education-Bureau of Learning Resources, 2016.

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