COR JESU COLLEGE BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT GRADE 7 - CURRICULUM S. Y SCIENCE

OBJECTIVES: To have a guide on the topics that will be taken up for the entire school year; To express appreciation to the subject’s content and relevance in our daily life; and To explore new concepts and insights that will help us understand life in a scientific way.

-Matter- FIRST GRADING PERIOD The Investigatory Process Diversity of materials in the Environment Heredity: Inheritance and variation Interactions in the environment

-Living Things and Their Environment- SECOND GRADING PERIOD -Living Things and Their Environment- Parts and functions Levels of organization Microscopy Animal and plant cells Microorganisms: Fungi, Protists, and Bacteria Non-symbiotic relationships: competition, predation Transfer of energy through trophic levels

-Force, Motion and Energy- THIRD GRADING PERIOD -Force, Motion and Energy- Constant and uniformly accelerated motions Motion of objects in terms of displacement, speed or velocity, and acceleration Motion detectors Waves Transverse vs. Longitudinal waves Mechanical vs. electromagnetic waves Characteristics of waves

-Force, Motion and Energy- Third Grading Period -Force, Motion and Energy- Sound Characteristics of Sound Light Characteristics of Light Heat Heat Transfer Electricity Charges Charging processes

-Earth and Science- Fourth grading period Seasons in the Philippines Relation of seasons to the position of the Sun in the sky Causes of seasons in the Philippines Eclipses Solar Eclipse Lunar Eclipse

-Earth and Science- Fourth grading period The Philippine Archipelago Location of the Philippines in relation to continents and oceans using a coordinate system Physical features of the Philippines Protection and conservation of natural resources Interactions in the Atmosphere Land and sea breezes Monsoons Intertropical convergence zone Ozone depletion Greenhouse effect

Something worth pondering for: “The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think—rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men.” ~John Dewey

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