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JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT | S.Y. 2021 - 2022

SUBJECT: Science Level: 8

UNIT TOPIC: Cell Division Quarter: Second

UNIT STANDARDS AND COMPETENCIES DIAGRAM

TRANSFER

PERFORMANCE
TRANSFER GOAL PERFORMANCE TASK
STANDARD

Students on their own and in The learner produces a Storybook

the long run will creatively storybook presenting the stages
making a storybook that of meiosis.
explains the process of meiosis
in as it divides during different
stages.

AQUISITION MAKE MEANING

1. Compare mitosis and meiosis,
and their role in the cell-division
cycle
2. Explain the significance of
meiosis in maintaining the
chromosome number
UNIT TOPIC EU: Students will understand that
cells divide for the growth and
development of living organisms.
Cell Division
EQ: Why must cells divide?

CONTENT STANDARD

The learner understands the ability of the

cells of different organisms to grow and
divide is some important characteristics to
increase in size, provide new cells for
growth and development, replace worn out
tissues and a means to produce asexually
for lower forms of organisms.

LEARNING PLAN
EXPLORE

Your grandfather has just celebrated his 100th birthday; this is a real feat considering
his 3 other siblings have already passed on at least 2 decades ago. During his
birthday celebration, you noticed the tall grasses in the nearby vacant lot. Compared
to other plants, the grass seems to grow quickly even after it has been cut or burned

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 by the village maintenance staff.
Have you ever wondered why these things happen? Why does the grass seem to
grow relentlessly despite the efforts to get rid of them?
In this unit, you will find out about variation that occurs in organisms and what
implications it could bring to species. Remember to search for the answer of this
question: Why must cells divide?
Activity 1: About Growth
Direction: Write your answers briefly.
1. What is growth?
2. How does growth take place in plants and animals?

Learning Competency FIRM-UP (ACQUISITION)

Compare mitosis and Activity 2: How cells divide

meiosis, and their role
in the cell-division
cycle In order to grow and reproduce, cells go through the process of division.
This activity shows the similarities and differences between mitosis and meiosis.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/how-cells-divide.html -Interactive Comparison

of Mitosis and Meiosis
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/tour/mitosis.swf -Comparison of Mitosis
and Meiosis

Compare and contrast mitosis by constructing a Venn Diagram.

Process Questions:
1. Why must cells divide?
2. Why must there be two different kinds of cell division?

Learning Competency DEEPEN (MAKE MEANING)

Explain the Activity 3: Meiosis, inheritance, and variation

significance of meiosis
Part 1: This webpage reading activity explains the interconnectedness among the
in maintaining the
following concepts: meiosis, inheritance, and variation through the involment of the
chromosome number
major organelles of heredity.

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/traits/tour_heredity.html - What is
Heredity?
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 http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Uniquely-Me/Science-Ideas-and-
Concepts/Meiosis-inheritance-and-variation

Part 2: Every bird in a flock or every fish in a school may look the same to us, but
just as no two people are exactly alike, individuals within all species vary. Watch the
first part of the video found in this link to see more variations among organisms:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/variation/sources/
Explain how meiosis contributes to the variations you saw in the video.

Activity 4: Predicting genetic disorders -Abnormal Meiosis and fertilization

What happens when a person has something different such as?

 Too many or too few chromosomes?

 Missing pieces of chromosomes?
 Mixed up pieces of chromosomes?
Read the information found in this link then answer the quiz.
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/traits/predictdisorder/ -Predicting
Genetic Disorders

Activity 5: Case Analysis

Read and carefully analyze the following cases.

Case no.1
Ruth is the youngest of three sisters. She has straight and light skin tone. Her elder
sisters, on the other hand, have wavy hair and fair complexion. How is this possible?
Is there reason for Ruth to suspect that she is not a true member of the family?
Explain.

Case no.2:
A 13-year-old girls is noticeably shorter than girls her age. She also has not yet gone
through any changes associated with puberty. She has hearing difficulty and is
finding it extremely hard to cope with Math lessons. Because her condition is
determined as genetic, a study of her chromosomes was done. Below is a photograph
of the girl’s chromosomes:

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 What do you think is the cause of the girl’s condition? How is this possible?

Case no. 3:
Monoculture refers to the use of land for growing only one type of plant. Today
monocultures have increased dramatically worldwide, mainly through the
geographical expansion of land devoted to single crops and year to year production
of the same crop species on the same land. Can you think of possible problems that
may result from lack of variation in monocultures? Explain.

After going through the three cases, answer the following questions:
1. Why are there differences among organisms of the same species?
2. Why is it important and necessary to have varied plants and animals?

Performance Standard TRANSFER

The learner produces a Your school will be celebrating its English month this coming July. As part of the
storybook presenting the celebration, your class was tasked as a storyteller to produce a story book presenting
stages of meiosis. the stages of meiosis as requested by your science teacher in collaboration with your
English subject. Your English and Science teacher will rate your performance based
on Content, Organization and Clarity.

Standards/ Outstanding Satisfactory Developing Beginning

Scale
Content Provides Provides Provides No
exhaustive accurate unrelated background
and reliable background background information
background information information
information
about the
topic.
Organization Details of the Details are Some details Many details
presentation placed in a are not in a are not in a
are placed in logical order, logical or logical or
a logical and thereby expected expected
interesting helping the order and order. There
order, and it audience have the is little sense
effectively understand potential to that the

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 sustains the the confuse the presentation
interest of the presentation audience. is organized.
audience. without
difficulty.
Appropriaten Graphics used Graphics used Some No graphics
ess of are not only are graphics used were used in
graphics appropriate appropriate are the
to the target, to the target inappropriate presentation.
but also audience. to the target
effectively audience
sustain the which can
interest of the also lead to
audience. confusion and
inattentivenes
s.

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