SCIENCE Grade 7, 8, 9 & 10

LEAST LEARNED COMPETENCIES:

QUARTER 1
GRADE SEVEN:
●Investigate the properties of unsaturated and saturated solutions
●Express concentrations of solutions quantitatively by preparing different concentrations of mixtures according to the
uses and availability of materials

•Explain why the cell is considered the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms

*Describe the concept of scientific investigation

GRADE EIGHT:

● Investigate the effect of temperature on the speed of sound

● Differentiate between heat and temperature at the molecular level

● Explain the hierarchy of colors in relation to the energy of visible light

●Investigate the relationship between the amount of force applied and the mass of an object to the amount of
change in the motion of the object
●Identify and explain the factors that affect potential and kinetic energy
- Relate the laws of motion to bodies in a uniform circular motion

GRADE NINE:

-Explain the different patterns of non-Mendelian inheritance

•Explain how the Quantum Mechanical Model of the atom describes the energies and the positions of
the electrons

-Explain how the structure of the carbon atoms affects the type of bonds it forms

GRADE TEN

●Describe the possible causes of plate movement

●Enumerate the lines of evidence that support plate movement

-Enumerate the lines of evidence that support plate movement

•Cause of plate movements

•Predict the qualitative characteristics(orientation, type, and magnification) of images formed by plane
and curved mirrors and lenses

•Identify ways in which the properties of mirrors and lenses determine their uses in optical instruments

GRADE ELEVEN

-Classify rocks into igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic

compare and contrast the formation of the different types of igneous rocks

-Explain how relative and absolute dating was used to determine the subdivisions of geologic time

●Describe where the earth’s internal heat comes from

●Explain how the movements of plates lead to the formation of folds and faults
●Determine the age of stratified rocks

•Describe how the Earth’s history can be interpreted from the geologic time scale

•Describe how the process of genetic engineering

•Describe how the present system of classification of organisms is based on evolutionary relationships

-Nomenclature of compounds
-*Explain how the concept of atomic number led to the synthesis of new elements in the

Laboratory

*Measurements/ atoms, molecules, Ions

GRADE TWELVE:

Determine the limiting reactant in a reaction and calculate the amount of product formed

•Describe the structural component of a cell membrane

•Explain transport mechanism in cells(diffusion, osmosis, facilitated transport, active transport)

•Explain the oxidation-reduction reaction

QUARTER 2

GRADE SEVEN
1) Differentiate asexual from sexual reproduction in terms of:
1. Number of individuals involved. Similarities of offspring to parent (S7LT-IIe-5)

GRADE EIGHT

GRADE NINE
(1) Explain how the structure of a carbon atom affects the type of bonds it forms
GRADE TEN

1) Predict the qualitative characteristics (orientation, type, and magnification) of images formed by plane
and curved mirrors and lenses

GRADE ELEVEN

(1) Explain how relative and absolute dating were used to determine the subdivisions of geologic time

GRADE TWELVE

(1) thermodynamics and heat engines