Junior High School Department

Course/Subject Outline
SCIENCE 10

I. Subject Code: G10- SCI

II. Subject Title: SCIENCE 10
III. Subject Description: Science 10 is a subject offered to grade 10 students. It discusses the volcanoes and
earthquakes and ways to ensure safety and reduce damage during volcanic eruption, earthquake and tsunamis,
how energy is harnessed for human use, the excretory and reproductive system, structure and function of DNA
molecules, how natural selection has produced a succession of diverse new species, adaptation and survival in
changing environments of species, impact of human activities on ecosystem, rearrangement of particle when
substances undergo chemical reaction and solve simple mole-mole, mole-mass, and mass-mass problems.

IV. Units/Hours: 180 minutes per week/3 hrs. per week

V. Pre-Requisite: Science 9
VI. Contents/Topic:

FIRST GRADING PERIOD

1. SMCC Vision, Mission, Goals, Objectives, History, Milestones, and Core Values
2. Plate Tectonics
3. Plate boundaries
4. Processes and landforms along plate boundaries
5. Internal structure of the Earth
6. Mechanism of Plate Tectonics
7. Evidence of plate movement.
SECOND GRADING PERIOD
8. Electromagnetic Waves and the EM Spectrum
9. Practical uses of the EM Spectrum
10. Risks and Hazards of EM Spectrum
11. Lights
12. Sources of light and its propagation
13. Properties of light
14. Formation of Images
15. Laser and fiber Optics
16. Optical devices
17. History of magnetism
18. Magnetic field and force
19. Electromagnetic Induction
20. Direct-current Motor
21. Electric generator
22. Transformer
THIRD GRADING PERIOD
23. Reproductive System
24. Endocrine System and the Nervous System
25. Feedback Mechanisms Coordinated by the Nervous and Endocrine System
26. The DNA Molecule
27. DNA Replication
28. How Protein Is Made Using Information from DNA
29. Mutations that Occur in Sex Cells as being Heritable
30. Natural Selection Can Result to Biodiversity
31. The Occurrence of Evolution
32. Speciation and Evolution
33. Types of Environmental Changes that Affect the Evolution of Life on Earth
34. Flow of Energy and Matter in Ecosystems
35. Biodiversity and Stability
 36. Population Growth and Carrying Capacity
FOURTH GRADING PERIOD
37. Describing Gases
38. The Gas Laws
39. Biomolecules in Food
40. Carbohydrates
41. Proteins
42. Nucleic Acids
43. Lipids
44. Occurrence of a Chemical Reaction
45. Chemical Reactions and Equation
46. Rate of Chemical Reaction

VII. Expected Output/Performance Tasks:

The students will generate an evacuation plan in
FIRST GRADING reducing disaster risk in preparation of incoming
earthquakes.
Create an innovative model of the electromagnetic
SECOND GRADING spectrum giving information such as wavelength,
frequency, energy, etc for each type of EM radiation.
The students will make their own study for the proper
THIRD GRADING care of the Reproductive System/ Endocrine System/
Nervous System.
The students will understand the behavior of gases and
the different laws that govern gases, importance of
FOURTH GRADING
nutrition to maintain health and proper diet and
understand the different action-reaction phenomena.

VIII. References:
 SMCC Student’s Handbook
 https://www.smccnasipit.edu.ph/history
 Meliza P. Valdos, et. al.. Science Links Worktext for Scientific and Technological Literacy Grade 10 2017
Edition Rex Bookstore www.rexinteractive.com
 Josefina Ma. Ferriols-Pavico, et.al Exploring Life Through Science Series Phoenix Publishing House

IX. Grading System: (Averaging)

Written Works/Output (30%) – Activities, Assignment, Laboratory Journal
Performances (40%) – Product/Project, Performance Task, Attendance, Behavior
Quarterly Assessments (30%) – Midterm, and Periodical

Prepared by: Noted by:

Joanne P. Colegado, LPT RENE A. JAPITANA, MAEM

Subject Teacher Principal

Checked by:

PAUL ERIC S. BACONG

Assistant Principal