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Special Science
Elementary School
(for SSES implementing Schools and SPED Centers
with Gifted and Talented)

Grade Level: Grade 1

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Subject: Science-SSES

Week of the Most Essen al Learning Competencies Lesson Exemplar/ LR Link (if available Assessment
Quarter/ Learning developer online) (provide a link
Grading resources if online)
Period available
Q1/ Week Compare materials according to observable proper es, (e.g. color,
1-2 shape, size, texture, odor, taste)
Q1/ Week Classify materials according to their physical properties
3-4
Q1/ Week Order materials according to the degrees of their properties
5-6 • color – light to dark
• size – small to big, short to long, narrow to wide, short to tall
• odor/taste – bland to strong
• texture – smooth to rough
Q1/Week
Demonstrate safe practices when working with objects and materials
7-8
Q2/ Week 1 Describe the main external parts of the human body and their functions
Q2/Week 2 Infer that the human body has to meet its needs in order to grow strong
and healthy
Q2/Week 3 Practice proper ways of caring for the different parts of the body
Q2/ Week 4 Infer that animals have body parts that help them survive

Q2/Week 5 Enumerate the needs of animals in order to live

Q2/ Week 6 Infer that plants have parts/structures that help them survive
Q2/Week 7 Enumerate the needs of plants in order to live
Q2/ Week 8 Describe ways of caring and proper handling of animals and plants
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Week of the Most Essen al Learning Competencies Lesson Exemplar/ LR Link (if available Assessment
Quarter/ Learning developer online) (provide a link
Grading resources if online)
Period available
Q3/ Week 1 Tell how force makes objects move/cause change in motion
Q3/ Week 2 Discuss changes that take place when objects and materials are pushed,
pulled, thrown, dropped or rolled

Q3/Week 3 Demonstrate that forces can make an object move or not move, and
moving objects to slow down, speed up, or change direc on
Q3/Week 4 Inves gate ways that make an object move easier or more di cult (e.g.
using wheels/ball bearings, lubricants, smoothing/roughening surfaces)
Q3/Week 5 Iden fy devices that produce sounds
Q3/Week 6 Describe the sounds produced by di erent objects
Q3/Week 7 Relate the sound made to the force applied and the kind of vibra ng
object
Q3/Week 8 Conclude that di erent objects make di erent sounds
Q4/ Week 1 State that the Earth is made up of land, water and air
Q4/ Week 2 Explains why we should show care and concern for the Earth
Q4/ Week 3 Predict what may happen if we do not care for the Earth
Q4/Week 4 Tells whether the day is sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy, and stormy
Q4/Week 5 Use basic weather symbols to record weather condi ons
Q4/Week 6 Describe how weather a ect man’s ac vi es
Q4/Week 7 Observe the things seen in the sky during the day and during the night
Q4/ Week 8 Describes ac vi es that can be done during day me and nigh me
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Grade Level: Grade 2

Subject: Science-SSES

Week of the Most Essen al Learning Competencies Lesson Exemplar/ LR Link (if available Assessment
Quarter/ Learning developer online) (provide a link
Grading resources if online)
Period available
Q1/Week 1 Infer that materials are composed of ny par cles that cannot be seen
by the naked eye
Illustrate the arrangement of ny par cles of di erent materials
Q1/Week 2 Describe the observable proper es of a given solid, liquid, or gas
Q1/ Week
Conducts inves ga on on the di erent states of ma er
3-4
Q1/ Week Describe how mass, weight and volume of solid, liquid and gas is
5-6 determined
Q1/ Week Describes changes in materials based on the e ect of temperature:
7-8 o Solid to liquid
o Liquid to solid
o Liquid to gas
o Solid to gas
Q2/ Week 1 Describe the parts and functions of the sense organs of the human body
Q2/Week 2 Demonstrate activities which involve two or more body senses working
together (e.g. painting, drawing, planting, dancing)
Q2/Week 3 Show ways of caring for the different sense organs
Q2/Week 4 Suggest ways of showing love and support to differently-abled children
Q2/ Week 5 Infer that plants found at home or in school have similarities and
differences in structure but performs the same functions for survival/life
Q2/ Week 6 Infer the func on of special structures found in plants
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Week of the Most Essen al Learning Competencies Lesson Exemplar/ LR Link (if available Assessment
Quarter/ Learning developer online) (provide a link
Grading resources if online)
Period available
Q2/ Week 7 Iden fy useful plants and animals to humans found in the community
Q2/Week 8 Enumerate ways on how to protect and conserve the environment
Q3/ Week
Infer that there are different sources of force
1-2
Q3/ Week
Infer on the importance of light as a form of energy
3-4
Q3/ Week
Explain the e ects of light on di erent materials
5-6
Q3/ Week
Show evidences that light bends when it travels
7-8
Q4/ Week 1 Infer that the Earth is the resource for life and one’s needs
Q4/Week 2 Infer that the surface of the Earth is a ected by the ac vi es of human
needs
Q4/Week 3 Describe how the community makes use of the natural resources found
in the locality
Q4/ Week Infer that a polluted environment may cause air-borne, water-borne and
4-5 soil-borne diseases
Q4/ Week 6 Infers that weather changes during the day and from day to day
Q4/ Week 7 Describe the e ects of weather on family and community ac vi es
Q4/ Week 8 Infer that the Sun gives-o heat and light
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Grade Level: Grade 3

Subject: Science-SSES

Week of the Most Essen al Learning Competencies Lesson Exemplar/ LR Link (if available Assessment
Quarter/ Learning developer online) (provide a link
Grading resources if online)
Period available
Q1/ Week Infer that materials have special proper es
1-4 • Bri leness/Hardness
• Duc lity/shaping into ne wires
• Malleability/ shaping into thin sheets
• Durability /long las ng
• Viscosity/ owing
• Conduc vity/ ow of heat or electricity
• Elas city /stretching
Q1/ Week Describe changes in solid materials when they are bent, pressed,
5-8 hammered, or cut
Q2/Week 1 Infer that people, animal and plants are living things because they move,
eat, grow, and reproduce
Q2/ Week
Describes the main internal parts and functions of the human body
2-3
Q2/Week 4 Communicates clearly proper ways and healthful practices to care and
protect the different body parts
Q2/ Week 5 Investigate the causes and effects of changes in humans from infancy to
adulthood
• Physical Changes
• Behavioral Changes
• Emotional Changes
Q2/ Week 6 Infer that body structures of animals are adapted to help them live and
gather food in a par cular environment
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Week of the Most Essen al Learning Competencies Lesson Exemplar/ LR Link (if available Assessment
Quarter/ Learning developer online) (provide a link
Grading resources if online)
Period available
Q2/ Week 7 Inves gate on the specialized structures of plants given varying
environmental condi ons: light, water, temperature and soil type
Q2/ Week 8 Conclude that interactions exist among plants, humans and animals in the
community
Q3/Week
Explain the effect of heat on materials
1-2
Q3/Week
Infers that heat travels from hot to cold
3-4
Q3/ Week Infer that objects move when they change their distances, directions or
5-6 both from a reference point
Q3/ Week
Describes the movement of objects along different paths
7-8
Q4/ Week
Explain the importance of the di erent kinds of soil to plants
1-2
Q4/ Week 3 Discuss the causes and e ects of soil erosion
Q4/ Week
Describe the changes in the weather over a period of me
4-5
Q4/Week 6 Communicates how di erent types of weather a ect ac vi es in the
community
Q4/ Week Describe the members of the solar system and their rela ve posi on in
67-8 the Solar System
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