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

2. 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.

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

4. -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

5. -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

6. -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

7. -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

8. -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

9. 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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