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COMPETENCIES IN BIOLOGY 2 FOR 2ND SEMESTER

GRADE -12 -STEM

Quarter
Most Essential Learning Competencies Duration

3rd Describe using a diagram charging by rubbing and

charging by induction
Explain the role of electron transfer in Feb 5
electrostatic charging by rubbing
Describe experiments to show electrostatic charging by
induction
Calculate the net electric force on a point charge
exerted by a system of point charges
Describe an electric field as a region in which an Feb.6
electric charge experiences a force
Calculate the electric field due to a system of
point charges using Coulomb’s law and the Feb. 7
superposition principle
Calculate electric flux

Use Gauss’s law to infer electric field due to

uniformly distributed charges on long wires, spheres, and
large plates
Solve problems involving electric charges, dipoles,
forces, fields, and flux in contexts such as, but not Feb. 8
limited to, systems of point charges, electrical breakdown
of air, charged pendulums,
electrostatic ink-jet printers
Relate the electric potential with work, potential
energy, and electric field
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Determine the electric potential function at any point due

to highly symmetric continuous- charge
distributions
infer the direction and strength of electric field
vector, nature of the electric field sources, and Feb.12
electrostatic potential surfaces given the
equipotential lines
Calculate the electric field in the region given a
mathematical function describing its potential in a
region of space
Solve problems involving electric potential energy and
electric potentials in contexts such as, but not limited to,
electron guns in CRT TV picture tubes
and Van de Graaff generators
Feb.13
Deduce the effects of simple capacitors (e.g., parallel-
plate, spherical, cylindrical) on the capacitance,
charge, and potential difference
when the size, potential difference, or charge is changed

Calculate the equivalent capacitance of a network

of capacitors connected in series/parallel
Determine the total charge, the charge on, and the
potential difference across each capacitor in the Feb. 13
network given the capacitors connected in
series/parallel
Determine the potential energy stored inside the
capacitor given the geometry and the potential
difference across the capacitor
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Describe the effects of inserting dielectric

materials on the capacitance, charge, and electric
field of a capacitor
Solve problems involving capacitors and
dielectrics in contexts such as, but not limited to, Feb.14
charged plates, batteries, and camera flashlamps.
Distinguish between conventional current and
electron flow
Apply the relationship charge = current x time to
new situations or to solve related problems
Describe the effect of temperature increase on
the resistance of a metallic conductor Feb . 15
Describe the ability of a material to conduct
current in terms of resistivity and conductivity
Apply the relationship of the proportionality
between resistance and the length and cross-
sectional area of a wire to solve problems
Differentiate ohmic and non-ohmic materials in Feb. 19
terms of their I-V curves
Differentiate emf of a source and potential
difference (PD) across a circuit
Given an emf source connected to a resistor,
determine the power supplied or dissipated by
each element in a circuit
Solve problems involving current, resistivity, Feb. 210
resistance, and Ohm’s law in contexts such as, but
not limited to, batteries and bulbs, household
wiring, and selection of fuses.
Operate devices for measuring currents and
voltages
Draw circuit diagrams with power sources (cell or Feb. 21
battery), switches, lamps, resistors (fixed and
variable) fuses, ammeters and voltmeters
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Evaluate the equivalent resistance, current, and voltage

in a given network of resistors connected
in series and/or parallel
Calculate the current and voltage through and Feb.22
across circuit elements using Kirchhoff’s loop and
junction rules (at most 2 loops only)
Solve problems involving the calculation of currents and
potential difference in circuits Feb. 26
consisting of batteries, resistors and capacitors.
Differentiate electric interactions from magnetic
interactions
Evaluate the total magnetic flux through an open
surface
Describe the motion of a charged particle in a magnetic
field in terms of its speed, acceleration, cyclotron radius, Feb.27
cyclotron frequency, and kinetic
energy
Evaluate the magnetic force on an arbitrary wire
segment placed in a uniform magnetic field
Evaluate the magnetic field vector at a given point in
space due to a moving point charge, an
infinitesimal current element, or a straight
current-carrying conductor Feb. 28
Calculate the magnetic field due to one or more
straight wire conductors using the superposition
principle
Calculate the force per unit length on a current carrying
wire due to the magnetic field produced
by other current-carrying wires
Evaluate the magnetic field vector at any point Feb.29
along the axis of a circular current loop
Solve problems involving magnetic fields, forces due to
magnetic fields and the motion of charges and current-
carrying wires in contexts such as,
but not limited to, determining the strength of
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Earth’s magnetic field, mass spectrometers, and

solenoids.
4th Identify the factors that affect the magnitude of the induced
emf and the magnitude and direction of the induced current
(Faraday’s Law)
Mar. 4

Compare and contrast electrostatic electric field

and non-electrostatic/induced electric field
Calculate the induced emf in a closed loop due to Mar. 5
a time-varying magnetic flux using Faraday’s Law
Describe the direction of the induced electric field, magnetic
field, and current on a Mar. 6
conducting/nonconducting loop using Lenz’s Law
Compare and contrast alternating current (AC)
and direct current (DC)
Characterize the properties (stored energy and time-
dependence of charges, currents, and Mar.7
voltages) of an LC circuit
Relate the properties of EM wave (wavelength, frequency, speed)
and the properties of vacuum
and optical medium (permittivity, permeability, and index of
refraction) Mar. 11
Explain the conditions for total internal reflection Mar. 12

Explain the phenomenon of dispersion by relating Mar. 13

to Snell’s Law
Calculate the intensity of the transmitted light after passing Mar. 14
through a series of polarizers
applying Malus’s Law
Solve problems involving reflection, refraction, dispersion, and
polarization in contexts such as, but not limited to, (polarizing) MAR. 18
sunglasses,
atmospheric haloes, and rainbows
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Explain image formation as an application of Mar. 19

reflection, refraction, and paraxial approximation
Relate properties of mirrors and lenses (radii of curvature, focal
length, index of refraction [for Mar. 20
lenses]) to image and object distance and sizes
Determine graphically and mathematically the type
(virtual/real), magnification, location, and orientation of Mar. 21
image of a point and extended
object produced by a plane or spherical mirror
Determine graphically and mathematically the type
(virtual/real), magnification, location/ apparent depth, and
orientation of image of a point and extended object produced Mar. 28
by a lens or
series of lenses
Apply the principles of geometric optics to discuss
image formation by the eye, and correction of common vision Mar. 29
defects
Determine the conditions (superposition, path and phase
difference, polarization, amplitude) for interference to occur Ap.1
emphasizing the properties of a laser as a monochromatic and
coherent light
source
Relate the geometry of the two-slit experiment set up (slit
separation, and screen-to-slit distance) and properties of light Apr. 2
(wavelength) to the properties of the interference pattern
(width,
location, and intensity)
Relate the geometry of the diffraction experiment setup (slit size,
and screen- to-slit distance) and properties of light (wavelength)
to the properties of the diffraction pattern (width, location, and Apr. 3
intensity of the fringes)

State the postulates of Special Relativity and their Apr. 4

consequences
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Apply the time dilation, length contraction and

relativistic velocity addition to worded problems Apr. 11
Calculate kinetic energy, rest energy, momentum, and speed of
objects moving with speeds comparable to the speed of light Apr.15

Explain the photoelectric effect using the idea of Apr. 16

light quanta or photons
Explain qualitatively the properties of atomic emission and Apr. 17
absorption spectra using the
concept of energy levels
Calculating radioisotope activity using the concept Apr. 18
of half-life

Prepared by:

Jenny T. Dosil
EPS-SCIENCE