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GRADE 8

Worksheet 1: Unpacking of Learning Competencies

Directions: Open your Science Curriculum Guide. Accomplish the worksheet by writing the content, content
standard, performance standard learning competency, and unpacked learning competencies/ learning
objectives of Quarters 1 to Quarter 4. The unpacked competencies must be laid to their corresponding target
cognitive process dimension in the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Grade Level: 8
Quarter: 1-4
Specific Learning Objectives Revised Bloom’s
Taxonomy
Level
QUARTER 1
CONTENT: Laws of Motion
CONTENT STANDARD: Newton’s three laws of motion and uniform circular motion
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Investigate the relationship between the amount of force applied and Applying
the mass of the object to the amount of change in the object’s motion.
 Explain how force and mass influence acceleration. Understanding
 Describe how these variables relate to each other using Newton’s Second Law.
 Recall definitions of force, mass, acceleration, and Newton’s Second Law. Identify the Remembering
relationships between these concepts.
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Infer that when a body exerts a force on another, an equal amount of Analyzing
force is exerted back on it.
 Use experiments to measure action and reaction forces. Applying
 Apply the concept to everyday activities like walking or swimming.
 Explain how action and reaction forces work in pairs and describe their real-world applications. Understanding
 Recall the definition of Newton’s Third Law. Identify action and reaction force pairs. Remembering
CONTENT: Work, Power and Energy
CONTENT STANDARD: work using constant force, power, gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, and elastic potential
energy
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Identify and explain the factors that affect potential and kinetic energy. Understanding
 Recall definitions and formulas for potential and kinetic energy. Remembering
  Identify the factors that affect energy.
CONTENT: Sound
CONTENT STANDARD: propagation of sound through solid, liquid, and gas
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Investigate the effect of temperature to the speed of sound. Analyzing
 Perform experiments to measure how temperature changes affect the speed of sound. Applying
 Apply the concept to real-world contexts, such as weather or sonar systems.
 Explain how temperature affects the speed of sound in different media (solid, liquid, gas). Understanding
 Describe the molecular reason behind the change in speed with temperature.
 Recall the basic concepts of sound, speed of sound, and how temperature affects it. Remembering
 Identify factors that influence the speed of sound.
CONTENT: Light
CONTENT STANDARD: some properties and characteristics of visible light
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Demonstrate the existence of the color components of visible light Applying
using a prism or diffraction grating.
 Explain how a prism or diffraction grating separates light into its color components. Understanding
 Describe the phenomenon of dispersion and diffraction.
 Recall the concept of visible light and its color components. Remembering
 Identify tools (prism and diffraction grating) that separate light into components.
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Explain hierarchy of colors in relation to energy. Understanding
 Recall the hierarchy of colors in visible light. Remembering
 Identify the relationship between light wavelength and energy.
CONTENT: Heat
CONTENT STANDARD: heat and temperature, and the effects of heat on the body
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Differentiate between heat and temperature in molecular level. Applying
 Explain how heat causes molecular motion and how temperature is a measure of the average Understanding
kinetic energy of molecules.
 Recall the definitions of heat and temperature. Remembering
 Identify the units used for heat and temperature.
CONTENT: Electricity
CONTENT STANDARD: current- voltage-resistance relationship, electric power, electric energy, and home circuitry
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Infer the relationship between current and voltage. Analyzing
 Apply Ohm’s Law to calculate current in circuits with known voltage and resistance, and Applying
 predict how changes in voltage affect current.
 Explain how current and voltage are related through Ohm’s Law and describe the proportional Understanding
relation.
 Recall the definitions of current and voltage. Remembering
 Identify Ohm's Law and the units used to measure current and voltage.
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Explain the advantages and disadvantages of series and parallel Understanding
connections at homes.
 Recall the definitions of series and parallel circuits. Remembering
 Identify their basic characteristics and how they function.
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Explain the functions of circuit breakers, fuses, earthing, double Understanding
insulation, and other safety devices in the home.
 Recall the definitions and functions of circuit breakers, fuses, earthing, double insulation, and Remembering
other safety devices.
QUARTER 2
CONTENT: Earthquake and Faults
CONTENT STANDARD: relationship between faults and earthquakes
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Explain how movements along faults generate earthquakes. Understanding
 Recall the definition of faults and earthquakes. Remembering
 Identify types of faults and their movements.
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Differentiate the epicenter of an earthquake from its focus, intensity of Understanding
an earthquake from its magnitude; and active and inactive faults.
 Recall definitions of epicenter, focus, intensity, magnitude, active faults, and inactive faults. Remembering
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Explain how earthquake waves provide information about the interior of Understanding
the earth.
 Recall the types of earthquake waves (P-waves, S-waves) and the Earth’s layers (crust, Remembering
mantle, outer core, inner core).
CONTENT: Understanding Typhoons
CONTENT STANDARD: the formation of typhoons and their movement within the PAR; how landforms and bodies of water
affect typhoons within the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR)
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Explain how typhoon develops and how it is affected by landforms and Understanding
bodies of water.
 Recall the definition and key conditions for typhoon development. Remembering
  Identify the role of landforms and bodies of water in typhoon behavior.
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Trace the pathway of typhoon that enters the Philippine Area of Applying
Responsibility (PAR) using a map and tracking data.
 Explain how typhoons move through the PAR and how the tracking data is interpreted to Understanding
predict their path. Describe how to read and trace the typhoon’s movement on a map.
 Recall the definition of the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and basic concepts of Remembering
typhoon tracking. Identify the key elements in tracking data and their role in forecasting
typhoon paths.
CONTENT: Other members of the Solar System
CONTENT STANDARD: characteristics of comets, meteors, and asteroids
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Compare and contrast comets, meteors, and asteroids. Analyzing
 Apply knowledge of their characteristics to identify and categorize objects from the solar Applying
system.
 Use their traits to predict their behavior.
 Explain the composition, behavior, and movement of comets, meteors, and asteroids. Understanding
Describe the differences in how they interact with the solar system.
 Recall the definitions and characteristics of comets, meteors, and asteroids. Identify their Remembering
basic features.
QUARTER 3
CONTENT: The Particle Nature of Matter
CONTENT STANDARD: the particle nature of matter as basis for explaining properties, physical changes, and structure of
substances and mixtures
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Explain the properties of solids, liquids, and gases based on the Understanding
particle nature of matter
 Recall the properties of solids, liquids, and gases, and the basic particle theory. Remembering
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Explain physical changes in terms of the arrangement and motion of Understanding
atoms and molecules.
 Recall the definitions of physical changes and the basic arrangement of particles in solids, Remembering
liquids, and gases.
CONTENT: Atomic Structure
CONTENT STANDARD: the identity of a substance according to its atomic structure
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Determine the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in a Applying
particular atom.
 Explain how atomic number and mass number determine the number of protons, neutrons, Understanding
and electrons in an atom.
 Recall the definitions of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and their role in atomic structure. Remembering
CONTENT: Periodic Table of Elements
CONTENT STANDARD: the periodic table of elements as an organizing tool to determine the chemical properties of
elements
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Use the periodic table to predict the chemical behavior of an element. Applying
 Explain how an element’s position in the periodic table determines its electron configuration Understanding
and chemical properties.
 Recall the organization of the periodic table, including groups, periods, and trends like Remembering
electronegativity, ionization energy, and atomic radius.
QUARTER 4
CONTENT: Structures and Functions: Focus on the Digestive System
CONTENT STANDARD: the digestive system and its interaction with the circulatory, respiratory, and excretory systems in
providing the body with nutrients for energy
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Explain ingestion, absorption, assimilation, and excretion. Understanding
 Recall and define the processes of ingestion, absorption, assimilation, and excretion. Remembering
CONTENT: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
CONTENT STANDARD: how cells divide to produce new cells; meiosis as one of the processes producing genetic variations
of the Mendelian Pattern of Inheritance
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Compare mitosis and meiosis, and their role in the cell division cycle. Analyzing
 Apply knowledge of mitosis and meiosis to predict the outcomes in various biological contexts Applying
(e.g., organism growth, genetic inheritance).
 Explain the process of mitosis and meiosis and how each contributes to the cell cycle and Understanding
genetic variation.
 Recall the stages of mitosis and meiosis and their key differences. Remembering
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Explain the significance of meiosis in maintaining the chromosome Understanding
number.
 Recall the process of meiosis and its role in reducing chromosome number. Remembering
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Predict phenotypic expressions of traits following simple patterns of Applying
inheritance.
  Explain how genotype influences phenotype and describe Mendel's laws of inheritance Understanding
 Recall the basic concepts of Mendelian inheritance (dominant/recessive traits, genotype, Remembering
phenotype).
CONTENT: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
CONTENT STANDARD: the concept of a species; the species as being further classified into a hierarchical taxonomic
system
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Explain the concept of a species. Understanding
Recall the definition of a species and the terms associated with it (e.g., gene pool, reproductive Remembering
isolation).
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Classify organisms using the hierarchical taxonomic system. Applying
 Explain how organisms are classified into hierarchical categories and the significance of Understanding
taxonomy.
 Recall the taxonomic levels (domain, kingdom, etc.) and binomial nomenclature. Remembering
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Explain the advantage of high biodiversity in maintaining the stability Understanding
of an ecosystem.
 Recall key concepts like biodiversity, ecosystem stability, and types of biodiversity. Remembering
CONTENT: Ecosystems
CONTENT STANDARD: the one-way flow of energy and the cycling of materials in an ecosystem
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Describe the transfer of energy through the trophic levels. Understanding
 Recall the trophic levels and describe the role of producers, consumers, and decomposers in Remembering
energy transfer.
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Explain how materials cycle in an ecosystem. Understanding
 Recall the types of biogeochemical cycles and the roles of organisms in cycling materials. Remembering
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Analyze the roles of organisms in the cycling of materials. Analyzing
 Apply the understanding of organism roles to real-world ecosystems and human impact Applying
scenarios.
 Explain how producers, consumers, and decomposers contribute to material cycles in Understanding
ecosystems.
 Recall the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in material cycling. Remembering
LEARNING COMPETENCY: Suggest ways to minimize human impact on the environment. Creating
 Evaluate the effectiveness of current environmental protection strategies and assess their Evaluating
long-term benefits.
  Analyze the impacts of human activities on ecosystems and evaluate possible strategies for Analyzing
reducing these impacts.
 Apply knowledge of sustainability to propose practical solutions and resource management Applying
strategies.
 Explain how human activities affect ecosystems and describe sustainable practices to Understanding
minimize harm.
 Recall the various human activities that harm the environment and identify key sustainability Remembering
concepts.
Performance Standard:
Quarter 1
The learners shall be able to:
1. develop a written plan and implement a “Newton’s Olympics”
2. discuss phenomena such as blue sky, rainbow, and red sunset using the concept of wavelength and frequency of
visible light
Quarter 2
The learners shall be able to:
1. participate in decision making on where to build structures based on knowledge of the location of active faults in the
community
2. make an emergency plan and prepare an emergency kit for use at home and in school
3. demonstrate precautionary measures before, during, and after a typhoon, including following advisories, storm signals,
and calls for evacuation given by government agencies in charge
4. participate in activities that lessen the risks brought by typhoons
5. discuss whether or not beliefs and practices about comets and meteors have scientific basis
Quarter 3
The learners shall be able to:
1. present how water behaves in its different states within the water cycle
Quarter 4
The learners shall be able to:
1. present an analysis of the data gathered on diseases resulting from nutrient deficiency
2. report on the importance of variation in plant and animal breeding
3. report (e.g., through a travelogue) on the activities that communities engage in to protect and conserve endangered
and economically important species
4. make a poster comparing food choices based on the trophic levels