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Grade 10 Science.

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250lessons

64DepEd competencies

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Textbook 1Evidence of Chemical Change and Chemical Indicators

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Observable Signs of Chemical Reactions

Chapter 2

Acids, Bases, Salts, and Chemical Indicators

Chapter 3

Planning Valid and Reliable Chemical Investigations

Chapter 4

Household Indicator Investigation

Textbook 2Reaction Types, Environmental Chemistry, and Chemical Equations

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Classifying Chemical Reaction Types

Chapter 2

Chemical Reactions in the Natural and Built Environment

Chapter 3

Chemical Equations in Words and Formulas

Chapter 4

Conservation of Mass and Balancing Equations

Textbook 3Reaction Rates, Energy Changes, and Biotechnology Connections

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Factors Affecting Reaction Rates

Chapter 2

Reaction Rates in Preservation, Production, Fire, Pollution, and Corrosion

Chapter 3

Exothermic and Endothermic Processes

Chapter 4

Traditional Biotechnology and Chemical Processes

Textbook 4Homeostasis, Natural Selection, and Evidence for Evolution

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Homeostasis and Body Balance

Chapter 2

Feedback Mechanisms in the Body

Chapter 3

Natural Selection and Evolutionary Change

Chapter 4

Evidence for Evolution

Textbook 5Ecosystem Limits, Population Growth, and Resource Pressure

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

What Carrying Capacity Means

Chapter 2

Food, Water, Shelter, and Mates as Limiting Factors

Chapter 3

Population Growth Near Carrying Capacity

Chapter 4

Carrying Capacity and Sustainable Resource Use

Textbook 6Biotechnology, Society, Ethics, and Environmental Impact

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Traditional Biotechnology and Fermentation

Chapter 2

Modern Biotechnology and New Possibilities

Chapter 3

Societal, Environmental, and Ethical Questions

Chapter 4

Biotechnology Critical Analysis

Textbook 7Climate Change, Global Interactions, and Sustainable Energy

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Evidence of Global Warming and Climate Change

Chapter 2

Greenhouse Gases and Enhanced Warming

Chapter 3

ENSO, Local Climate Impacts, and Individual Action

Chapter 4

Renewable Energy, Natural Resources, and Sustainable Management

Textbook 8Plate Tectonics and the Dynamic Philippine Archipelago

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Measuring Plate Motion and Detecting Change

Chapter 2

Plate Boundaries, Structures, Movements, and Events

Chapter 3

The Philippine Archipelago Through Plate Tectonics

Chapter 4

What Drives Plates and Builds Mountains

Textbook 9Projectile Motion, Momentum, Collisions, and Safety

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Projectile Motion in Everyday Activities

Chapter 2

Elastic and Inelastic Collisions

Chapter 3

Momentum, Force, Time, and Conservation

Chapter 4

Collision Safety and Road-Risk Reduction

Textbook 10Electricity Systems, Energy Choices, and Sustainable Power in the Philippines

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

From Power Plant to Filipino Homes

Chapter 2

Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Sources

Chapter 3

Energy Impacts, Consumption, and Efficiency

Chapter 4

Planning, Innovation, and Sustainable Electricity Systems

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Every DepEd competency, covered.

The 64 competencies set for Grade 10 Science, and every one has lessons behind it.

Scientific Investigations

3 competencies

Demonstrate skills to plan and conduct valid and reliable scientific investigations and record them appropriately.
Identify the dependent and independent variables and control other variables.
Demonstrate skills to plan and conduct valid and reliable scientific investigations and record them appropriately.

Signs of Chemical Reactions and Chemical Indicators

3 competencies

Describe the indicators for a chemical reaction as color change, the formation of a precipitate, the release of gas and/or odor, or a change in temperature.
Identify common acids, bases, and salts using different indicators.
Identify common acids, bases, and salts using different indicators.

Types and Uses of Chemical Reactions

2 competencies

Describe important types of chemical reactions: combination, decomposition, single replacement, and double replacement.
Explain how important types of chemical reactions, such as combustion, acids on metals, acids on carbonates, photosynthesis, and respiration, relate to or impact the natural and built environments using information from secondary sources.

Chemical Equations and Conservation of Mass

4 competencies

Recognize that scientists use chemical equations to describe chemical reactions.
Recognize that scientists write equations in word form and use formulas for common chemical reactions.
Explain that chemical equations demonstrate a rearrangement of atoms but the total mass of the system remains the same during a chemical reaction.
Apply the principles of conservation of mass to balance chemical equations.

Reaction Rates and Energy Changes

3 competencies

Explain the factors affecting the rates of chemical reactions.
Explain the factors affecting reaction rates as applied in food preservation and materials production, control of fire, pollution, and corrosion.
Identify that chemical reactions may be exothermic or endothermic.

Biotechnology and Society

7 competencies

Use information from secondary sources to identify products of traditional biotechnology through fermentation.
Write a critical analysis of the use of biotechnology and its impacts on society or the environment.
Use information from secondary sources to identify the products of traditional biotechnology through fermentation.
Use information from secondary sources to identify examples of modern biotechnology, such as genetically modified organisms and processes such as in vitro fertilization.
Participate in a class debate on the societal, environmental, and ethical implications of using biotechnological products and methods.
Write a critical analysis of the use of biotechnology and its impacts on society or the environment.
Participate in evidence-based discussion of biotechnology implications.

Homeostasis and Feedback Mechanisms

2 competencies

Describe homeostasis as a state of balance among all body systems in humans that must be maintained for survival and proper functioning, including body temperature, glucose level, and blood pressure.
Explain how homeostasis is maintained through various feedback mechanisms, both positive and negative.

Evolution and Natural Selection

3 competencies

Use information from secondary sources to describe natural selection as the primary mechanism driving evolutionary change.
Discuss in small groups important concepts in theories of evolution, including variation, heredity, isolation, selection, and adaptation.
Use information from secondary sources to explain how lines of evidence, such as fossils, biogeography, and comparative morphology, support the occurrence of evolution.

Population Growth and Carrying Capacity

5 competencies

Discuss the factors that limit the ecosystem’s carrying capacity.
Discuss the factors that limit carrying capacity, such as adequate food, shelter, water, and mates.
Explain that the ecosystem’s population growth slows down as it gets closer to the carrying capacity.
Discuss limiting factors in ecosystems.
Explain how population growth relates to carrying capacity.

Climate Change and Sustainable Resources

7 competencies

Identify evidence of global warming and climate change.
Identify the role of greenhouse gases in enhanced global warming and climate change.
Describe how global climatic phenomena, such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation, may impact weather systems.
Identify local impacts of global climate change and suggest ways that individuals can do to reduce the impact of global warming.
Explain how increased societal uses of renewable energies could mitigate the effects of global climate change, including how the Philippines could make better use of its plentiful natural resources.
Plan and enact a community education strategy highlighting the importance of natural resources and sustainable management of resources.
Develop a discussion paper about the need for green metals, such as cobalt and nickel, for vehicle electrification and possible impacts of mining for these metals.

Plate Tectonics and Philippine Geology

7 competencies

Identify modern scientific processes used to detect and measure the displacement of tectonic plates.
Describe the structures, movements, and events that occur at each type of plate boundary.
Explain how the subduction of an oceanic plate impacts the plate above it.
Identify the locations of major mountains, faults, volcanoes, and ocean trenches using a map of the Philippine Archipelago, and interpret the features in relation to plate tectonics.
Predict the position and shape of the Philippine Archipelago in 50 million years, based on the current velocity of the Philippine Plate.
Gather information from secondary sources to describe and explain mechanisms that drive the movement of tectonic plates, including the role of the asthenosphere.
Explain how plate tectonics can be used to explain the formation of the largest mountain ranges on Earth, including the Himalayas and the Andes mountains.

Projectile Motion

1 competency

Investigate and describe the relationship among projectile variables, including angle and velocity of release, projectile height, and range, using everyday activities such as shooting basketballs or kicking footballs.

Momentum and Collisions

9 competencies

Describe different types of collisions as elastic or inelastic by providing examples.
Use models to investigate elastic or inelastic collisions and describe the forces involved and their effects.
Explain that momentum depends on the mass and velocity of a moving object and can be used to predict impact.
Carry out guided investigations using different objects to describe momentum-related relationships.
Identify and explain that to change the momentum of an object, it is necessary to apply a force over a period of time.
Identify that momentum is conserved before and after the collision of objects.
Gather information from secondary sources to identify ways to reduce the impact of collisions such as seatbelts, airbags, and crumple zones in vehicles.
Conduct a survey of recent vehicular accidents in a local area and identify a high-risk spot, then suggest ways to minimize or avoid collisions in that area.
Design and build a vehicle and use it to save a raw egg from breaking after falling from a height of 3 meters.

Electricity Generation and Energy Use in the Philippines

8 competencies

Describe how electricity is generated, transmitted, and distributed in the Philippines.
Identify where safety precautions matter in the flow of electricity from plant to home.
Differentiate renewable and non-renewable energy sources.
Compare local energy sources such as geothermal, hydro, solar, wind, coal, and natural gas in terms of availability, cost, reliability, and environmental impact.
Evaluate how energy production and consumption impact society and the environment.
Identify realistic ways Filipino households and communities can reduce electricity use and explain local and global benefits.
Explain how responsible planning and innovation lead to efficient generation and distribution of electricity in the Philippines.
Evaluate how energy production and consumption impact society and the environment.

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The whole year, lesson by lesson.

Textbook 1Evidence of Chemical Change and Chemical Indicators

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Observable Signs of Chemical Reactions

Chapter 2

Acids, Bases, Salts, and Chemical Indicators

Chapter 3

Planning Valid and Reliable Chemical Investigations

Chapter 4

Household Indicator Investigation

Textbook 2Reaction Types, Environmental Chemistry, and Chemical Equations

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Classifying Chemical Reaction Types

Chapter 2

Chemical Reactions in the Natural and Built Environment

Chapter 3

Chemical Equations in Words and Formulas

Chapter 4

Conservation of Mass and Balancing Equations

Textbook 3Reaction Rates, Energy Changes, and Biotechnology Connections

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Factors Affecting Reaction Rates

Chapter 2

Reaction Rates in Preservation, Production, Fire, Pollution, and Corrosion

Chapter 3

Exothermic and Endothermic Processes

Chapter 4

Traditional Biotechnology and Chemical Processes

Textbook 4Homeostasis, Natural Selection, and Evidence for Evolution

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Homeostasis and Body Balance

Chapter 2

Feedback Mechanisms in the Body

Chapter 3

Natural Selection and Evolutionary Change

Chapter 4

Evidence for Evolution

Textbook 5Ecosystem Limits, Population Growth, and Resource Pressure

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

What Carrying Capacity Means

Chapter 2

Food, Water, Shelter, and Mates as Limiting Factors

Chapter 3

Population Growth Near Carrying Capacity

Chapter 4

Carrying Capacity and Sustainable Resource Use

Textbook 6Biotechnology, Society, Ethics, and Environmental Impact

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Traditional Biotechnology and Fermentation

Chapter 2

Modern Biotechnology and New Possibilities

Chapter 3

Societal, Environmental, and Ethical Questions

Chapter 4

Biotechnology Critical Analysis

Textbook 7Climate Change, Global Interactions, and Sustainable Energy

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Evidence of Global Warming and Climate Change

Chapter 2

Greenhouse Gases and Enhanced Warming

Chapter 3

ENSO, Local Climate Impacts, and Individual Action

Chapter 4

Renewable Energy, Natural Resources, and Sustainable Management

Textbook 8Plate Tectonics and the Dynamic Philippine Archipelago

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Measuring Plate Motion and Detecting Change

Chapter 2

Plate Boundaries, Structures, Movements, and Events

Chapter 3

The Philippine Archipelago Through Plate Tectonics

Chapter 4

What Drives Plates and Builds Mountains

Textbook 9Projectile Motion, Momentum, Collisions, and Safety

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Projectile Motion in Everyday Activities

Chapter 2

Elastic and Inelastic Collisions

Chapter 3

Momentum, Force, Time, and Conservation

Chapter 4

Collision Safety and Road-Risk Reduction

Textbook 10Electricity Systems, Energy Choices, and Sustainable Power in the Philippines

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

From Power Plant to Filipino Homes

Chapter 2

Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Sources

Chapter 3

Energy Impacts, Consumption, and Efficiency

Chapter 4

Planning, Innovation, and Sustainable Electricity Systems

Every DepEd competency, covered.

The 64 competencies set for Grade 10 Science, and every one has lessons behind it.

Scientific Investigations

3 competencies

Demonstrate skills to plan and conduct valid and reliable scientific investigations and record them appropriately.
Identify the dependent and independent variables and control other variables.
Demonstrate skills to plan and conduct valid and reliable scientific investigations and record them appropriately.

Signs of Chemical Reactions and Chemical Indicators

3 competencies

Describe the indicators for a chemical reaction as color change, the formation of a precipitate, the release of gas and/or odor, or a change in temperature.
Identify common acids, bases, and salts using different indicators.
Identify common acids, bases, and salts using different indicators.

Types and Uses of Chemical Reactions

2 competencies

Describe important types of chemical reactions: combination, decomposition, single replacement, and double replacement.
Explain how important types of chemical reactions, such as combustion, acids on metals, acids on carbonates, photosynthesis, and respiration, relate to or impact the natural and built environments using information from secondary sources.

Chemical Equations and Conservation of Mass

4 competencies

Recognize that scientists use chemical equations to describe chemical reactions.
Recognize that scientists write equations in word form and use formulas for common chemical reactions.
Explain that chemical equations demonstrate a rearrangement of atoms but the total mass of the system remains the same during a chemical reaction.
Apply the principles of conservation of mass to balance chemical equations.

Reaction Rates and Energy Changes

3 competencies

Explain the factors affecting the rates of chemical reactions.
Explain the factors affecting reaction rates as applied in food preservation and materials production, control of fire, pollution, and corrosion.
Identify that chemical reactions may be exothermic or endothermic.

Biotechnology and Society

7 competencies

Use information from secondary sources to identify products of traditional biotechnology through fermentation.
Write a critical analysis of the use of biotechnology and its impacts on society or the environment.
Use information from secondary sources to identify the products of traditional biotechnology through fermentation.
Use information from secondary sources to identify examples of modern biotechnology, such as genetically modified organisms and processes such as in vitro fertilization.
Participate in a class debate on the societal, environmental, and ethical implications of using biotechnological products and methods.
Write a critical analysis of the use of biotechnology and its impacts on society or the environment.
Participate in evidence-based discussion of biotechnology implications.

Homeostasis and Feedback Mechanisms

2 competencies

Describe homeostasis as a state of balance among all body systems in humans that must be maintained for survival and proper functioning, including body temperature, glucose level, and blood pressure.
Explain how homeostasis is maintained through various feedback mechanisms, both positive and negative.

Evolution and Natural Selection

3 competencies

Use information from secondary sources to describe natural selection as the primary mechanism driving evolutionary change.
Discuss in small groups important concepts in theories of evolution, including variation, heredity, isolation, selection, and adaptation.
Use information from secondary sources to explain how lines of evidence, such as fossils, biogeography, and comparative morphology, support the occurrence of evolution.

Population Growth and Carrying Capacity

5 competencies

Discuss the factors that limit the ecosystem’s carrying capacity.
Discuss the factors that limit carrying capacity, such as adequate food, shelter, water, and mates.
Explain that the ecosystem’s population growth slows down as it gets closer to the carrying capacity.
Discuss limiting factors in ecosystems.
Explain how population growth relates to carrying capacity.

Climate Change and Sustainable Resources

7 competencies

Identify evidence of global warming and climate change.
Identify the role of greenhouse gases in enhanced global warming and climate change.
Describe how global climatic phenomena, such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation, may impact weather systems.
Identify local impacts of global climate change and suggest ways that individuals can do to reduce the impact of global warming.
Explain how increased societal uses of renewable energies could mitigate the effects of global climate change, including how the Philippines could make better use of its plentiful natural resources.
Plan and enact a community education strategy highlighting the importance of natural resources and sustainable management of resources.
Develop a discussion paper about the need for green metals, such as cobalt and nickel, for vehicle electrification and possible impacts of mining for these metals.

Plate Tectonics and Philippine Geology

7 competencies

Identify modern scientific processes used to detect and measure the displacement of tectonic plates.
Describe the structures, movements, and events that occur at each type of plate boundary.
Explain how the subduction of an oceanic plate impacts the plate above it.
Identify the locations of major mountains, faults, volcanoes, and ocean trenches using a map of the Philippine Archipelago, and interpret the features in relation to plate tectonics.
Predict the position and shape of the Philippine Archipelago in 50 million years, based on the current velocity of the Philippine Plate.
Gather information from secondary sources to describe and explain mechanisms that drive the movement of tectonic plates, including the role of the asthenosphere.
Explain how plate tectonics can be used to explain the formation of the largest mountain ranges on Earth, including the Himalayas and the Andes mountains.

Projectile Motion

1 competency

Investigate and describe the relationship among projectile variables, including angle and velocity of release, projectile height, and range, using everyday activities such as shooting basketballs or kicking footballs.

Momentum and Collisions

9 competencies

Describe different types of collisions as elastic or inelastic by providing examples.
Use models to investigate elastic or inelastic collisions and describe the forces involved and their effects.
Explain that momentum depends on the mass and velocity of a moving object and can be used to predict impact.
Carry out guided investigations using different objects to describe momentum-related relationships.
Identify and explain that to change the momentum of an object, it is necessary to apply a force over a period of time.
Identify that momentum is conserved before and after the collision of objects.
Gather information from secondary sources to identify ways to reduce the impact of collisions such as seatbelts, airbags, and crumple zones in vehicles.
Conduct a survey of recent vehicular accidents in a local area and identify a high-risk spot, then suggest ways to minimize or avoid collisions in that area.
Design and build a vehicle and use it to save a raw egg from breaking after falling from a height of 3 meters.

Electricity Generation and Energy Use in the Philippines

8 competencies

Describe how electricity is generated, transmitted, and distributed in the Philippines.
Identify where safety precautions matter in the flow of electricity from plant to home.
Differentiate renewable and non-renewable energy sources.
Compare local energy sources such as geothermal, hydro, solar, wind, coal, and natural gas in terms of availability, cost, reliability, and environmental impact.
Evaluate how energy production and consumption impact society and the environment.
Identify realistic ways Filipino households and communities can reduce electricity use and explain local and global benefits.
Explain how responsible planning and innovation lead to efficient generation and distribution of electricity in the Philippines.
Evaluate how energy production and consumption impact society and the environment.