This Calendar of Words will serve as a guide to identify words in Science 9 which includes Respiratory System, Circulatory System, Heredity, Biodiversity, Evolution, Ecosystem, Electronic Structure of Matter, Chemical Bonding, Carbon Compounds, Mole, Volcanoes, Climate, Constellations, Forces and Motion, Work, Power and Energy, Heat, Work and Energy, Electricity and Magnetism.
Objective
Read grade- level texts with appropriate speed, accuracy, and expression;
Read with automatically grade level frequently occurring content area words; and
Read grade level text with 145 words correct per minute.
Curriculum Information
Education Type
K to 12
Grade Level
Grade 9
Learning Area
Science
Content/Topic
Living Things and Their Environment
Matter
Earth and Space
Force Motion and Energy
Intended Users
Learners
Competencies
Explain how the respiratory and circulatory systems work together to transport nutrients gases and other molecules to and from the different parts of the body
Infer how ones lifestyle can affect the functioning of respiratory and circulatory systems
Describe the location of genes in chromosomes
Explain the different patterns of nonmendelian inheritance
Relate species extinction to the failure of populations of organisms to adapt to abrupt changes in the environment
Differentiate basic features and importance of photosynthesis and respiration
Explain the formation of ionic and covalent bonds
Recognize different types of compounds ionic or covalent based on their properties such as melting point hardness polarity and electrical and thermal conductivity
Explain properties of metals in terms of their structure
Explain how ions are formed
Explain how the structure of the carbon atom affects the type of bonds it forms
Recognize the general classes and uses of organic compounds
Use the mole concept to express mass of substances
Determine the percentage composition of a compound given its chemical formula and vice versa
Describe the different types of volcanoes
Differentiate between active and inactive volcanoes
Explain what happens when volcanoes erupt
Illustrate how energy from volcanoes may be tapped for human use
Explain how different factors affect the climate of an area
Describe certain climatic phenomena that occur on a global level
Infer the characteristics of stars based on the characteristics of the sun
Infer that the arrangement of stars in a group constellation does not change
Observe that the position of a constellation changes in the course of a night
Show which constellations may be observed at different times of the year using models
Describe the horizontal and vertical motions of a projectile
Investigate the relationship between the angle of release and the height and range of the projectile
Relate impulse and momentum to collision of objects eg vehicular collision
Infer that the total momentum before and after collision is equal
Examine effects and predict causes of collisionrelated damagesinjuries
Explain energy transformation in various activitiesevents eg waterfalls archery amusement rides
Perform activities to demonstrate conservation of mechanical energy
Infer that the total mechanical energy remains the same during any process
Construct a model to demonstrate that heat can do work
Infer that heat transfer can be used to do work and that work involves the release of heat
Explain why machines are never 100percent efficient
Explain how heat transfer and energy transformation make heat engines like geothermal plants work
Explain how electrical energy is generated transmitted and distributed
Copyright Information
Developer
MIKEE CASANO (mikee.casano@deped.gov.ph) -
Tambo National High School,
Camarines Sur,
Region V - Bicol Region
