COR JESU COLLEGE
BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
GRADE 7 - CURRICULUM
S.Y. 2012 - 2013
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.
FIRST GRADING PERIOD
-Matter-
 The Investigatory Process
 Diversity of materials in the Environment
 Heredity: Inheritance and variation
 Interactions in the 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
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
Third Grading Period
-Force, Motion and Energy-
Sound
 Characteristics of Sound
Light
 Characteristics of Light
Heat
 Heat Transfer
Electricity
 Charges
 Charging processes
Fourth grading period
-Earth and Science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
Fourth grading period
-Earth and Science-
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
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Land and sea breezes
Monsoons
Intertropical convergence zone
Ozone depletion
Greenhouse effect
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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