PREFACE
The culture of quality instruction of the Department of Education demonstrates excellence. It can be
viewed as a scheme to offer holistic development among the learners and their stakeholders. Among its plan is to
submerge its learners to output that can be of use by the 21 st century learners. The most prominent among this plan
is providing the teachers with materials for their teaching, specifically the Enhanced Science Curriculum Guide
which is crafted and aligned with the K to 12 Science Curriculum Guide, has been developed and validated under the
supervision of the EPS-I in Science, Jed Mae F. Coronel together with the Ozamiz City Division Science Writers and
Trainers.
The following contributors are, to wit: Alma Rea B. Agohob, Fretzie Gay Anne B. Baluyos, Reymart A.
Bureros, Mae Lady Rose C. Cuabo, Jancelle J. Macaindig, Jhimson A. Monreal, Haidee D. Patoc, Melchier Jhon P.
Patotoy, Marvin S. Tusoy, Harry Mhel F. Timtim, Charlyn D. Velasco, Maybelle B. Villagonzalo and Ma. Lourdes P.
Zaballero.
The team is hoping that this endeavour will help teachers to have a quick access of relevant subject
matters and aligned objectives in their day to day teaching-learning process in order to produce holistic learners in
the future.
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INTRODUCTION
Teaching-learning process in Science poses greater challenge among teachers since it is imbued with four core
domains. It is also an evolving subject because of its sprouting technological innovations.
The K to 12 Science Curriculum calls for teaching styles, strategies and approaches of varying facets to cater
the development of skills among the 21 st century learners. The learners need to explore, examine and explain how and
why phenomena occur. Learners may also need to build models, design investigations, share ideas, develop
explanations and argue using evidence.
As science teachers, it is our professional responsibility to keep ourselves abreast of the 21st century knowledge
and skills in science education that are responsive to the needs of the times and of the society. Our millennial
learners demand for interactive teaching and learning activities that will involve and engage them to learn to the
fullest possible. As such, we should always see to it that we give best of the best activities that will keep them from
learning.
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The development of the Enhanced Science Curriculum Guide with unpacked objectives from the K to 12
learning competencies would address the needs of the teachers. It answers the possible gaps, specifically on the
availability of instructional materials; the broadness of the learning competencies; and the time needed in crafting the
daily lesson log especially for non- major teachers teaching science.
This Enhanced Science Curriculum Guide is anchored on Project Advance in Science. It features the
spiral progression in the different science domains across the grade levels in increasing level of complexity and
sophistication in every quarter. It promotes enduring understanding of the different topics and concepts across
disciplines and across subject areas and focuses on the development of awareness and understanding of practical
everyday problems that affect the learners’ lives and those around them. It is also defined in terms of standards –
expressed in terms of what students should know and the quality and proficiency of the skills that they are expected
to demonstrate as evidence of learning. Though simple, but it has detailed subject matter and objectives, accessible,
localized, contextualized and indigenized. It deals with the basic concepts in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Earth &
Space. It has seven columns, namely: Content, Content Standards, Perfomance Standards, Learning Competency,
Code, Subject Matter and Objectives.
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