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Earth Science Essential Learning Competencies 2020

The document contains the essential learning competencies for Earth Science for senior high school students over one academic year. It is divided into quarters and weeks, listing 1-3 key concepts or skills to be covered each week related to topics like the composition and structure of Earth, rocks and minerals, energy resources, water resources, waste management, geologic processes like weathering and plate tectonics, and methods for dating geological events and periods.

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Earth Science Essential Learning Competencies 2020

The document contains the essential learning competencies for Earth Science for senior high school students over one academic year. It is divided into quarters and weeks, listing 1-3 key concepts or skills to be covered each week related to topics like the composition and structure of Earth, rocks and minerals, energy resources, water resources, waste management, geologic processes like weathering and plate tectonics, and methods for dating geological events and periods.

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2020 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

ESSENTIAL
LEARNING
COMPETENCIES
EARTH SCIENCE
Grade Level: Senior High School (Core)
Subject: Earth Science

Week of Most Essential Learning Competencies Lesson LR Link (if Assessment


the Exemplar/ develope available (provide a
Quarter/ Learning r online) link if online)
Grading resources
Period available
Q1 / Week Describe the characteristics of Earth that are necessary to
1 support life
Q1 / Week Explain that the Earth consists of four subsystems, across whose
1 boundaries matter and energy flow
Q1 / Week Identify common rock-forming minerals using their physical and
1 chemical properties
Q1 / Week
Classify rocks into igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
2
Q1 / Week
Identify the minerals important to society
2
Q1 / Week Describe how ore minerals are found, mined, and processed for
2 human use
Q1 / Week
Describe how fossil fuels are formed
3
Q1 / Week Explain how heat from inside the Earth (geothermal) and from
3 flowing water (hydroelectric) is tapped as a source of energy for
human use
Q1 / Week
Identify the various water resources on Earth
3
Q1 / Week Explain how different activities affect the quality and availability of
4 water for human use
Q1 / Week Identify human activities, such as farming, construction of
4 structures, and waste disposal, that affect the quality and
quantity of soil
Q1 / Week Describe how people generate different types of waste (solid,
5 liquid, and gaseous) as they make use of various materials and
resources in everyday life
Week of Most Essential Learning Competencies Lesson LR Link (if Assessment
the Exemplar/ develope available (provide a
Quarter/ Learning r online) link if online)
Grading resources
Period available
Q1 / Week Explain how different types of waste affect people’s health and
5 the environment
Q2 / Week
Describe how rocks undergo weathering
1
Q2 / Week
Explain why the Earth’s interior is hot
1
Q2 / Week
Describe what happens after magma is formed
1
Q2 / Week Describe how rocks behave under different types of stress such
2 as compression, pulling apart, and shearing
Q2 / Week
Describe the structure and evolution of ocean basins
2
Q2 / Week
Describe how layers of rocks (stratified rocks) are formed
3
Q2 / Week Describe the different methods (relative and absolute dating) of
3 determining the age of stratified rocks
Q2 / Week Explain how relative and absolute dating were used to
4 determine the subdivisions of geologic time
Q2 / Week Describe how index fossils (also known as guide fossils) are used
4 to define and identify subdivisions of the geologic time scale
Q2 / Week
Describe the history of the Earth through geologic time
5

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