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Author/s
Grade 7: Lilia G. Vengco, Teresita F. Religioso, and Delia Cordero-Navaza
Grades 8, 9, and 10: Genevieve Darvin-Faraon, Lilia G. Vengco, Teresita F. Religioso, and Delia Cordero-Navaza
Level/s
7, 8, 9, and 10
Textbook Copyright
Grade 7: 2016
Grade 8: 2016
Grade 9: 2014
Grade 10: 2015
Second Edition
Grade 7: 2017
Grade 8: 2017
Grade 9: 2018
Features
Features of the Series:
- Aligned with the K to 12 curriculum
- Highlights the development of “habits of the mind” (i.e., science process skills and scientific values/attitudes and metacognitive skills)
- Gives opportunities for the students to show their “visible thinking” through judicious use of graphic organizers
- Uses varied, engaging, and inquiry-based/open-ended activities to cater to the different intelligence and learning styles of the students
- Presents science from societal context by citing relevant issues and concerns like pollution and health hazards
- Includes alternative assessment tool
- The Natural World– features events in nature that translate the scientific theories and concepts learned by the students into concrete examples
- Holistic Map/Concept Map– provides a bird’s eye-view of the important and related contents covered by the unit or chapter
- Check Your Understanding– brief review questions that prompt students to think and recall what they have just learned and help teachers assess how much the students are learning
- Big Idea– the cone or central idea of the chapter that gives meaning to the concepts
- Summary– lists the most important concepts in the chapter
- Test Your Understanding– These are questions that are correlated to learning objectives to pinpoint what students are learning.