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