St.

Theresa’s School of Novaliches

Budget of Work in SCIENCE 8

PERIOD TOPIC TIME FRAME REMARKS

QUARTER 1
FORCE, MOTION
AND ENERGY A. Newton's Law of Motion
1. Laws of Motion

1.1 Law of Inertia 4 days

1.2 Law of Acceleration 5 days
1.3 Law of Interaction 4 days
2. Work Power and Energy 5 days
3. Sound 4 days
4. Light 4 days
5. Heat 5 days
6. Electricity 5 days
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QUARTER 2
Earth and Space 1. Earthquakes and Faults
1.1 Active and inactive faults 3 days
1.1 Active and inactive faults
1.21.2 How
How movements
movements along
along faults
faults generate
generate 2 days
earthquakes
earthquakes
1.3 How earthquakes generate tsunamis
1.4 Earthquake focus and 1 day
1.3 How earthquakes generate tsunamis
epicenter
1.51.4 Earthquake
Earthquake focus and
intensity andepicenter
magnitude 2 days
1.61.5 Earthquake
Earthquake intensity and magnitude
preparedness 2 days
1.7 How earthquake waves provide information
about 2 days
1.6 Earthquake preparedness
the interior of the Earth
1.7 How earthquake waves provide 3 days
information about the interior of the Earth
2. Understanding Typhoons

2.1 How typhoons develop 3 days

2.2 Why the Philippines is prone to typhoons 2 days

2.3 How landforms and bodies of water

affect typhoons within the Philippine Area of 2 days
Responsibility (PAR)

3. Other members of the Solar

System

3.1 Comets 2 days

3.2 Meteors 2 days

3.3 Asteroids 2 days

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Budget of Work in SCIENCE 8

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QUARTER 3
Matter 1. The Particle Nature of Matter

5 days
1.1 Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures
5days
1.2 Atoms and Molecules
2. Atomic Structure

2.1 Protons 3 days

2.2 Neutrons 3 days

3 days
2.3 Electrons
3. Periodic Table (PT) of Elements

5days
3.1 Development of the PT
5days
3.2 Arrangement of elements
5days
3.3 Reactive and nonreactive metals
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Budget of Work in SCIENCE 8

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QUARTER 4
EARTH AND 1. Structures and Functions: Focus on the
SPACE Digestive System

1.1 Organs of the digestive system and their 4 days

interaction with organs of the respiratory,
circulatory, and excretory systems
1.2 Changes in food as it undergoes physical 4 days
and chemical digestion

1.3 Diseases resulting from nutrient 2 days

deficiency and ingestion of harmful substances

1.4 Prevention, detection, and treatment of 1 day

diseases of the digestive system
2. Heredity: Inheritance and
Variation of Traits
2.1 Stages of mitosis 3 days

2.2 Stages of meiosis 3 days

2.3 Mendelian Genetics 5 days

3. Biodiversity

3.1 Species diversity 2 days

3.2 Hierarchical taxonomic system of 4 days

classification
3.3 Protection and conservation of
endangered and economically important 3 days
species
4. Ecosystems

4.1 Transfer of Energy in Trophic Levels 2 days

4.2 Cycling of materials in the ecosystem 2 days

4.2.1. Water cycle 2 days

 4.2.2. Oxygen-carbon cycle 1 day

4.2.3. Nitrogen cycle 1 day

4.3 Impact of human activities in an 1 day

ecosystem
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REMARKS
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