ARTICULATION MAP

SCIENCE 9

MELC PRE-REQUISITES
Grading Period GRADE 9 GRADE 8 GRADE 7
Q1 Week 1-2 Q4 Week 1 Q2 Week 3
S9LT-la-b-26 Explain ingestion, absorption, Describe the different levels of
Explain how the respiratory and assimilation, and excretion biological organization from cell to
circulatory systems work together to biosphere
transport nutrients, gases, and other
molecules to and from the different
parts of the body
Q1 Week 2
S9LT -lc -27
Infer how one’s lifestyle can affect the
First Grading functioning of respiratory and
circulatory systems
Q1 Week 3-4 Q4 Week 3 Q2 Week 5
S9LT -Id -29 Predict phenotypic expressions of traits Differentiate asexual from sexual
Explain the different patterns of non - following simple patterns of inheritance reproduction in terms of:
Mendelian inheritance 1 Number of individuals involved;
2 Similarities of offspring to parents
Q1 Week 5 Q4 Week 4-5 Q2 Week 6-7
S9LT -Ie - f -30 Classify organisms using the Describe the different ecological
Relate species extinction to the failure hierarchical taxonomic system relationships found in an ecosystem
of populations of organisms to adapt to
abrupt changes in the environment Explain the advantage of high Predict the effect of changes in abiotic
biodiversity in maintaining the stability factors on the ecosystem
of an ecosystem
Q1 Week 6-7 Q4 Week 6
S9LT -lg -j -31 Analyze the roles of organisms in the
Differentiate basic features and cycling of materials
importance of photosynthesis and Explain how materials cycle in an
respiration ecosystem
 Q2 Week 1
Explain how the Quantum Mechanical
Second Grading Model of the atom describes the
energies and positions of the electrons

Q2 Week 2 S9MT -IIb -14

Recognize different types of
compounds (ionic or covalent) based
on their properties such as melting
point, hardness, polarity, and electrical
and thermal conductivity;
Q2 Week 3 S9MT-IIe-f-16
Explain how ions are formed;
Q2 Week 4-5 S9MT-IIg-17
Explain how the structure of the carbon
atom affects the type of bonds it forms;

Q2 Week 6 S9MT-IIh-18
Recognize the general classes and
uses of organic compounds;