SIMPLIFIED MELC-BASED BUDGET OF LESSONS IN SCIENCE 8

S.Y. 2022-2023

SEPTEMBER 2021
Performance Standard (PS): Develop a written plan and implement a “Newton’s Olympics”
MELC 1: Investigate the relationship between the amount of force applied and the mass of the object to the amount of change
in the object’s motion (S8FE-Ia-15)
Duration: 1 week (4 hours)
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Review force and introduce the its What are the two types of What are balanced and Assess your understanding
different types. forces? What is the
unbalanced forces? What is by answering Exercise 3.
Activity: Perform a simple activity difference between them? the difference between them? Activity: Check your
to review the concept of force and Activity: Read and
Activity: Answer the activity understanding of the lesson
introduce the concept of inertia. understand the concept of “Balanced and Unbalanced by completing the sentences
force and its different types.
Forces” and determine if the with correct word/s.
illustrations show a
balanced force or
unbalanced force.
Performance Standard (PS): Develop a written plan and implement a “Newton’s Olympics”
MELC 2: Investigate the relationship between the amount of force applied and the mass of the object to the amount of change
in the object’s motion
(S8FE-Ia-15)
Duration: 1 week (4 hours)
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Who were the people who studied What is Law of Acceleration? What is Law of Interaction? What are the different laws
motion and made a significant What is the relationship that What is its difference with of motion? Which real-life
change on how things move? exists among force, mass, the other Laws of Motion? situations could we observe
Activity: Read the text. In each and acceleration? Activity: Identify the action- these laws?
number, match the scientist who Activity: Read the situation reaction forces in each Activity: Identify the law of
spoke the corresponding dialogue and analyze the pictures. picture. motion that applies in each
on the right side. Answer the questions that situation.
follows.
Performance Standard (PS): Develop a written plan and implement a “Newton’s Olympics”
MELC 3: Identify and explain the factors that affect potential and kinetic energy (S8FE-Ie-25)
Duration: 7 days (7 hours)
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What is energy? Why it is defined What is Potential Energy? What is Kinetic Energy (KE)? What is Potential Energy
as “the ability to do work”? What are the factors that What are the factors that (PE)? What is the difference
Activity: Complete the energy affect potential energy? affect kinetic energy? between PE and KE?
crossword puzzle in your answer Activity: Read and solve the Activity: Solve problems Activity: Answer the 10-item
sheet. following problems. Identify about kinetic energy. multiple choice test and
the given and the quantity assess you understanding
being asked. Write your about potential energy and
solution legibly. Enclose kinetic energy.
your final answer in a box.
Use your knowledge on
Potential Energy.

OCTOBER 2021
Performance Standard (PS): Develop a written plan and implement a “Newton’s Olympics”
MELC 4: Investigates the effect of temperature to the speed of sound
Duration: 1 week (4 hours)
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What are sound waves? Review
the concept of sound waves.
Activity: Complete the puzzle
found in your answer sheet. Use
the clues below in answering.
Performance Standard (PS): Discuss phenomena such as blue sky, rainbow, and red sunset using the concept of wavelength
and frequency of visible light
MELC 5: Explain the hierarchy of colors in relation to the energy of visible light (S8FE-Ia-27)
Duration: 1 week (4 hours)
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Have you seen a rainbow? Do you
know how many colors a rainbow
has and what are these colors?
Activity: Draw a rainbow and
color it in your answer sheet
using your coloring materials
based on how well you remember
how a rainbow looks like.
How does temperature affect What is the formula in Answer the 15-item multiple
the speed of sound? How calculating the speed of choice test and assess you
does sound travel with sound? understanding about
medium of different Activity: Determine the speed potential energy and kinetic
temperatures? of sound at a given energy.
Activity: The table below temperature, and vice versa.
shows the speed of sound in Solve the problems below.
air at various temperatures. Write your answers in you
Plot the data on the graph answer sheet.
provided and answer the
questions that follow.
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What is color? How about What is refraction? What is Answer the 10-item multiple
light? What are the the relationship between choice test and assess you
properties of light? index of refraction and understanding about visible
Activity: Study the table and wavelength? light.
answer the questions that Activity: Write TRUE if the
follow in your answer sheet. statement is correct but if it Performance Task Alert:
is false, change the Perform the “The Spinning
underlined word with the RGB Color Toy”.
correct word/answer to
make the whole statement
 correct. Write your answers
in your answer sheet.

MELC 6: Differentiate between heat and temperature at the molecular level (S8FE-Ig-29)
Duration: 1 week (4 hours)
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What is temperature? What is the What is the formula in What is heat? What is Answer the 10-item multiple
difference between heat and converting one temperature thermal expansion? When choice test and assess you
temperature? scale to another (Kelvin, does this phenomenon understanding about heat
Activity: Look at the data below Celsius, Fahrenheit)? happens? and temperature.
obtained in an experiment where Activity: Solve the following Activity: Read and analyze
200 mL of pure water is heated problems. Show your each item carefully. Tell
and boiled. Observe what solutions in your answer whether the situation applies
happens to the temperature as sheet. the concept of thermal
the water is being heated. Answer expansion. Write YES if it
the guide questions below in your does, otherwise NO.
answer sheet.
MELC 7: Infer the relationship between current and voltage (S8FE-Ih-30)
Duration: 1 week (4 hours)
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What is an atom? What are the What is an electric circuit? What is Ohm’s Law? What are the formulae needed to
components of an atom? What are its components? determine the current, voltage, and resistance in an electric
Activity: Label the protons, Activity: Draw a schematic circuit?
neutrons, and electrons of the diagram of an electric circuit Activity: Find the missing value in each row. Identify the
illustration of the atom in your in a short bond paper. Label given and the quantity being asked. Write your solution
activity sheet. its parts. legibly. Enclose your final answer in a box.
NOVEMBER 2021
MELC 8: Explain the advantages and disadvantages of series and parallel connections in homes (S8FE-Ia-31)
Duration: 1 week (4 hours)

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What are the two types of What is Series Circuit? What are the differences Assess your understanding about
circuit? What are the What are the advantages between series and parallel series and parallel circuits by
differences between series and disadvantages of series circuit? answering the 15 item-multiple
and parallel circuit? circuit? Activity: Make an illustration of choice test.
Activity: Compare and Activity: Make an a parallel circuit. Write you’re
contrast series and parallelillustration of a series the advantages and
circuit using a Venn circuit. Write you’re the disadvantages of a series and
diagram. advantages and parallel circuit.
disadvantages of a series
and series circuit.
MELC 9: Explain the functions of circuit breakers, fuses, earthing, double insulation, and other safety devices in the home
(S8FE-Ia-33)
Duration: 1 day (1 hour)
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Do you have circuit Assess their knowledge on How well did you learn from our
breakers, fuse, or double the previous lessons by discussions and activities?
1st Quarter Summative Test
insulation at home? What answering a Chapter Test. Review the lessons in the first
are the functions of these? quarter for the summative test.
What safety electrical tips
do you know?
Activity: Ask your parents
the electrical safety devices
you have at home. List at
least 5 electrical safety tips
you practice.