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Core Subject Description: This learning area is designed to provide a general background for the understanding of the Earth on a planetary scale. It presents the history of
the Earth through geologic time. It discusses the Earth’s structure and composition, the processes that occur beneath and on the Earth’s surface, as well as issues, concerns,
and problems pertaining to Earth’s resources.
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K to 12 BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL – CORE SUBJECT
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K to 12 BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL – CORE SUBJECT
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K to 12 BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL – CORE SUBJECT
1. relative and absolute dating describe the possible events that 1. describe how layers of rocks (stratified
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2. the major subdivisions of geologic occurred in a certain area based rocks) are formed
THE EARTH
time (including index fossils) on the rock layers found therein 2. describe the different methods (relative
Major Events in 3. how the planet Earth evolved in the and absolute dating) of determining the S11/12ES-IIh-i-36
Earth’s Past last 4.6 billion years age of stratified rocks
3. explain how relative and absolute dating
were used to determine the subdivisions S11/12ES-Ii-37
of geologic time
4. describe how index fossils (also known as
guide fossils) are used to define and
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identify subdivisions of the geologic time
scale
5. describe the history of the Earth through
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geologic time
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K to 12 BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL – CORE SUBJECT
Sample: S11/12ES-Ia-e-1
LEGEND SAMPLE
Domain/Content/
Uppercase Letter/s
Component/ Topic
Earth Science ES
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Roman Numeral
*Zero if no specific quarter
Quarter First Quarter I
Lowercase Letter/s
*Put a hyphen (-) in between letters to indicate Week Week one a
more than a specific week
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State the different hypotheses explaining
Arabic Number Competency
the origin of the universe
1
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