Category: Science

The series highlights the following:

• Assessment of the children’s prior knowledge about the topic
• Special features that make the learning of science more interesting and enjoyable
• Updated facts and relevant information about science breakthroughs, events, and discoveries
• Building con-SCIENCE that stimulates the values formation of the children through reflection activities
• Dynamic and problem-based activities that promote and maximize students’ potentials
• Provisions for children with different kinds of intelligences
• Illustrations, examples, scenarios, and materials that depict Philippine setting
• New and enriched Learning Guide

Components:

• Textbook – presents and develops science concepts through a child-friendly language and approach
• Activity Manual – contains problem-based activities that support and enhance the concepts in the textbook
• Learning Guide – provides assistance and suggestions for the successful completion of lessons in the textbook and activity manual

The activities facilitate the development of:

• Knowledge and technical skills through varied assessment tools
• Critical thinking through different activities
• Transfer of learning in real-life situations

Features:

• Fun with Science features engaging activities to motivate and to activate the schemata of the pupil.
• Learning Science provides learning opportunities for the pupil through reading activities either with their
  teacher or their parents.
• Inquiry Time allows pupils to interact with people, plants, objects, and the environment through the use of their senses.
• Hands On, Minds On, Hearts On allows pupils to explore and learn new things as they develop their motor skills. It challenges pupils to think fully to develop the different levels of their learning capacity. It helps pupils draw out values or apply science concepts to their daily activities.

The series has its unique features:

• Reinforces science processes
• Leads the pupils to widen their understanding about the world
• Provides basic science definitions that are appropriate to the pupils level
• Allows students to think beyond facts
• Allows the pupils to log their learning challenges through a concept map
• Gives interesting science information
• Measures the pupils understanding about the contents
• Allow the pupils to see connections from one subject with the other subjects

The textbook for Grades 1–6 is accompanied with the Let’s Explore Manual that showcases learning through journal log, exploration, discovery and application.

Lead your pupils to more exciting explorations of science phenomena with the features of the new You and the Natural World:

• Gives greater emphasis on the relation between health and nutrition
• Uses vocabulary more suited to the different grade levels to facilitate easier learning of science concepts and skills
• Contains improved experiments that encourage learners to use their analytical skills and nurture their scientific interest
• Provides more concise explanations of scientific theories resulting to a smaller volume of reading materials, giving learners more time for hands-on activities
• Develops scientific attitudes on creativity, accuracy, resourcefulness, patience, honesty, and open-mindedness

Components:
Textbook – presents a comprehensive and up-to-date study of the natural world: plants, animals, the human body, matter and energy, and many more
Skill Book – allows learners to test scientific theories and put into practice their scientific skills and knowledge
Teachers Guide – responds to the varied needs of the science teacher: day-to-day lesson procedure, objectives, materials and strategies, plus practical tips on effective science teaching