MATATAG Curriculum: EPP/TLE (Grades 4-10) August 2023
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Industrial Arts - designing and illustrating plans, circuits and specifications for a project embedding innovative
function, mechanism or process applying fundamental concepts of industrial arts (ex. Voice command on/off to
some electrical devices, configuring electronic products), applying electrical, and digital functions to furniture
and mechanical fixtures in construction. (ex. Voice command on/off to some electrical devices, configuring
electronic products.)
2. Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving
It is the ability to analyze evidence, patterns, and relationships, make inferences using reasoning, judging, evaluating, and making
decisions or solving problems. It includes actively and skillfully conceptualizing, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating
information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief
and action, the ability to make inferences, calculating probabilities and making decisions.
e.g.,
Information and Communication Technology - analyzing information, filtering fake news, assessing the
credibility of the site use when conducting research
Agriculture - giving solutions/recommendations to lessen the effect of climate change, demonstrating ways how
to mitigate climate change; conserving and building soil health, managing crop/animal/fishery pests and
diseases, improving crop/animal/fishery yields, proper storage, transport and packaging to maintain good
quality to reduce post-harvest losses without negative impacts to the environment.
Family and Consumer Science - being able to provide solutions to daily budgeting, provide inputs to improve the
tourism industry services
Industrial Arts - analyzing and troubleshooting problems based on logical processes or procedures such as
conducting or performing simple repairs of broken electrical and mechanical parts and components fixtures at
home or community chairs and tables, and fixing a leaky kitchen or bathroom pipe.