TITLE PAGE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS

Philippines: Local Weather
(Standards-Based Instructional Plan)

Prepared by:
April Rose M. Manato
BTEIT 4-1

Table of Contents

Topic 1: Understanding the Local Weather
A. Weather and Climate
B. The Philippine Climate
C. Seasons
Experiment 1: Cup Anemometer
Topic 2: Related Local Government Agencies

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Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration (PAGASA)

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Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
Department of Education (DepEd)
Assessment 1: PAGASA Weather Forecast and Updates

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Topic 3: Pressure Systems
1. Low Pressure Area (LPA)
2. High Pressure Area (HPA)
Experiment 2: Rain Gauge

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Topic 4: Paraphrase

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Method 1: Use Different Vocabulary with the same meaning
Method 2: Changing the Order of Words
Method 3: Use Different Grammar
Exercise 1: Paraphrasing

References

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References:

PAGASA website http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/ Guidelines on Performance Assessment of Public Weather Services http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/hwrp/documents/FFI/expert/Guidelines_on_Perfo rmance_Assessment_of_Public_Weather_Services.pdf
DOST website www.dost.gov.ph Guidelines on the Implementation Of Executive Order No. 66 (Prescribing Rules on the Cancellation or Suspension of Classes and Work in Government Offices
Due to Typhoons, Flooding, Other Weather Disturbances, and Calamities) http://www.deped.gov.ph/orders/do-43-s-2012 DO 43, s. 2012Executive Order No.66, s. 2012 PRESCRIBING RULES ON THE
CANCELLATION OR SUSPENSION OF CLASSES AND WORK IN
GOVERNMENT OFFICES DUE TO TYPHOONS, FLOODING, OTHER
WEATHER DISTURBANCES, AND CALAMITIES http://www.gov.ph/2012/01/09/executive-order-no-66-s-2012/ Mayors, and no longer DepEd, to announce 'no classes ' during storms http://thedailyguardian.net/index.php/local-news/12149-mayors-and-no-longerdeped-to-announce-no-classes-during-storms Paraphrase http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/paraphterm.htm How to Paraphrase a Text
R. VanderMey, The College Writer. Houghton,

References: http://www.deped.gov.ph/orders/do-43-s-2012 DO 43, s. 2012Executive Order No.66, s. 2012 PRESCRIBING RULES ON THE CANCELLATION OR SUSPENSION OF CLASSES AND WORK IN R. VanderMey, The College Writer. Houghton, 2007 How to Paraphrase Effectively - Higher Score 82-83 (Loose in the Lab Science Series, 2003) How to make a Cup Anemometer