Science – Grade 5

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Quarter 1 – Module 1: Matter: Recognizing Useful and Harmful Materials First
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 What I Need To Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
master about matter. The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different
learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of
students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course.
But the order in which you read them can be changed to correspond with the
textbook you are now using.

This module focuses on:

• Recognizing Useful and Harmful Materials

The lesson gives emphasis on the importance of recognizing the properties of the
materials to classify them as useful or harmful. It is very important to know the
classification of the materials to be saved from any danger or distress in
handling/managing any substance.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. identify the different properties of the materials; 2.
classify useful and harmful materials; and
3. segregate waste based on its properties.

What I Know

Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.

1. The thing that forms physical objects and occupies space is _________.
A. Matter C. state
B. Science D. property

2. These are distinctive characteristics that describe an object or material known as

__________.
A. properties C. discipline
B. attitude D. form

3. Which of the following is NOT a physical property of a material?

A. flexible C. malleable
B. ductile D. weak

4. The ability of a material to be bent without breaking is _______.

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 A. flexibility C. electrical
B. luster D. elasticity

5. The ability to attract materials made of steel or iron is _________.

A. electrical C. elasticity
B. magnetic D. malleability

6. These are the characteristics that are present in all kinds of matter is
__________.
A. general properties C. chemical properties
B. special properties D. gas properties

7. It is the unique properties of one phase or kind of matter is ______.

A. general properties C. chemical properties
B. special properties D. gas properties

8. Which of the following is NOT a form of matter?

A. solid C. gas
B. liquid D. discipline

9. What makes a material useful?

A. serves a purpose C. creates a scenery
B. brings satisfaction D. magnifies action

10. What makes a material harmful?

A. creates chaotic scene C. too much usage
B. can be recycled D. cause injury when not properly used

Lesson
Matter: Recognizing Useful
1 and Harmful Materials

Everything around us is matter—the soil, water, air. It has different properties

that make them different from one another.
Some types of matter have properties that make them good for producing
useful products. Other types have properties that make them harmful. Thus, it is
important to know how to distinguish useful from harmful materials to save us from
any danger or distress.

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 What’s In
Write the correct word on your answer sheet from the given hint in each
number.

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 Notes to the Teacher
This module serves as guide to the teachers in teaching the lesson. We
encourage you to use it wholeheartedly to better serve and cater every
learner’s needs.

What’s New

Matter Defined
Matter is a physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit that
which occupies space and possesses rest mass. It exists in three forms---solid, liquid
and gas.

Properties of Matter
All substances have their specific properties that make them useful for certain
jobs. The usefulness and harmfulness of the materials depend on their properties.

Activity 1. Do and Observe!

(Reminder: Do the activity with extra careful!)

Problem: What are the properties of the materials?

What you need:

bottle of water sugar nail magnet cloth garter matches candle

What to do:

1. Get a glass of water and pour a teaspoon of sugar.

2. Dip the cloth into the water.
3. Stretch the garter. Describe it.
4. Observe the magnet placed near the nail.
5. Carefully light the candle and place the matches on the flame.

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 What have you found out:

Substances Observations Properties

1. water and
sugar
2. cloth
3. garter
4. nail and
magnet
5. matches

Conclusion:
What are the special properties of the materials in your activity?

Activity 1. Figure It Out!

In the chart below, write down each material’s property and check the right
column whether it is useful or harmful. Do it on a piece of paper.
Materials Property Useful Harmful
1. broken pieces of
glasses
2. gasoline
3. live wire
4. plastic bottles
5. sponge

Guide Questions:

1. What makes the materials differ from each other?

2. When is a material useful/harmful?
3. When do we say that a material is already a waste?
4. How do we manage our wastes?
What is It

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 Matter has different properties that make them different from one another.
Some types of matter have properties that make them good materials for producing
useful products. Other types have properties that make them harmful.
The properties of matter can be classified into two:
• General Properties – those characteristics that are present in all kinds of
matter such as mass, volume, and density
• Special Properties – pertain to the unique properties that one phase or
kind of matter
Special Properties Description
Solubility property of the material allowing to be dissolved in a
liquid
Ductility allows a solid material to be transformed into wires
Porosity ability to hold liquid to certain extent
Flexibility ability of a material to be bent without breaking
Elasticity property of solids to return to their original shape after
being stretched
Magnetic ability to attract materials made of steel or iron
Electrical ability to conduct electricity
Luster ability of the material to reflect light
Malleability property of solids to be hammered into sheets
Brittleness property of solids to be broken into pieces
Flammability capable of being set on fire and of burning

When is a material useful?

Materials are considered useful when it serves a purpose. These materials may
have properties such as durability, resistance to water, heat or acid, flexibility,
elasticity, and hardness. Some useful materials can also be reused or recycled.
Examples are plastic bottles, empty containers, and others.
When is a material harmful?
Some useful materials may also bring hazards. For example, broken glass jar can
cause cuts or injury. Toxic substances may also be present in the things you
commonly used such as paints, cleaners, fumes, and others. These materials bring
harm to your health when not used properly.
When is a material considered waste?
When a material already served its primary use and can be discarded, it is
considered a waste.

Two Classifications of Wastes:

1. Biodegradable – materials that can be decomposed by
bacteria or other living things

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 Examples: dried leaves, fruit peelings, leftover food

2. Non-biodegradable – materials that do not decay easily

Examples: plastic, styrofoam, cans, glasses

Five Ways to Manage Wastes:

1. Reduce – to lessen the amount of waste in the environment
2. Reuse – to use again or find other ways to use a material 3.
Recycle – to create a new product using a material that has
already purpose
4. Recover – involves harnessing energy from waste through certain
processes like pyrolysis.
5. Repair – to fix slightly broken things to make them useful again

What’s More

Independent Activity 1.
Write the specific property of each material below. Choose your answer from
the magic box. Do it on your answer sheet.

1.
____________
elasticity
malleability
luster
durability
magnetic

2. ____________

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 3. ____________

4. ____________

5. ____________

Independent Assessment 1.
Match the property in Column B that is exhibited by the materials shown in
Column A. Write the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.
Column A Column B
1.gold bracelet A. flexibility
2. rubber ball B. flammability
3. kerosene C. ductility
4. bottle D. malleability
5. galvanized iron E. brittleness
6. rubber band F. fluidity
7. juice G. elasticity
8. electric wires H. porosity
9. towel I. luster
10. mirror J. electrical

Independent Activity 2.
Look around your house. List down 10 materials that you see in your place.
Classify them by putting a checkmark ( ⁄ ) in the right column whether they are safe
or harmful. Do it on a sheet of paper following the table below.

Materials Useful Harmful

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Independent Assessment 2.

Classify the different materials found in the word pool below as useful or
harmful. Do it on a sheet of paper.
Useful Materials Harmful Materials

candy wrappers plastic bags

food cartons empty disinfectant bottle
drained batteries food cartons
old newspapers plastic bottles
rat killer worn out rubber tires

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 Put a checkmark) (if ⁄the material is biodegradable and a cross out ( x ) if it
is non
-biodegradable. Do it on a sheet of paper.

2.

4.

5.

Independent Assessment 3.

Write BIODEGRADABLE if the material decays naturally and

NONBIODEGRADABLE if it is not. Do it on a sheet of paper.
____________1. fruit peelings ___________6. crumpled papers
____________2. plastic wrappers ___________7. empty batteries
____________3. broken figurines ___________8. grasses
____________4. steel ___________9. tempered glass
____________5. leftover food ___________10. dried leaves

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 What I Have Learned

1. Matter is a substance/material that occupies space and exists in three forms ---
solid, liquid, and gas.

2. All substances/materials have their specific properties.

3. The properties of matter can be classified into two types: general properties and
specific properties.

4. General properties are those characteristics that are present in all kinds of matter.

5. Special properties are those characteristics found in some materials.

6. The special properties are malleability, flexibility, ductility, elasticity, porosity,

luster, brittleness, flammability, magnetic, electrical, solubility, and others.

7. A material is considered useful when it serves a purpose.

8. A material that is not properly used/managed brings harm to person’s health.

9. Wastes are classified into two: biodegradable and non-biodegradable.

10. Biodegradable materials are wastes that can be decomposed by bacteria or

other living things such as leftover food, fruit peelings, dried leaves, etc.

11. Non-biodegradable materials are wastes that do not decay easily such as
plastics, glasses, styrofoam and others.

12. There are five ways to manage wastes through 5Rs Techniques: reduce, reuse,
recycle, recover, and repair.

What I Can Do
Instructions: Draw five useful materials and another 5 for harmful materials in the
proper box. Label them with their specific names. Do it on a sheet of
short bond paper.

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 Useful Materials

Harmful Materials

Assessment
Instructions: Write the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.

1. Gold can be shaped into rings. What property does gold have?
A. brittleness C. hardness
B. elasticity D. malleability

2. Rubber bands can be used to secure things tightly because they can be
stretched and can go back to their original shape. What property do rubber
bands have?
A. brittleness C. hardness
B. elasticity D. strength

3. Wood can be chopping boards. What property does wood have?

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 A. brittleness C. hardness
B. elasticity D. softness

4. Which example of solid material does not belong to the group?

A. gold bracelet C. plastic spoon
B. iron nail D. silver ring

5. Steel is a strong material used in buildings. Why?

A. Steel is elastic. C. Steel is breakable.
B. Steel is flexible. D. Steel is hard.

6. Why are metals very useful?

A. They can be broken. C. They can be decomposed easily.
B. They can be thrown easily. D. They can be bent without breaking.
7. Which BEST describes “plastic materials”?
A. Nonbiodegradable C. storing food B. Biodegradable
D. decaying materials

8. Which of the following materials can be recycled?

A. plastic bottles C. grasses
B. ripe bananas D. dried leaves

9. What makes the materials different from each other?

A. texture C. shape
B. properties D. hardness

10. Which of the substances below brings harm to the physical health of a
person if not properly used?
A. fruits C. food
B. chair D. medicine

Additional Activities
Search and write on a sheet of paper the different materials that are
useful and harmful and the processes in managing wastes found in the
word search box.
WORD SEARCH BOX

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What I Know

A. Directions: Identify the changes that took place in the following activities when
there is an application of heat and with the presence or absence
of oxygen.

A B
1. Boiling of water A. breakdown of materials due to bacteria
2. Cooking rice and fungus
3. Darkening of eggplant B. temperature changes to 100 degrees
4. Fish kill Celsius
5. Decaying garbage C. color changes observed commonly
among vegetables and fruits
d. water gets absorb into the grain, and
heat softens the starch then alters its
texture when cooked

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 occurs when there is lack of oxygen in
the ponds or bodies of water

B. Directions: Read the questions carefully. Explain how changes in matter affect
the environment. Write the letter of the best answer.

1. The following materials undergo a physical change. Which of the

changes in matter has a bad effect on the environment?

A. freezing of meat to preserve it in a long period of time

B. using spray paint in tin cans to cover the rust
C. cutting of the fabric to be made into clothes
D. evaporation of rainwater

2. The following materials undergo chemical change. Which of these

changes in matter has a good effect on the environment?

A. burning of plastic
B. composting of biodegradable wastes
C. exposing alcohol to direct heat or fire
D. combustion of gasoline in the car’s engine

3. Cutting of trees has its advantages and uses to the people. Which of
the following is a bad effect of this activity?

A. Cutting of trees may result in house construction.

B. Cutting of trees may result in paper production.
C. Cutting of trees may result in furniture making.
D. Cutting of trees may result in flooding.
4. The following activities can be done to pieces of wood, which of these
can causeharm to the environment?
A. burning pieces of wood to be made as charcoal
B. shaping pieces of wood to be made into a chair
C. using pieces of wood to be made as furniture
D. forming pieces of wood as junior fence

5. Your father has celebrated his birthday yesterday; there were many
empty plastic bottles of soft drinks left. What is the best way you can
do with these empty plastic bottles to protect the environment?
A. throw the empty plastic bottles into the seashore
B. make the empty plastic bottles as flower vases
C. dump the empty plastic bottles in the landfill

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 D. burn the empty plastic bottles

Lesson
How Materials Change
2 When Applied with Heat
When heat is added to substance, the molecules and atoms vibrate faster.
As atoms vibrate faster, the space between atoms increases. The motion and
spacing of the particles determine the states of matter of the substance. Solids,
liquids, and gases expand when heat is added.

What’s In
Directions: Based on the given physical and chemical properties of matter,
identify which property is being described. Choose your answer from
the words in the box.

Hardness Elasticity Conductivity Biodegradability Brittleness

1. Ability to break easily

2. Ability to decompose by microorganism
3. Ability to let the heat and electricity to pass through
4. Ability to be stretched and return to its original shape
5. Ability to resist pressure that may cause deformation

What's New

Directions: The following are activities done on objects where heat is applied.
Draw astar if it shows physical change or a half moon if
it shows chemical change.

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 1. Heating a handful of sugar
2. Boiling of water
3. Burning of paper
4. Drying of clothes
5. Grilling pork

What is It
Heat, as discussed in your previous grade, is a form of energy. It is an
energy that is transferred between objects of different temperature.
Temperature is the hotness and coldness of an object and it is measured using
a thermometer. Our main source of heat is the Sun. Heat can bring about a
physical change in matter. Some solid materials melt when the heat is applied
to them. A common example is a piece of melting ice taken out of the
refrigerator. The ice absorbs heat from the surroundings, which will then melt
after a few minutes. On the other hand, water evaporates when it is subjected
to heat. Just like when your mother hangs your wet laundry under the sun.
After several minutes or hours, the clothes become dry, which means that the
water in your clothes evaporated.
Heat does not only produce a physical change in materials, sometimes
heating a material causes it to undergo chemical change. The chemical
changes caused by heat are irreversible. One common example of this is
cooked food. The egg your mother cooked for your breakfast has undergone a
chemical change. Now, can you bring the egg back into its liquid form before it
was cooked? No you can’t, the cooked egg cannot be changed back to its
original form.
Applying heat to the material results in processes of physical and
chemical changes. Physical change happens when only the appearance of
the material changes and no new material is formed. Meanwhile, chemical
change happens when heat is applied and the material changes its size,
shape, color, and smell, and a new material is formed.

What’s More

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Activity 1

Directions: From the given activities below, identify which shows physical change
or chemical change by writing your answers using the table below as
a guide.

Frying egg Drying of wet clothes

Boiling water Heating of white sugar
Burning of paper Melting of ice cream
Grilling chicken Drying fishes under the sun
Melting chocolate Drying wet palay under the sun

Physical change through the Chemical change through the

application of heat application of heat

Activity 2

Directions: Read the following sentences carefully. Write True if the situation
shows how matter changes when applied with heat. Write False if
not.

1. Melting ice cube, boiling water, and drying clothes are examples of physical
changes.
2. Physical and chemical changes are results when heat is applied to matter.
3. A vanilla ice cream melts when taken out from a refrigerator for a long time.
4. Charcoal burning on the grill is an example of chemical change.
5. When heat is applied to matter or a material, nothing happens.

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Activity 3
Directions: Read the following questions carefully then write the letter of the
correct answer.

1. Which of the following is an example of chemical change when

heat is applied?
A. Burning of wood
B. Drying of clothes
C. Freezing of water
D. Sharpening a pencil

2. Which is TRUE about chemical change? A. A new product is

formed.
B. Chemicals change as a result of physical change.
C. The product can be changed to its original form.
D. A chemical change is more important than any other process.

3. What happens when a piece of paper is burned inside a tin

can? A. A new material is formed.
B. There are no changes.
C. Both physical and chemical changes happen.
D. It turns to ashes, and after a few minutes, it returns to its original
form.

4. What happens to the ice cube and butter after heat is applied?
A. They melt, physical change happens.
B. They melt, chemical change happens.
C. Nothing happens to the materials.
D. All the materials dissolve in the air.

5. What process is applied in the melting of ice cream, drying of

wet clothes, and cooking of vegetables that result in physical
and chemical change?
A. Boiling
B. Drying
C. Freezing D. Heating

Lesson Changes in Materials in the

Presence or Absence of
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 Oxygen
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Physical changes are caused by forces like motion, temperature, and
pressure. Chemical changes happen on a much smaller level. Most of these
changes between molecules are unseen. Factors that affect the rate of chemical
changes include temperature, concentration, inhibitors, surface area, and
catalysts.

What’s In
Directions: Identify which among the following activities shows Physical Change
or Chemical Change when applied with heat. Write PC for Physical
Change and CC for Chemical Change.
1. Melting of candle 4. Cooking Rice
2. Burning of wood 5. Frying Egg
3. Boiling of water

What's New
Let us now investigate the changes in materials in the presence or
absence of oxygen.

Have you observed your mother slicing an eggplant? What was the color
of the eggplant while it was being sliced? What was its color after a few
minutes? Were there any changes in the color? Did it turn brown after slicing?

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 (Verch, 2019)

What is It
The changes in the color of the inner fleshy part of the eggplant is due to
its exposure to oxygen. The same phenomena could also be observed in potato,
banana, guava, cassava, and other fruits and vegetables.
How do you keep the eggplant from turning brown? Place in a large bowl of
water with a teaspoon of salt dissolved in it. The water should be enough for all
the sliced eggplant to dip in fully. This is to prevent the oxygen present in the air
to react with the chemicals present in vegetables.
Another example of a change in materials when oxygen is present is in
combustion. It occurs when oxygen combines with another substance (as fuel)
and produces fire with heat and light. Combustion is also known as burning. It is
always exothermic, that is, giving off heat. In combustion, oxygen, fuel, and heat
are always present.
For example, when you lit a candle, its wick burns if oxygen and wax
(candle) is present and heat is produced. Other examples include the burning of
wood or charcoal for cooking and burning of petrol or diesel to run your car.
If oxygen is present in a wet material with iron, such as a nail or steel bar,
the formation of rust occurs. It only happens when iron, oxygen, and water react
with one another. Rust occurs when iron or alloys such as steel corrode, thus
rusting is commonly known as iron or steel corrosion.p

What’s More
Directions: For the given activities, read and study the situations, then answer
the follow-up questions.

Activity 1 “Fire Out”

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 Have you seen a fire or flame? If not, observe the fire in the picture below

(Hans (pixabay.com) 2021)

• How does fire start?

• Will fire continue its flame in the absence of oxygen?
• Suppose we will cover it with a basin, what do you think will happen to
the fire?
• What are the three important things needed for combustion to occur?

Activity 2 “Fish Kill”

A fishpond owner reported that there had been a fish kill in the pond. The
fisheries bureau investigated the incident, only to find out that the fishpond was
overly populated.

(Fish Kill, 2018)

• What could be the cause of the fish kill?

• What is needed in the overpopulated pond?

Activity 3 “Rusting”
Observe the rusted iron nails.

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 (Kenken n.d.)

• What causes the formation of rust in the iron nails?

• What shall we do with the iron nails to minimize or prevent it from
rusting?
• What are the two factors that influence the formation of rust in the iron
nails?

Lesson
Changes in Materials and Its
4 Effect on the Environment

From time to time, changes in our environment occur because of natural

and human factor. Such human factors include air, water, and land pollution,
deforestation, emission of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and other harmful
gases. The changes that materials undergo have important roles in our day to
day activities. Not all changes that take place in materials are good. Some are
harmful and even dangerous.

What’s In
Directions: Identify what will happen to the objects when heat is applied. Match
the materials in column A to the products in Column B.
A B
1. fish A. charcoal
2. wood B. boiled egg
3. sugar C. dried fish
4. egg D. toasted bread
5. bread E. syrup
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What's New
Directions: The following materials undergo either physical or chemical change.
Identify whether the change in the materials shows good or bad
effects on the environment.

1. Old tires made into garden pots clothes 2. Burning of dry leaves

(JacekAbramowicz (pixabay.com), n.d.) (Grichenko, n.d.)

3. Cutting century-old trees 4. Cutting fabrics or clothes

(Mokkie, 2013) (Jrouedcunliffe, 2016)

5. Decaying unsegregated waste

(Prylarer (pixabay.com), n.d.)

What is It

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 Changes in materials can cause a good or a bad effect in the environment.

Some changes in materials are good for the environment.

Composting, recycling, and the use of technology are some examples of the
good effects of the changes in materials. Composting is a way of
decomposing plant or animal matter into fertilizer. Recycling helps lessen
garbage by reusing them like plastic, styrofoam, old tires, and paper.
Evaporation and condensation are forms of physical change in matter.
Evaporation is a crucial part of the water cycle. Water from all areas on Earth
will not be recycled if it will not evaporate into water vapor as clouds in the
sky. Condensation is important in transforming water vapor to droplets of
water stored in clouds.
Some changes in matter may result in negative effects like pollution,
destruction of habitat, and loss of lives. Improper disposal of garbage,
harmful chemicals, and human waste can cause changes. It can pollute air,
land, and water. Burning of garbage materials releases dangerous toxic
chemicals, and gases that contribute to the intense greenhouse effect that
may lead to global warming. Smoke from the burning of fuels can cause air
pollution. Cutting down trees is also harmful to our environment. It affects the
quality of air that we breathe. It causes a rapid change in the temperature
and in turn changes the weather patterns, which leads to other
environmental concerns. Throwing into the river the detergents used for
washing the clothes makes the river become polluted because these contain
toxic substance. Polluted water kills living organisms like fish, and water
plants. When land is dumped with garbage, the land becomes polluted, if this
happens, the polluted land will serve as the breeding places for pests that
carry germs, hence dangerous to human health.
We have to do our share in maintaining a healthy environment. We
must avoidtoo much use of electricity and gasoline. We must also avoid
burning rubber tires and plastics. Practices that will produce acid rain,
increase global temperature, or deplete the ozone layer must be minimized.
No matter how big or small the contribution you give, what matters most is
you’ve made a difference for our environment.

What’s More

Activity 1

Directions: Identify which bad effect to the environment results from the following
changes in matter. Choose the letter of the best answer.
A. Air pollution C. Soil Pollution
B. Deforestation D. Water Pollution

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 1. illegal logging of trees
2. burning of wood
3. using plant insecticide sprays
4. dumping rusted tin cans in the sea
5. making forest areas into a residential lot

Activity 2

Directions: Write YES if the change in matter in each number has a good effect
on the environment and NO if it has a bad effect.

1. Burning of dry leaves 2. Stitching holes on clothes

(Bollozos, nd) (Bollozos, nd)

3. Rotting of fruits and vegetables 4. Decomposing of garbage at the

canal
(Bollozos, nd) (Bollozos, nd)

5.

Rotting of fruits and

vegetables

(Bollozos, nd)

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Activity 3
Directions: The following are activities whereby materials undergo change. As a
Grade Five learner, how will you change these activities in order to
have a good effect on the environment?

1. You have a loaf of bread which was not eaten for two weeks already.
When your mother checked the bread, she saw some molds on it. Your
mother threw these breads inside the trash bin together with the other
nonbiodegradable waste materials.
2. At home, you have a pile of tin cans with rust. Your brother dumped these
tin cans in the land at your backyard.
3. Your family went to the beach. While swimming, you and your cousins
used shampoo and rinsed it in the sea.
4. Your father is fond of reading news in the newspaper. Over the years, he
has collected many piles of newspaper stocked in your house. Your
mother sees these newspapers as something that occupies space in the
house, so she has decided to burn all these.
5. Mang Kanor has poultry. He always throws the chicken manure into the
river at the back of his house.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Express your understanding of the lesson in this module by supplying
the blanks in the following sentence with a word or a phrase.

I learned that (1)___________________ application in matter

results to either (2)___________________ and (3)___________________.

The presence or absence of (4) ___________________ has various

effects on matter. Common examples are (5) ___________________and
(6) ___________________.
Fire will continue its flame provided that there is continuous supply
of (7) _________________________, (8) _________________________,

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 and (9)___________________. In the absence of oxygen, there will be no
(10) ___________________that will occur.
Another example of change in the material when oxygen is present
is rusting. (11) ___________________ is formed when iron and oxygen
react with water or air moisture.
Some changes in matter may results to
(12)___________________ or (13)___________________ effects on the
environment. We have to do our share in maintaining
(14)___________________ environment.
We must (15)___________________ too much use of electricity
and gasoline. We must also avoid (16)___________________ rubber
tires and plastics. Lasty, we must try to minimize practices that will
produce acid rain, increase global temperature, or deplete the ozone
layer.

What I Can Do
A. Directions: Study the following objects. Determine the by-product or result
when the material is applied with heat. Remember, some examples of heat
sources are the Sun, burning fuel, electric heater, and human body. Caution:
DO NOT place the actual materials below in direct heat like fire.
1.

rubbing alcohol

(Bollozos, nd)
2.

ice cubes

(Bollozos, nd)

3.chocolate

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 (Bollozos, nd)

B. Is rusting a problem in your home? Find out 4 ways

on how you can prevent rusting of materials that are made of iron. Make a list
of it using the table shown below:

Ways to Prevent Rusting

C. Directions: List down activities that you can do with the following materials to
save and protect the environment.

1. left-over food
2. rusted tin cans
3. empty boxes

Assessment

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A. Directions: Study the following situations and identify what is likely to happen
when the heat is applied to the object. Choose the answer inside
the parenthesis.

1. The (melting, melts) of butter when left out in a warm room is an example of
(chemical change, physical change)
2. An ice cream cone (melting, melts) on a hot day is an example of .
(chemical change, physical change)
3. Charcoal (burns, burning) on the grill is an example of ______.
(chemical change, physical change)
4. Frying an egg on a (heated, heating) pan is an example of _______.
(chemical change, physical change)

B. Directions: Choose and write the letter of the correct answer in your answer
sheet.

1. The presence or absence of oxygen in the materials may result in

__________.
A. the burning of the materials
B. the melting of the materials
C. the change in the materials
D. no change in the materials

2. Iron, nails, cans, and other metals with iron when exposed to moisture may
develop ___ .
A. dust
B. rust
C. heat
D. fuel

3. The inner part of the potatoes and apples change in color because of .
A. water in it
B. chemicals in it
C. exposure to heat
D. exposure to oxygen

4. The following activities cause a change in matter. Which of these has a bad
effect on the environment?
A. slicing fruits
B. sewing clothes
C. peeling vegetables

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 D. breaking empty bottles of liquor

5. The following are effects in the environment by the changes in matter.

Which of these has a good effect on the environment?
A. air pollution
B. composting
C. deforestation
D. water pollution

6. Many families use wood as fuel in cooking food. What is the bad effect on
the environment of this activity?
A. deforestation
B. air pollution
C. land pollution
D. water pollution

Additional Activities

A. Directions: Study the activities below. Draw a happy face ( ) if it shows

good effect on the environment and a sad face ( ) if not.

1. sewing of clothes
2. illegal cutting of trees for building houses
3. throwing of plastic toys to the canals
4. selling of old newspaper
5. burning of tires

B. Directions: Copy the following diagram and supply it with 3 examples of

physical change and chemical change when heat is applied.

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 Effects of Heat

on Matter

Physical Chemical

Change Change

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