Week 1 Useful and Harmful Materials - Edited

LESSON 1
Recognizing
Useful and Harmful
Materials
Objectives
1. Identify the different properties of matter
that can help you determine whether it is
harmful and useful;
2. Enumerate useful and harmful materials at
home and in school; and
3. Explain the importance of labels in
identifying useful and harmful materials
PRE-ACTIVITY 1A
Directions: Determine which of the activities below is
desirable or harmful. Write D if desirable or H if
harmful.
1. Placing the biodegradable wastes in the compost
pit.
2. Smelling fumes exhausted by cars.
3. Throwing banana peelings anywhere.
4. Covering the textbooks with acetate.
5. Burning plastic bottles.
PRE- ACTIVITY 1B
Directions: Put a check (/) mark if the statement is
correct, an (X) mark if not.
1. Halal certified food can be consumed by Muslims.
2. Keep pesticides in areas away from children’s reach.
3. All household materials are useful.
4. Muriatic acid can be labeled as corrosive and
poisonous.
5. Recyclable materials such as empty water bottles
are harmful.
Lesson 1: Recognizing Useful and Harmful
Materials
• Directions: Classify the following materials
usually found at home and in school using the
table below as guide.
Cooking oil Demonstration tableLaundry Soap
Arm chair Bell Chalkboard
Bed Frying pan Mosquito repellant
Flag Books Class record
Materials usually found at Materials usually found in

Home School
How do the materials become useful
or harmful?
• Materials are said to be useful when they
serve their purpose. These may have
properties such as:
1. Durability
2. Flexibility
3. Elasticity
4. Hardness
5. Resistance to water, heat, or acid.
• Most useful materials can be REUSED and
RECYCLED.
Example:
A container for solid or liquid, when it is already empty,
can still be used for other purposes such as flower
vase, coin bank, or a house décor.
• Whether a bottle is made of plastic or glass, it has a
property that makes it reusable.
• Other materials can be recycled by making NEW
products from these materials.
Example: candy wrappers can be turned into fancy
curtains and plastic bottles into Christmas lanterns.
• Some useful materials may also bring
hazards.
Example: A BROKEN GLASS JAR can cause
cuts and injury.
• Toxic substances may also be present in the
things you commonly use such as paints,
cleaners, fumes, gels or powders.
• These materials may bring harm to your
health, environment, and other organism
when not used properly.
Safe or harmful waste?
• Some waster materials can be safely
disposed of and thrown into a landfill.
LANDFILL is a dumping site where waste
materials are covered with layers of soil so as
not to pollute the surrounding land.
Example:
Safe materials: Paper, clothing, plant clippings,
and food scraps.
• Not all waste materials can be dumped
straight into a landfill. There are
materials that can be TOXIC or HARMFUL
to living things and the environment
when not disposed properly.
• TOXIC WASTE must not be carelessly
thrown together with non-toxic wastes.
EXAMPLE: Toxic wastes are used batteries,
rubber tires, and paint.
Activity 2:Where do I belong
Answer the following:
1.Which material are useful?

When do they become useful?
2.Which materials are harmful?
When do they become harmful?
ASSIGNMENT
• Directions: Draw a happy face () if the material is
useful and sad face () if it is not.
1. Candy wrappers made into bag.
2. A broken glass thrown in the backyard
3. Disinfectant bottles thrown everywhere
4. A box made into a bookshelf
5. Leftover food from restaurants turned into
fertilizers.
6. Used syringes and needles placed beside
children’s toys.
7. A broken container turned into a decorative
plant holder.
8. Used car tires turned into a park benches.
9. Old colorful magazines made into paper
baskets.
10. Empty bottles of paint thrown into the
garbage bin for burning.
IMPORTANCE OF
LABELS IN
IDENTIFYING USEFUL
AND HARMFUL
MATERIALS
REVIEW
• Directions: Identify the following materials
whether they are useful or harmful. Write U
for useful and H for harmful
1. Drained batteries
2. Old newspaper
3. Fruit peelings
4. Shattered glass
5. Expired medicine
PRE-ACTIVITY
• Various household products are found in our
homes. These are composed of different materials
with different properties. It is therefore important
for consumers to read product labels.
• Through product labels, consumers become
aware of whether the product is harmful or not.
• Expiration dates and hazardous signs are some of
the most important elements in a product label.
Some products are flammable, such as paints and
therefore must be stored away from open flames.
• Others are corrosive, like muriatic acid, so it is
advisable to keep them away from children’s
reach. Pesticides, fertilizers, and muriatic acid
are poisonous if not handled properly.
• Reading product labels can help you identify
whether the product is useful or harmful.
These simple symbols in labels give ideas on
how to use and store the product properly,
and to help prevent accidents from happening
and therefore save lives.
ACTIVITY 1
BRING THE FOLLOWING TOMORROW
• Glass
• Cork
• Rock
• Metal spoon
• Paper clip
• Chalk
• Coin
• Cotton ball

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1.Which material are useful?

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