Useful and Harmful Materials

Q1- WEEK 2- DAY 5

 MOTIVATION
Let us try to answer each riddle by guessing the
material being described.
If you can answer the 1st clue you’ll get 5 points
2nd clue- 3 points
3rd clue -1 point
If you like to answer right away, just raise the group
placard.
ITEM # 1
Clue # 1: I am made of metal.
Clue # 2: You can find me in the kitchen.
Clue # 3: People use me to fry their food. What am I?

FRYING PAN
ITEM # 2
Clue # 1: I am made of ceramic.
Clue # 2: You can find me in the dining area.
Clue # 3: People use me if they want to drink coffee or
tea.What am I?

CUP OR MUG
 ITEM # 3
Clue # 1: I am made of fabric..

Clue # 2: You can find me in the closet.

Clue # 3: You use me after you take a bath. What
am I?

TOWEL
 ITEM # 4
Clue # 1: I am waterproof.

Clue # 2: I am made of plastic.

Clue # 3: Your baby brother or sister play with me
all the time. What am I?

BABY RATTLES
 ITEM # 5
Clue # 1: I was made from trees.

Clue # 2: My partner is pencil.

Clue # 3: Teachers and pupils use me in school.
What am I?

PAPERS
Based from the activity we did earlier, what are the materials described in the riddle?

Frying pan Cup or mug Towel Baby Rattles papers

From what are they made of?

metal ceramics fabric plastic trees

Give the property of each material.

How do we use those materials?
GROUP ACTIVITY
Problem: Which materials are useful and harmful?
What do you need?
real objects such as face towel, tissue paper, glass, wires,
casserole, firewood, sponge, sugar, kerosene, window
What to do:
1. Observe the materials.
2. Write the property and uses of each material.
3. If these is harmful effect of each material, write their on the
appropriate column.
4. Based on the given uses, tell whether each material is
useful or harmful.
GROUP REPORTING
 MATERIALS PROPERTY USEFULNESS HARMFUL EFFECT USEFUL OR HARMFUL?

Use to dry wet useful

1. FACE TOWEL absorbent none
body
Use to wipe the dirt
2. TISSUE PAPER absorbent none useful
and to dry liquid

3. ELECTRIC WIRE conductivity Use to conduct Get electrocuted if

Useful/ harmful
electricity touched with bare hands

-Produce fire when

left unattended
flammability Use to cook food
-Create blister
when touched
4. FIREWOOD with fire
Useful/ harmful
-Can cause skin
injury when
handling
improperly

Use to wipe or dry

5. SPONGE absorbent none useful
liquid.
 MATERIALS PROPERTY USEFULNESS HARMFUL EFFECT USEFUL OR HARMFUL?
Use to sweetened
6. SUGAR solubility drinks and food.
none useful
7. KEROSENE flammable Use to produce fire Can cause explosion Useful/harmful
Brittleness Use to absorb light Can cause wound
/transparency from outside when someone
8. GLASS WINDOW touches the broken Useful/ harmful
pieces of it

brittleness Use to make vase, Can cause wound

plates and cups when someone
9. CERAMIC Useful/ harmful
touches the broken
pieces of it

Use to cook food none useful

10. CASSEROLE conductivity
 Properties of materials are used to determine the usefulness
of the materials.
 Hard materials such as rocks are used in constructing
buildings,roads and bridges.
 Woods are used to build houses and fence.
 Metals which are good conductors of heat are used in
cooking. Rubbers which are elastic are used in making shoes
and bags and stretchable bags.
 Towel, sponge, and tissue paper are porous materials which
we use in wiping or drying liquids.
 Window and eye glasses are transparent materials used in
making windows which allow light to pass through them.
 Raincoat and umbrella are used during rainy days to protect
us from the rain. These materials are waterproof.
 Flammable materials like firewood, paper and fuel are used
in burning or cooking because they can be burned easily.

 Using these materials without extra care will make them

harmful to us.
 APPLICATION
Let us analyze these situations and tell whether the
materials are useful or harmful.

a. Mr. Marasigan, the PTA president made a trellis

out of bamboos for gulayan sa paaralan.

b. Carlos left the bottle of soft drink in the table.

His 3-year old brother climb the chair to get the
bottle on the table. After a minute, the bottle fell
on the floor.
 EVALUATION
Analyze each of the statement and tell whether the use of each
material is useful or harmful.

1. A man is using lusong(mortar and pestle) to grind balinghoy

to make nilupak.
2. A child is sucking plastic toys.
3. Mother is cooking bibingka through firewood.
4. Mang Isko, a blacksmith (asero) is curving stainless bars to
make window grills.
5. There is a fire in a crowded community.