SCIENCE 6

FIRST QUARTER

MODULE 5:
How to be a world class fencer?

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 Time allotment: 3-5 hours

CREATIVE EDUCATION for LIFE L EARNING

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL- GRADE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
LY 2020-2021
1st Quarter
MODULE
How to be a world class fencer?
5
OVERVIEW
Fencers are awesome. It’s a sport of finesse and grace. It takes years of practice
to be good at it as it was a sport and requires skill to do. It’s not impossible but
it’s hard. There is a way to call yourself a fencer without putting that much effort
while abusing the way we are now; behind the screen. It still requires skill and
patience but this way is much safer and arguably easier to do. Follow this
module and you’ll see how to be a good fencer with just a sprinkle of math and
science.

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. Use tools for measurement properly and accurately;

2. Convert bigger units to smaller units and vice versa;
3. Organize your notes;
4. Remember the value of units by using them in a problem;
5. Apply remembered values by formulating your own formula;
6. Find the perimeter of an object;
7. Find the area of an object;
8. Make a floor plan of your house;
9. Formulate your own formula on finding missing sides of a figure;
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STOP! LISTEN! AND THINK!

Let’s imagine that your house is in the middle of a big garden. This garden however
is 5 meters wide from your house just like the illustration below.

How much do you fence do you think you’ll need to buy to put around your
property if each fence is 2 feet thick?

How much grass do you thick you’ll need to cover your garden if you can only
purchase a grass that are 10cm. by 10 cm?

Let’s just say that a fence is worth 100 pesos and a each grass patch is 250 pesos.
How much will you spend to cover your garden with grass and fencing your
property?
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From the previous module you learned the basics of measurements; using the ruler
and converting units from one another depending on the situation. We are going
to use that on measuring and solving the problem above.

Before we go and start measuring houses and lawns. We’ll start with shapes or more
accurately polygons, 2d objects pr flat figures. These figures have sides on its outline
or around it. The length of the outline of a shape is called PERIMETER.

Getting the Perimeter

To find the perimeter of a rectangle or square you have to add the lengths of all its
sides. s is in this case the length of the square.

Perimeter of a square. The perimeter, P is:

P =s+s+s+s or P =4 xs

P = 4cm+4cm+4cm+4cm P = 4cm x s

P = 16 cm P = 16 cm

4cm
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l is in this case the length of the rectangle while w is the width of the rectangle.

Perimeter of a rectangle. The perimeter, P is:

P =l+l+w+w or P = (2 x l)+ (2 x w)

P = 7m + 7m + 3m + 3m P =(2 x 7m)+(2 x3m)

P = 20m P = 14m + 6m

P = 20m

3m

7m
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If the outline of the figure is the perimeter, then what about the inside? The inside or a
figure’s surface is called the area. How do we measure it? Look at the figure below.

We normally see flat figures like this.

8
8
8
6

In order to understand how do we get and measure it’s inside it can also be represented
like this

photo credit. https://www.softschools.com/math/geometry/topics/area_of_rectangles_and_squares/

By doing this we can just count the square’s inside each figure but of course you’ll be
seeing yourself stumped by bigger dimensions where you will not have the time to count
the square in the figure. Looking at the rows and the width you can easily see how you can
get the area of the figures on top. Can you do it without counting it one by one?
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Getting the Perimeter

Because the sides are equal, when we multiply the both sides, we get a number
times itself, or a number squared. So for squares, we can simplify the formula and
use A = 𝑠 2

Area of a square. The area, A is:

A =s x s or A = 𝑠2

A = 8cm x 8cm A = (8𝑐𝑚)2

A = 64𝑐𝑚2 A = 64𝑐𝑚2

8cm
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For rectangle, it is not much different. You just multiply the different sides: width and
the length.

l is in this case the length of the rectangle while w is the width of the rectangle.

Area of a rectangle. The perimeter, P is:

A =lxw

A = 8m x 6m

A = 48𝑚2

6m

8m
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ACTIVITY 1: Every inch counts

PROCEDURE:

Find the area and perimeter of each of the figure below. Please write your name,
date, and time on a clean paper and use it as your solution paper. Box your final
answer
A.

B.
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C.
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Challenge yourself!

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Go back to the first activity that we did. Try and solve it with the
formulas you learned today and compare how much is the difference
of the money you spent.

Let’s Practice!

Make a floor plan of your house. Include the rooms in your house. Find
the perimeter of each of your room and of your house. Use the image
below as reference of a floor plan

Photo credit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/floor-plan-area-and-perimeter-functional-skills-activity-11589297

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ACTIVITY 2: Cubes, Cubes everywhere!

MATERIALS:
1. Newspapers or Magazine
2. Glue
3. Ruler
4. Pencil

PROCEDURE:

1. Using the sides below make a cube by rolling papers and gluing them together.
The suggested width of each strip you are going to roll is 5 inches.

5 inches

2. Follow this link for the tutorial and example. https://tinyurl.com/C2021S6Enrich

a. 6 and a half inches

b. 187 centimeters
c. 2.1 meters

Prepared by: Daryll Allen M. Escusa

Teacher in Science

Approved by: Cecilia Perez-Nadal Approved by: Samuel O. Geronilla

Principal-CELL Creative Director-CELL