Schools Division Office

Division of Mandaluyong
FILEMON P. JAVIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SUSTAINED LEARNING
ACTIVITIES
NAME: _____________________________________________________

GRADE/SECTION: ____________________ DATE: _____________ SCORE

Objectives:

a. Classify materials found in the environment according to use in personal

body care products, cleaning agents, medicines, farm chemicals and reagents

b. Identify useful materials at home, in school and in the community

c. Classify useful and harmful materials at home, in school and community

SCIENCE 5
FILIPINO 2 Properties of Materials

Matter anything that has mass and takes up space. Each material is made up
of chemical substances. Examples are the materials commonly we use in our
everyday lives.

Personal Body Care Product- is consumed or applied by an individual for

personal health and hygiene.

Cleaning agents- substances used to remove dirt, including dust, stains, bad
smells, and clutter on surfaces.

Medicine- Taken by mouth or injection. Prevention and treatment of illness

Harmful materials can be solid, liquid and gas. Some materials may cause

fire hazards, toxic or poisonous, may cause burns or react dangerously

when combined with other materials. Reading the product label is very

MELC Quarter 1 Week No.1 Code: S5MT-Ia-b-1

Competency: Use the properties of materials whether they are useful or harmful.
important to identify if it is harmful or not. They warn possible danger.

Farm Chemicals- Substance involved in the growth or utilization of any plant

or animal of economic importance to humans. The agricultural chemicals now
in use include fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators, animal feed
supplements and raw materials.
Reagent food- is a substance that is added to the system in order to bring
chemical reaction, or added to see if a reaction occurs.

DIRECTIONS: Read the materials below. Determine if it is a PERSONAL BODY

CARE PRODUCT, CLEANING AGENT, MEDICINE.

1. Deodorant______________________________________________
2. Zonrox Bleach___________________________________________
3. Paracetamol_____________________________________________
4. Alaxan FR________________________________________________
5. Soap/Safe guard__________________________________________

DIRECTIONS: Part I. How are these materials become useful and at the same
time harmful to human and environment? Write your answer on the column
provided.

Materials Useful Effects Harmful Effects

1.

2.

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 3.

4.

5.

Part II. Write H if the useful material found at home, S if found in school and C
if found in the community.

_____1. Television

_____2. Teacher’s Table

_____3. Bench Chair

_____4. Bed

_____5. Bicycle

DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter of the
correct answer.

1. Farmers use chemical fertilizers to increase their harvest. What are the
harmful effects of this when improperly used?
a. It pollutes water, air and soil
b. It gives abundant harvest

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 c. Keep food affordable
d. None of the above
2. Which of the following is example of REAGENT FOOD?
a. Herbicides
b. Insecticides
c. Fungicides
d. Citric Acid
3. The use of excessive pesticides can be harmful to people's health.
Which of the following diseases can a person get?
a. Cancer of the lungs
b. Fever
c. Chicken fox
d. Broken leg
4. Chemical substances that are left over making products such as
pesticides and Fungicides. What are you going to do with these harmful
materials?
a. Buried into the soil
b. Throw into the bodies of water
c. Leave it anywhere at home
d. All of the above
5. It is used in agriculture to control weeds, insect infestation and
diseases.
a. Food color
b. Pesticides
c. Salt
d. Citric Acid

 The Science Connection for Grade 6 Pp 99-102

 https://www.quora.com/What-is-an-example-of-matter.
 https://www.google.com/search?q=reagent+food&tbm=isch&source=iu&
 https://www2.kenyon.edu/projects/farmschool/nature/chem.htm

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 Let’s Practice

1. Personal Body Care

2. Cleaning Agent

3. Medicine

4. Medicine

5. Personal Body Care

Let’s Do More Part I

Materials Useful Effects Harmful Effects

1. Kills insect like Acute health effects
cockroaches include stinging eyes,
rashes, blisters, blindness,
nausea, dizziness, diarrhea
and death.
2. Use for food Can be harmful when it is
broken.

3. Use in eating our It becomes harmful when

food the spoon and fork rust.

4. Helps to remove dirt Detergents can have

on our clothes poisonous effects in all
types of aquatic life if they
are present in sufficient
quantities, and this
includes the biodegradable
detergents.

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 5. For cooking Dangerous when it is not
properly use

Part II

1. H
2. S
3. C
4. H

5. S

Let’s Take the Challenge

1. a 3. a 5. b

2. d 4. a

PREPARED BY: Mae Lyn Joy S. Guerrero

Grade 5 - Teacher

CHECKED BY: Nelsie B. Caculitan

MT/Science Coordinator

NOTED BY: __Josephine C. Emperado__

Principal

MELC Quarter 1 Week No.1 Code: S5MT-Ia-b-1

Competency: Use the properties of materials whether they are useful or harmful.