Department of Education

Division of Romblon
Cajidiocan-Magdiwang District

HEALTH 6
Pangalan: ________________________________________ Baitang: _____________________
Seksiyon: ___________________________________________ Petsa: _____________________

Learning Activity Sheet

THE EFFECT OF A NOISY ENVIRONMENT

(Quarter 3- week 3)

Background Information for Learners

The word “noise” is derived from a Latin word “Nausen” which means
sickness in which one feels the need to vomit. Noise is the unpleasant and
undesirable sound which leads to discomfort in human beings.
Therefore, noise pollution is generally defined as regular exposure to
elevated sound levels that may lead to adverse effects on human or other living
organisms. Exposure to prolonged or excessive noise have been shown to cause a
range of health problems. These health problems can affect all age groups
specially children.

Major sources of Noise Pollution

Are as follows;
1. Wheels on the road (trains, buses, jeeps, etc.)
2. Aircraft and vessels.
3. Industrial machines, crackers, etc.
4. Animals sound (barking of dogs, etc.)
5. Loud speakers and transistors.
6. Television, radio, etc.
7. Neighborhood noise
8. Sleeping behavioral disorder.

EFFECTS OF A NOISY ENVIRONMENT

1. Speech interference
Interference or disturbance in conversations can result in
misunderstanding.

2. Hearing loss

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 Constant exposure to loud noise can damage your eardrums and loss your
hearing. It also reduce the sensitivity of eardrum to pick up small sounds.

3. Sleep disruption
It can create hamper sleeping pattern (it is recommended to take sound
sleep and not noise sleep).

4. Stress-related illnesses
Noise pollution can affect and shows signs of aggressive behavior, sleep
disturbance increase in stress level, fatigue, high blood pressure, poor
concentration, fatigue from lack of sleep, cognitive impairment, tinnitus,
headache, respiratory agitation, racing pulse, gastritis, colitis, and heart attacks.

5. Noise can also cause depression, anxiety, hysteria, in both animals and
humans. When noise is more than the normal level, it can cause restlessness and
people cannot focus well if the place is very noisy.

6. Can lost productivity.

LEARNING COMPETENCY WITH CODE

Explain the effects of a noisy Environment. (H6EH-IIId-4)

Activity 1-(Guided Learning)

Directions: Explain. What is a noise pollution? (5pts.)

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RUBRICS
5 Write the essay nicely and it has appropriate content related to the
topic.
4 Correct and appropriate but lack of neatness.

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 3 Wrong use of capitalization, punctuation marks, indention, etc.
2 Incomplete work.

Activity 2 -(Independent Learning)

Directions: Give at least five (5) major sources of noise pollution?

1. _______________________________________________________.
2. _______________________________________________________.
3. _______________________________________________________.
4. _______________________________________________________.
5. _______________________________________________________.

(Performance Task)

Activity No. 3
Directions: Match column A to column B. write the letter of the correct
answer on the space provided.

A B
_____1. Interference or disturbance in conversations can a. hearing loss
result in misunderstanding.
_____2. Constant exposure to loud noise can damage your b. speech
eardrums and loss your hearing. It also reduce the interference
sensitivity of eardrum to pick up small sounds
_____3. Noise pollution can affect and shows signs of c. sleep disruption
aggressive behavior, sleep disturbance increase in stress
level, fatigue, high blood pressure, poor concentration, and
heart attacks.
_____4.It can create hamper sleeping pattern (it is d. Stress-related
recommended to take sound sleep and not noise sleep). disorder
_____5. Noise can also cause fatigue from lack of sleep, e. Loss of
cognitive impairment, tinnitus, headache, respiratory productivity
agitation, racing pulse, gastritis, and colitis.

(Written Task)

Activity No. 4
Directions: Put a check () on the space provided if you agree to the
statement, and (X) if you don’t agree.
____1. Noise can also cause depression, anxiety, hysteria, in both animals
and humans.

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 ____2. When noise is more than the normal level, people can focus well and
it can`t cause restlessness and anxiety.
____3. Exposure to loud noise can cause high blood pressure and heart
attacks.
____4. Sleep and behavioral disorders is one type of noise pollution.
____5. The word “noise” is derived from a Latin word “Nausen” which means
sickness in which one feels the need to vomit.

Reference:

A. BOOK

K12 The 21st Century MAPEH in Action 6, pages 284-285

Department of Education
Curriculum and Instruction Standard
MELC with corresponding CG CODES pages 352-355

B. Electronic sources

www.science.org.au>curious>health....
www.conserve.energy-future.com>....

Key to answers

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Activity 1/ guidedPersonal
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(Pupils answer may vary)

 Activity 2/ individual learning
1. Aircraft, vessels

2. animal sound

3. neighborhood noise

4 .television, radio etc.

5. loud speakers, transistor

Activity 3/ Performance Test

1. b
2. a
3. d
4. c Activity 4/ written Test
5. d
1. /
2. X
3. /
4. /
5. /

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