Grade 4 Science

Activity 1

List all things found in the painting Bayanihan. Write them on the table below.

Things/Materials

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Activity 2

Let us identify if the materials you listed is a solid, liquid or gas.

Study first what is solid, liquid or gas.

Solids

Solids are objects that keep their own shape

and do not flow in a given temperature.  Ice is
a solid but when it melts it becomes a liquid.
Other examples of solids are cars, books and
clothes.
Solids can be different colors and textures,
and they can be turned into different shapes,
for example clay. Solids are made up of
molecules which group together and don’t
move around.

Liquids
Liquids do not have their own shape but can take the
shape of the container they are in and they can flow at a
given temperature.  Examples of liquids are tea, water and
blood.
They can be different colors and thickness; for example,
custard is a thicker liquid than tea and doesn’t flow as
quickly as tea.
You can measure a liquid in a cup or a spoon. Liquids are
made up of molecules which are further apart than in
solids and can move around easily

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Gases
Gases are air-like substances that can move around freely or flow to fit a container and they
don’t have their own shape.  You can put your hand through gases and you won’t feel them.
If they get out their container they can spread easily.  We are surrounded by different gases
in the air we breathe.
We can’t put gas into a measuring cup to measure its volume; it has to be worked
out using a mathematical formula. Their molecules are spaced apart and
jiggle around.

Plasma
Plasma isn’t found in normal everyday
life like solids, liquids and gases are, and
they are gases but not quite the
same.Plasma is called ionized gas which
means that when heated to very high
temperatures, some of the electrons break
away from the core of the atoms (the
nuclei) or molecules to join other nuclei.

Activity 3

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From the list of the materials you identified, write if it is solid, liquid , gas or plasma. Base
your answer from your learning in Activity 2.

Things/Materials Solid Liquid Gas Plasma

Activity 4

Materials that float

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Objects that have a lesser density than water then the object will float in water. Example of
such objects is:- ice, plastic, wood, oil, sponge, petrol, kerosene, acetone, gases, polystyrene
and wax.

Objects that sink

A cork, piece of wood, or Styrofoam floated because those materials have less density than

water. All the objects that were less dense than water floated in the water! Objects that
were more dense than the water sank.

Exercise . Check if the ob sect will float or sink.

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Activity 5

Objects that decay

Some things die and decay and others don't. A walk in the park
teaches that leaves, logs, and animals are examples of
things that decay or rot. An elementary class buries apple,
potato, and banana skins; bread; a plastic tray; and an
aluminum can. They learn what decays and what does not.

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Decaying materials are also known as biodegradable materials.
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Here are the examples of decaying materials:
• fruit peelings.
• leaves.
• dead bodies.
• paper.
• food.
• textile.
• wood.
• vegetables.

Non decaying objects

The materials that not undergo decay are the styrofoam, foam, metal and
glass.

Activity 6

From the materials you listed , identify those that will decay and will not
decay.

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Things/Materials Will decay Will not decay

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