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General
Chemistry 1

Quarter 1 - Module 3:
Consumer Products
 What I Need to Know?

This module was written to enumerate how consumer products we have at

home are different from one another in terms of their usefulness, level of safety and
their cost in the market. Understanding the different consumer products may help
us to make informed decisions regarding the use of those products that may affect
our health, finances, and the quality of way of our life. In addition, this module will
help us to see the connections between Science, Technology and Society by
determining the problem in the community (Society) that was addressed by a
certain consumer product (Technology) and the knowledge (Science) behind the
creation of the said consumer product. The scope of this module covers many
different learning situations where students could relate their personal experiences
on different samples of matter. The language used recognizes the diverse
vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard
sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to
correspond with the textbook you are now using.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. compare consumer products on the basis of their components for use,
safety, quality and cost, (STEM_GC11MP1a-b-11).

What I Know?
(Critical Thinking)

To check your prior knowledge about the topic, and to solicit the questions
that you want to know about it, fill in the Know and Want to know components of
the Know-Want to know- Learned (KWL) chart properly and correctly. For the Know
component, you may write word/s or sentence. For the want to know component,
state your responses in interrogative or question form. You may list as many
responses as you want for each component. Write your responses on a separate
sheet of paper.

KWL Chart
Topic Know Want to know Learned
Consumer
Products

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Guide Questions
1. Based from what you have written on the Know component of the chart, what do
you know about consumer products?

2. If you were to think of a question that you want to ask about consumer
products, what question would that be?

HOLD ON AMIGO!!!
DIRECTION: After you have filled-in the K and W components of the
chart and answered the guide questions, answer now the diagnostic
assessment below within 10 minutes.

PRE-TEST
Matching Type. Match the descriptions under Column A with the correction concepts or
words in Column B. Write the letter of the correct answer.
Column A Column B

1. The amount that has to be paid to buy A. Consumer Products

something B. Technology
2. Refers to ingredient or constituent C. Cost
3. These are goods that are bought for D. Composition
consumption by the average consumer E. Field
4. Refers to an area or a sphere
5. Application of Science

HOLD ON AMIGO!!!
DIRECTION: Rest for 1 minute then you may start reading the lesson
1 below about the consumer products.

Lesson
Consumer Products
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Consumer products are something that we cannot live without. Every

activity we do such as taking a bath, cooking our favorite dishes, driving our cars
or monitoring and maintaining our good health condition, there will always be a
consumer product that is involved. Those consumer products were made possible
because of the interactions of Science, Technology and Society. Now, how Science,
Technology and Society became involved in the creation of those consumer
products is something it will be discuss in this module. We will also discuss when a
consumer product may cause harm despite of its usefulness to our life. This
module will try to identify which field or area of our society those consumer

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products are very useful. And lastly, the module will identify some compositions
that make up a certain consumer product. In summary, this module will discuss
the different consumer products in terms of their composition, uses and costs.

What’s In?

LET US HAVE SOME FUN!

Picture Analysis. Analyze the picture below then answer the corresponding
guide questions.

Guide Questions
1. Which problem is being addressed by the invention of the bath soap?

2. What substances are needed to make bath soap?

HOLD ON AMIGO!!!
DIRECTION: After you analyze the given picture and answered the
guide questions, let us proceed to what’s new. Read the direction
carefully.

What’s New?
(Communication)

IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS

Read the description of important terms that you will encounter in this
module.

VOCABULARY WORD MEANING

1. Cost The amount or prize of a produced product.
2. Consumer Product The final good that is bought for personal use.

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 HOLD ON AMIGO!!!
DIRECTION: After finding out the meaning of important terms that
you will encounter as you read the next part, make time to read the
consumer products below thoroughly.

What is a Consumer Product?

Consumer Product
Consumer product is the final good that is bought by individuals or
households for personal use. In other words, consumer products are goods that are
bought for consumption by the average consumer.

What are Consumer Products?

Again, consumer products are goods that are bought for consumption by the
average consumer. Consumer products were made possible because of the
interactions of Science, Technology and Society. The Knowledge (Science) is being
used to come up with the different consumer products (Technology) that address
problems of the community (Society). For example, Bath soap (Technology) is a
consumer product which we usually use to solve a problem of the Society that is
skin infection and poor hygiene.

Bath soap which invented to solve skin infection and poor hygiene

The Science, Technology and Society are interrelated to one another

because any change in one aspect could trigger also a change to other aspects.
Meaning if Knowledge (Science) will improve due to new or latest discoveries made
by scientists or even an ordinary person (Society), there will be also a
corresponding effect or improvement to the consumer products (Technology) we use
every day.

There are many consumer products available in the market because of their
usefulness. However, the same consumer products may post danger to anyone.
Now, when is a consumer product may cause danger if it is very useful to us? A
consumer product may cause harm to us for two reasons. First is when we abuse

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or misuse such product. A good example of this would be the solvent like rugby
that was invented to use as an adhesive material. But for some instances, the same
solvent is being used by drug dependent. And secondly is if a consumer product
was made intended to cause harm such as gun powder and poisons.

Let us analyze the table below that shows information of bath soap in terms
of its some chemical components, use, safeness, and cost.

Consumer Some Use Level of Cost

Product Chemical Safeness
Components
(Chemical
Formula)

Bath Soap -Glycerine - Cure skin - Generally -Generally very

(C 3 H 8 O 3 ) infection safe (External affordable
use only) price (non-
-Sodium - Improve
branded) but
hydroxide personal
some are
(NaOH) hygiene
costly if its
-Titanium branded.
dioxide (TiO 2 )

- Triclosan
(C 12 H 7 Cl 13 O 2 )

Table showing some information about common bath soap

Based from the table, some of the chemical components used to make bath
soap are glycerine, sodium hydroxide and titanium dioxide. Glycerine is added to
soap as emollient and texture enhancer while sodium hydroxide is added to bath
soap to as main ingredient. Titanium dioxide is added to make the bath soap
opaque while Triclosan is added as the active anti-bacterial ingredient.

HOLD ON AMIGO!!!
Did you understand what you have read about consumer products? If
yes, let us proceed to the mini-performance task. You are about to
perform the procedure as instructed in the Mini-performance task.
Read and follow the procedure carefully. Good luck!

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 Mini-Performance Task
(Collaboration)

Activity 1 – My Consumer Product

Procedure
1. Choose a consumer product that is available in the field of medicine,
communication, transportation and agriculture.

2. Fill-in the table with correct information.

Data and Results

Area or Field Consumer Some Use Level of Cost
Product Chemical Safeness
Components
(Chemical
Formula)

Medicine

Communication

Transportation

Agriculture

QUESTIONS
1. For each field, which problem is being addressed by the consumer product?
2. What are some chemical components of the consumer products?

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 What I Have Learned?
(Critical Thinking)

You have to fill in the L component of the KWL chart to generalize the things
they have learned about the topic.
KWL Chart
Topic Know Want to know Learned
Consumer I have learned that
Products ….

HOLD ON AMIGO!!!
After you have filled-in the L component of the chart, proceed now to
the what I can do.

What I Can Do?

(Character and Creativity)

WORK IN PROGRESS

Added task to you

You are tasked to create a project plan about your own consumer product you
wanted to sell. Tell something about its chemical composition, use and cost.

HOLD ON AMIGO!!!
Congratulations Mi Amigo! You are almost done in this lesson. Let us do
the last part which is the assessment.

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 Assessment
(Critical Thinking)

POST-TEST

Read and answer each statement carefully then write the letter of the best
answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Area or sphere is refereed as ___

A. Science C. Field
B. Consumer Products D. Composition
2. What do you call the goods that are bought for consumption by the average
consumer?
A. Science C. Field
B. Consumer Products D. Composition
3. _____ is the amount that has to be paid to buy something.
A. Cost C. Science
B. Consumer products D. Composition
4. ____ refer to the body of knowledge.
A. Cost C. Science
B. Consumer products D. Composition
5. ____ refers to the ingredients or constituents
A. Cost C. Science
B. Consumer products D. Composition

HOLD ON AMIGO!!!
Congratulations Mi Amigo!!! We are done in this module. You may now
proceed to the next module. See you next time.

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 REFERENCES

Mendoza E. and Religioso T. (2008). Chemistry Laboratory Manual. Phoenix

Publication

Mendoza E. (2003). Chemistry Textbook. Phoenix Publication

Acknowledgements
Writer: Gary R. Ramos, MAT-GS
Editors: Ma. Teresa M. Chico- PSDS, Rosalina Aranzamendez- PSDS and Ma. Victoria
Santos- PSDS
Reviewers: Amalia C. Solis- EPS, Rebecca M. Roxas- EPS and Lucita A. Gener- EPS
Management Team: Maria Magdelema M. Lim- Schools Division Superintendent-
Manila, Aida H. Rondilla- Chief Education Supervisor, Lucky S. Carpio- EPS and Lady
Hannah C. Gillo, Librarian II- LRMS

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 ANSWER SHEET

Module 3 – Consumer Products

Name: ______________________________ Grade/ Sec. ____________________ Score: ___

Teacher: ____________________________ School: _________________________ Date: ____

General Direction: Write your answers here from Pre-Test to Post-Test including
the answers in the activities. Detach and submit this part to your teacher upon
his/her direction which usually given after you have completed this module.

KWL CHART
Topic Know Want to know Learned
Consumer
Products

PRE-TEST
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

POST-TEST
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Activity 1- My Consumer Products

Data and Results

Area or Field Consumer Some Use Level of Cost
Product Chemical Safeness
Components
(Chemical
Formula)

Medicine

Communication

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Transportation

Agriculture

Answer to Questions
1.________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
2.________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

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