SCIENCE 4

Name:_____________________________Grade/Level:_____
Section:____________________Date:_________________
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Activity 1: What are the changes in the Materials that
are Useful and Harmful to the Environment?

Direction: Complete the chart below by putting a

check in the proper column.
Changes in the materials Effects of the changes in
the materials to the
environment
Useful Harmful

recycling of old clothes

shaping pieces of wood into chairs

burning of old tires

throwing of detergents into

the sewage

changing wood into charcoal

for cooking

Activity 2: Useful or Harmful?

Direction: Read the following statements carefully. Draw a happy

face when the change is useful to the environment and sad face
if harmful.

______________1. cutting a piece of cloth to be made

into face mask _______________2. making compost from
fruit and vegetables peelings _______________3. kaingin
or burning of forest
_______________4. cutting of wood/lumber into chair
_______________5. changing wood into charcoal for
cooking _______________6. throwing of dead bodies
of animals in the river _______________7. throwing
of waste in the bodies of water

_______________8. excessive use of chemical fertilizer

_______________9. recycling plastic cups as
display materials _______________10. making
old tires into flowerpots

Activity 3 : Picture Analysis

Direction: Study the pictures below and identify 5 useful and 5

harmful effects to the environment that might result from cutting
down trees.
Before cutting down trees After cutting down trees

Useful result to the environment

Example: Lumber into chair
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Harmful result to the environment

Example: soil erosion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Reflection
1. I learned that
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_________ 3. I want to learn more on
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