SCIENCE 8 – Q3 4.

Based on the drawn particles, answer the following questions and write your
Performance Task #1 – What Am I? answers on the manila paper.
Exploring the Properties of Solid, Liquid, and Gas a. Why do solids cannot be compressed?
b. Why do liquids flow and can be poured?
Materials: manila paper, markers, coloring material, glue, scissors, pictures
c. Why do gases spread out easily?
Directions: RUBRIC:
1. Fold the manila paper into three and draw big circles, as shown below. On the
upper part of each fold, write " solid, " " liquid, " and " gas. " Needs
Excellent Very Good
Good (2) Improvement
SOLID LIQUID GAS (4) (3)
(1)
All questions/ All but one of All but two of Several of the
procedures are the questions/ the questions questions/
Content and answered and procedures are and procedures are
Accuracy followed completed procedures are completed
correctly. correctly. completed correctly.
correctly.
The The The The
presentation is presentation is presentation is presentation is
Presentation visually organized and complete. disorganized
organized and complete. and incomplete.
complete.
The students The students The students The students
always worked worked on sometimes never worked
on others’ others’ ideas worked on on others’
2. Classify and paste the sample printed pictures of solids, liquids, and gases on ideas. It is most of the others’ ideas. It ideas. It is
the corresponding row, below the big circles. evident that time. It is is evident that evident that few
Collaboration they all worked evident that certain people worked
3. Draw the particles of solids, liquids, and gases inside the big circle using the equally to do most students students did on the task.
symbol,” “. You may use coloring materials. Use the following guide in drawing the task. worked to do not do as much
the particles: the task. work as others
to complete the
SOLID LIQUID GAS task.
“Our particles are very “Our particles are “Our particles are The time was The time was Most of the The time was
close together and used well used well time was used not used well
arranged randomly widely spaced and
arranged in a regular during the during the well during the during the
and are close randomly arranged, allotted period. allotted period. allotted period. allotted period.
way. Strong forces together. There are so we can be easily All members Most members Some All members
of attraction some gaps, but we compressed. We were focused were focused members were were not
Time
between us hold us on completing on completing focused on focused on
cannot usually be have high energy to Management
the activity and the activity and getting the getting the
together and keep compressed. We overcome the never never activity done activity done
us in place!” have enough energy forces of attraction distracted distracted and and often
to break free of between the others. others. occasionally distracted
distracted others.
some of the forces particles.” others.
of attraction Neatness Clean and Clean and Some parts of The whole area
between the orderly area at orderly area the area are is messy during
all times during and occasional clean, and a lot and after the
particles.”
and after the mess during of mess is activity.
activity. and after the present during
activity. and after the
activity.