Properties

of

Prepared by : Mrs. Shirley P. Valera

SY 201-2015
St. Augustine / St. Francis

Objectives
Identify the characteristics of
matter in terms of their
properties.
Conclude that matter occupies
space and has weight.

Fast sharing

matte
r
Discussion on their responses in the fast sharing

Choose one object and describe

all the properties that they can
observe about the object.

Collaborative activity:
Activity 5.1 : Properties of
Matter
I.Problem : What are the properties of matter?
II. What You need:
platform balance
drinking glass

block of wood

Pencil

stone

marker

Book
water

water

a pail with

Deflated balloon

paper clips

Collaborative activity:
Activity 5.1 : Properties of
Matter

III. What to do:

Part A.
1. Prepare the platform balance.
2. Get the mass of the book, block of wood,
pencil, and stone separately. Get also the
mass of water in the glass and the mass of
air inside the inflated balloon ( with the
teachers guidance ).
3. Record their mass.

Collaborative activity:
Activity 5.1 : Properties of
Matter
III.
What to do:
Part B.
1. Half-fill a glass with water. Use the marker
to mark the level of water.
2. Drop the stone in the glass.
Part C.
1. Invert an empty glass and dip it into the
pail
of water. Do not tilt the glass.
2. Take the glass of the water while keeping it
upside down.

Collaborative activity:
Activity 5.1 : Properties of
Matter
IV.
What have you formed out?
1. What is the mass of the:
a. book d. stone
b. pencil e. water in glassc. block of wood f. air inside the
balloon2. What happened to the level of the water
when you dropped the stones.
___________________________________________
3. What happened inside the glass?
___________________________________________

Collaborative activity:
Activity 5.1 : Properties of
V.Matter
Conclusion:
What two properties of matter are shown in
this activity?
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________

Discussion on the
result of the
activity

The book , wood,

pencil, stone , air
and water have
mass. The rising of
the level of water
in the glass shows
that matter
occupies space.
When glass is
inverted and
dipped into the pail
of water , water did
not enter the glass
because the
trapped air inside
the glass prevented
the water from
entering.

The activity shows two important

properties of matter.
1. Matter has mass
2. Matter occupies space. It has a
volume.

Self-exploration:

Mass is the pull of

gravity on matter.
Ex. Dropping an object, it
will fall to the floor
because of the earths
gravity that pull all
objects toward it.

Weighing an object is
measuring the pull of
gravity. Gravity controls the
weight of an object.

Getting closer to the center of the earth, the

pull of gravity gets stronger, weigh is more.
Moving away from the center of the earth,
the pull of gravity gets weaker , weigh is
less.
Weigh is slightly less on top of a high
mountain than in plain.

Gravity is a force that pulls all

objects toward the center of
the earth.

 Weight is sometimes interchanged

with the word mass because they are
related. The mass of an object is
reflected by its weight. The more mass
an object has, the greater its weight is.
Mass refers to the amount of matter
an object contains. It is not affected by
gravity.

The pull of gravity on Earth , Moon, and Jupiter

are different from each other because they are
not the same size. Therefore , te weight of an
object will be different in Earth, Moon, and
Jupiter, but the mass of the same object will not
change.
Study the chart
Variables

Earth

Moon

Jupiter

Remarks

Mass

6 kg

6 kg

6 kg

Same

Weight

6 kg

1 kg

15 kg

Change

Gravity

1/6

2.5

different

Self-exploration:
b. Write what you learn from the reading in
a three column chart.
Mass

Weight

Volume

Discussion on their answers to

the following questions:
a. How does matter become beneficial
to our daily life?

b. Why is it important to understand

the properties of matter?

Discussion on their answers to

the following questions:
6. Let the children read the paragraph
about Density(Science and
environment) on page 219 of the

 Let the pupils compose a song (or

video: song of matter)

Generalization
Matter is anything that occupies space
and has weight.

Valuing
appreciation on how matter are
beneficial to our life

Evaluation
A. What is the difference between
weight and mass?
B. How do you measure the volume of
regular solids?
C. How do you measure the volume of
irregular solids?