SINALOC

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SCIENCE 7
FIRST QUARTER - MATTER
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the sessions, the students
can:

• Describe the characteristics of an element and

compound;
• Distinguish elements from a compound based on a
set of properties;
• Classify substances as elements or compound;
• Make an infographic material on the common
elements/compounds they can find in the
environment showing their names, symbols and uses.
States of Matter
MATTER

SOLID LIQUID GAS

Classifications of Matter
PURE
SUBSTANCES
single kind of matter that cannot be
separated into other kinds of matter
by any physical means
ELEMENTS

• made up of atoms or atoms of

the same kind
• cannot be broken down into
simpler components
COMPOUND

• combination of two or more

elements
• can be broken down into its
components through a chemical
process
• formed when two elements are
combined
TASKS
• Separate the beads into different types.
• Each bead represents an atom.
• Each kind of bead represents an element.
• Try to create a compound out of the beads
assigned to you.
PERIOD

GROUPS
7 PERIOD

18 GROUPS
TASK
• DECODE THIS MESSAGE:

Beryllium Potassium Iodine Neodymium

TASK
• CREATE A WORD OUT OF THE CHEMICAL
SYMBOLS OF EACH ELEMENT
METALS
• Solids
• Ductile
• Lustrous
• Malleable
• Good conductors of
heat and electricity
METALLOI
D• Share properties of
both metal and
nonmetal
• Lustrous
• Brittle
• Semi-conductors
NONMETALS
• Can be solid, liquid
and gas
• Dull
• Brittle
• Insulators
TASK
• Classify the following elements as metal,
nonmetal and metalloid.

Hydrogen Calcium Zinc Flourine

Oxygen Helium Aluminum Iron

Carbon Nitrogen Phosphorus Chlorine

Classifying Elements and Compounds