Science

Recognizing Useful and

Harmful Materials
Get Three items from
your bag and three more
items inside the
classroom.
Identify each item and
describe it.
Now, answer the following questions.

1. What is the object made of?

2. Are these materials safe or

harmful? Why?
Showing of pictures
1. Can you describe the materials
shown?

2. What are the similarities and

differences of materials given?
Bring out the following materials:

Manila paper

Pentel Pen
Activity Time
Look around outside of the classroom,
then list down at least 20 materials you
have seen.
After that, classify their list as useful
or harmful materials.
Useful Materials Harmful Materials
Answer the following questions.
1. How did you classify the materials?
2. Why do we need to know which
material are useful and harmful?
3. Open your books to page 4 and read
about Recognizing Useful and Harmful
materials.
Answer the following questions.

1. Aside from the material given in the

text, what other materials in your home
can you consider harmful? Why do you
consider them as harmful materials?

2. How do you properly dispose of the

materials you have listed above?
Answer the following questions.

1. Aside from the material given in the

text, what other materials in your home
can you consider harmful? Why do you
consider them as harmful materials?

2. How do you properly dispose of the

materials you have listed above?
Write down the differences between
useful and harmful materials in
tabular form.
Useful Materials Harmful Materials
Answer key:
Open your book to page 7 and answer
the Lets Check and Lets Apply It.