Department of Education

National Capital Region

Schools Division of Parañaque City
Self-Learning Module
SCIENCE V QUARTER 1 MODULE 1

Brief Introduction

We use different materials in our daily living. Some of these materials make our work
easier and faster. Some materials improve our health. Others can protect and make our
environment safe by eliminating harmful organisms around us. Join me in discovering the
world of matter around us.s

Learning Competencies (Essential Competencies)

Use the properties of materials whether they are useful or harmful.
(S5MT-Ia-b-1)

Objectives:
Classify materials found in the environment according to use in
personal body care products, cleaning agents, and medicines.
Classify materials found in the environment according to use in
farm chemicals and reagents food.
Identify useful and harmful materials at home, in school and in the community.

Let’s Recall (Review)

Direction: Put a check mark (√) in the right column if the materials will
decay and cross (X) if it will not.

Materials Will decay Will not decay

1. plastic
2. bread
3. aluminum foil
4. styrofoam
5. magazine

Let’s Understand (Study the Concept)

Materials found in our environment can be classified according to use as
body care products, cleaning agents, medicines, farm chemicals and reagent food. Body
careproducts refers to a wide variety of products used for personal hygiene, cleansing and
for beautification. These include skin moisturizers, body lotion, facial cleanser, bath soap,
shampoo, toothpaste, dental floss, mouth wash, deodorants, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail
polishes.

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 Medicine products are used for treatment of illness, injury, prevention of disease,
pain reliever and improving and preserving health.

Cleaning agents are substances used to remove dirt, including dust, to remove
offensive odor and to avoid the spread of contaminants from one place to another. Some
cleaning agents can kill bacteria in handle doors, worktops, and metallic surfaces. Some
cleaning agents, called degreasers, help dissolve oils and fats. Other cleaning agents like
acid are highly poisonous and corrosive when not diluted correctly. Extra care should be
practice in handling this kind of cleaning agent to keep us safe and prevent injury.

Other materials found in our environment are farm chemicals. Farm chemicals are
used by farmers to keep weed and pests from destroying their crops and to add more nutrients
to the soil. Farmers used different types of pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, and
fungicides.

Photo Credit: https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/insecticide https://www.dreamstime.com/pest-protection-grower-mask-

sprays-fruit- treeagricultural-worker-spraying-garden-pesticide flat-vector-illustration-image147689764 https://www.freepik.com/free-
photos-vectors/fertilizer

Reagents are other materials found in our environment. It is a compound, or a

mixture used to cause chemical reactions or test if a reaction occurs. Some tests measure the
presence of substance in food. If you want to check the presence of starch in the food, just
add drops of iodine to the food sample. If the food sample turns blue-black, then it indicates
the presenceof starch in the food. To check fat presence in the food, add drops of ethanol to
the food sample, white emulsion in the food sample indicates positive results. Presence of
simple sugar can also be detected using Benedict’s solution.

Benedict’s reagent Ethanol solution Potassium Iodide vitamin c reagent

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LLC-400701 https://www.reagents.com/2302724/Product/Potassium-Iodide https://www.sciencecompany.com/Vitamin-C-Test- Reagent-

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We used materials for different purposes. Materials around us are made of different
properties that can be used to make valuable products which are useful to our home,
school, and community. Some of these materials are useful for cooking our food, like pans,
casserole, kettle, and oven.

Some materials are useful in cleaning our home and surroundings like mop, broom,
lawn mower and vacuum cleaner. Other materials like blackboard, armchair, books, and
computer are some of the materials found in school that are very useful to pupils and
teachers.

blackboard laptop computer books armchair

Photo Credit: https://www.freepik.com/
https://best-clipart.com/school/black-and-white-school-chair.
premium-vector/blackboard-with-two-pieces chalk_4265025.htm#page=1&position=18#&position=1

Other materials are corrosive, it is highly acidic and can corrode storage containers
or damage human tissue if touched.

Photo credit: http://clipart-library.com/car-battery-cliparts.html

Some materials are ignitable. It is a substance that can explode, catch fire, or emit
toxic fumes or gases into the environment. Example fuel, some cleaning fluids, some
furniture polishes. These materials can bring harm to your health, environment and other
organisms when not disposed properly. Materials can be classified as harmful if they can
cause injury or are toxic, reactive, corrosive, ignitable /flammable. They cannot be
dumped straight into landfill; they pollute the environment easily and take too much time
to decompose.

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 Let’s Apply

Directions: A. Classify the products inside the box as personal body care
products, cleaning agents, medicines, farm chemicals or reagent foods. Write your answer in
the appropriate column.

shampoo paracetamol fertilizer lotion

ethanol reagent detergent iodine solution muriatic acid
antihistamine eye drops

Personal Body Cleaning Medicines Farm Reagent Food

Care Agent Chemicals

Word Box

electric fan waiting shade gas tank bleach

computer muriatic acid toothpaste kerosene
dining table broken glass bottle refrigerator car used oil
oven black board insecticide vegetable scrap

B. Directions: Identify two useful and three harmful materials and describe their
uses/harmful effects. Choose your answer in the wordbox and write your answer in the
table below.

Useful Materials Uses

1.
2.
Harmful Materials Harmful effects
3.
4.
5.

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 Let's Analyze
Direction: Using the table below, write down at least five differences
between useful and harmful materials.
Useful Materials Harmful Materials
Ex. A material that serves its Ex. A material that is toxic to people
purpose
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.

Let’s Try (Evaluation)

Directions: Read and answer the questions carefully. Choose the letter
of the correct answer. Write your answer on your answer sheet.

1. Which group belongs to cleaning materials/substances?

A. shampoo, soap, towel, body scrub
B. disinfectant, muriatic acid, detergent powder, brush
C. soap, shampoo, body lotion, mouthwash, perfume
D. eye drops, pain killer, anti- allergy

2. Which of the following household products can be classified as medicine?

A. pain killer, anti-allergy, expectorant
B. insecticide, toilet cleaner, detergent
C. shampoo, soap, lotion
D. beverage reagent, iodine solution, benedict’s reagent

3. Which substance will Peter use if he wanted to eliminate mosquitoes

inside their house?
A. insecticide C. reagent food
B. cleaning agent D. personal body care product
4. In which group of useful materials can shampoo, lotion,
mouthwash, dentalfloss, perfume, and nail polisher be classified?

I. personal body care products

II. reagent food
III. cleaning materials
IV. medicine
A. I only B. I and II C. I, II and III D. I, II, III and IV

5. Why is it important to keep all the poisonous substances like insecticide

pesticide, disinfecting materials in an area that cannot be reached by children?
A. because these materials are expensive.
B. because these materials are for adults only.
C. because these materials are harmful.
D. because these materials can be used to treat diseases.

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 6. Bathroom cleaners can remove stains and dirt. Why do we need to be extra
careful in handling these materials?
A. because these materials can be broken.
B. because these materials can keep our bathroom clean.
C. because these materials contain acid that can damage our skin.
D. because these materials can damage our bathroom.

7. How can we make rotten vegetables and fruit scraps still useful?
I. by burning them.
II. by throwing them anywhere.
III. by making organic fertilizer out of it.
IV. by collecting and processing them as animals` feeds.
A. I only B. I&II C. III & IV D.II&IV

8. What characteristic of steel makes it useful in constructing buildings and other

infrastructures?
A. Steel is elastic. C. Steel is breakable.
B. Steel is flexible. D. Steel is hard and strong.

9. Which of the following materials/substances are considered as cleaning agents?

A. plastic cup, ceramic plate, spoon, and fork
B. insecticide, pesticide, fungicide
C. muriatic acid, stain remover, clog remover
D. gasoline, propane, hydrogen gas

10. Which group of materials/substances could be harmful when not properly used?
A. television, computer, air conditioner, radio
B. electric fan, bed, table, and chairs
C. black board, color, paper, table
D. muriatic acid, stain remover, clog remover

Let’s Create
Directions: Collect pictures of useful and harmful materials found
at home. Make a collage out of them. (15 points)
Rubrics
Criteria 2 3 4 5
Variety of Limited variety adequate variety good variety of excellent variety of
Pictures of pictures used to of pictures used to pictures used to pictures used to
• used to develop the main develop the main develop the main develop the main idea
develop main idea idea idea
idea
Ideas few original some original ideas several original many original ideas in
• originality ideas in material in material are ideas in material are material is evident to
• interest are evident to evident to stimulate evident to stimulate stimulate a great
stimulate interest some interest much interest interest

Relevance of little material some material material selected is material selected is all
material selected is relevant selected is relevant mostly relevant and relevant and clearly
• connected to and rarely and somewhat connected to the connected to the main
main idea connected to the connected to the main idea idea
main idea main idea