Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A
CALABARZON
DIVISION OF RIZAL

LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE 5

First Quarter, week 1, Day 1

Contents: Useful and Harmful Materials

I. Learning objective: Describe the characteristics of useful materials

II. Subject Matter:
A. Concepts: Matter is found everywhere. All the things found in your
environment that have mass and occupy space are examples of matter.
Each material is made up of chemical substances. Examples are the materials commonly
found at home. These are household materials that can be useful.

B. Materials: real objects or pictures of useful materials

C. References: K-12 Curriculum Guide S5MT-Ia-b-1
The Science Connection for Grade 6 Pp
99-102

D. Process Skills:observing, classifying, describing, inferring

E. Value Integration: Awareness of useful materials

III. Learning Tasks:

A. Engagement:
“Magic Box”
Inside the magic box are pictures of useful materials found at home. The teacher will get
the picture one at a time and let the pupils identify the material in the picture and ask
them the uses of these materials.
 Ask: What are these materials? Where do we use these for?

B. Exploration
In the following group activity, you will identify the uses of various materials in your
house.
Activity 1
Pupils are given meta cards.

Complete the table by giving the uses of the materials given on the first
column.

MATERIAL USES
1. Paracetamol For headache and
fever
2. Vinegar flavoring
3. Dishwashing liquid Grease cutter
4. Rubbing Alcohol Antiseptic
5. Floor wax To make the floor
shiny
6. Computer For researching
7. Cooking oil Frying food
8. Insecticide Kills insects like
mosquitos
9. Paint Used in walls
10. Muriatic Acid To clean the tiles in
the bathroom or
kitchen

Activity 2
TV commercial
Make a TV commercial about the useful materials. Choose 2 from the list.

Activity 3
Picture Puzzle
Arrange the puzzle to see what is in the picture. In the manila paper, list down the useful
materials that you can find in the picture and be able to discuss it in front the uses of
these materials.

Activity 4
 Compose a jingle with a tune of LeronLeronSinta about useful materials.

C. Explanation
1. How did you find the activity?
2. What did you do to come up with your answer?
3. What are the useful materials that are found at home?
4. Where do you use these materials?
5. How are they useful to us?
6. What are the characteristics of those
useful materials? (For teacher’s information)

Useful materials can be found at home to improve your health,

destroy harmful organisms, make life more comfortable, make
work faster and easier and help protect and conserve the
environment.

D. Elaborate
Let the pupils watch a video showing how to cook spaghetti.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzsAHTsTybE

E. Evlauation
Match the materials listed in column A with its uses in column B.
Write your answer on the space provided in each number.

A B

1. cooking oil a. used in frying

2. rubbing alcohol b. antiseptic

3. pencil c. for writing

4. insecticide d. kills insect

5. bleach e. whitens clothes

6. dishwashing liquid f. washes cooking utensils

7. cellphone g. makeand receive calls

8. computer h, programmable machine

 9. detergent powder I for cleaning laundry

10. vinegar j. cooking ingredient

F. Assignment:
Bring pictures materials that are useful but can also be harmful.