Activity 1: Missing Peso

Your mother sent you to buy a bottle of oil at the store near your house. She gave
you a twenty-peso bill and five-peso coins. The store owner handed you the bottle of oil
but when you are about to give the payment you notice that there are one twenty -peso bill
and four pesos only. A peso is missing! What will you do? List below the steps that you are
going to do.

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Step5. ____________________________________________________________________

Activity 2. WORD HUNT.

Directions: Hunt the ten scientific method related words written in the box below. Words
appear straight across, up and down, down, and up and diagonally. Write your answer on a
separate sheet.

C O N C L U S I O N P C O N
O B X B N M I K L O K O B X
M S N O I T S E U Q L M S N
M D R M V T E R T Y H M E R
U R W L S H H W Q B M U R W
N V S E C S T D H V P N V S
I A T K B Q O S Y C R I A T
C T N E M I R E P X E C T N
A I N C L G Y I O N D A I N
T O A D C C E I T N I G O A
E N Z A X Z A U H V C E N Z
S D C W Y M S Y E B T S D C
Q N V L X C D T S F I Q N V
A A A S F G H N I D O A A A
V N R E S U L T S S N V N R
A S E L B A I R A V N A P E
I. PROCEDURES:
1. Prove the statement: The solubility of sugar in water is higher than the solubility of
salt given the same conditions.
2. Prepare the setup.
3. Pour 250 ml of water into the container for salt mixture and the other 250 ml for sugar
mixture.
4. Add 2 tablespoons of salt into the first container and 2 tablespoons of sugar into the
second container at the same time.
5. Stir the mixtures at the same time and at the same rate for 1 minute.
6. Observe the mixtures. Record your observations.
7. Based on the findings, state the conclusion of the simple investigation.

II. ANALYSIS
A. Identify the steps of the scientific method in the experiment that you conducted.
Write the procedure that shows each step of the scientific method.
1. QUESTION
2. HYPOTHESIS
3. LIST THE MATERIALS NEEDED
4. PERFORM THE EXPERIMENT
5. ANALYZE RESULTS
6. CONCLUSION
Activity 4. Fill in the Boxes

Direction. Write inside the boxes the steps of scientific method

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Activity 5. What’s the Problem?

Directions: Write one scientific problem based on the situation given in each item.
1. Diway always put the eggshells in the pots of her bougainvillea plants instead of
throwing them in the garbage bin. She wanted to see her bougainvillea blooming and
grow healthier but did not want to use chemical fertilizer. After a week, Diway is
very happy seeing her bougainvillea plants blooming with flowers. She also noticed
her bougainvillea plants have increased in size and their leaves look more attractive.

Gunnawa,Noralyn.,Bougainvillea plants
 2. During their school intramurals, a softball match between competing teams took
place on the school grounds under the heat of the sun. Team A wears yellow jersey
shirts while Team B has black jersey shirts as their uniform. After the game, their
respective coaches noticed that Team B players felt hotter and produced more body
sweat than Team A players. They are trying to figure out if their observations relate
to their respective jersey uniforms.

3. Elisa received a fancy earring as a gift during her 12th birthday from her mother.
After three months, Elisa noticed that the earrings have changed color and turned
rusty. Elisa told her mother that the earrings turned rusty. Elisa’s mother then wanted
to get rid of the rust, so she called the seller of the earrings. Elisa’s mother was told
to use vinegar in removing the rust from the earrings. Unfortunately, they only have
calamansi on their kitchen. Elisa and her mother wondered if they could use
calamansi extract instead.

Activity 6: Know Your Steps

Directions: Identify which step in the Scientific Method is described in each statement.
Write only the letter of your choice.

A. Identify a problem C. Test the hypothesis/Experimentation

B. Formulate a hypothesis D. Draw a conclusion

1. Mark thought that cactus would grow faster if he put pebbles through the soil in
which they were planted.
2. Hanna’s data showed that ants moved away from raw cucumber slices.
3. Maria wondered if she could extract dye out of gumamela flowers and leaves.
4. Lib-ay grew molds from spoiled bread. She placed drops of different
vinegar to see how bread molds react with the substance.
5. Aling Nena’s experiment showed that duck eggshells were whiter and stronger
when she fed the ducks with commercial feeds combined with corn, to which extra
calcium had been added.
6. Jose saw ticks crawling in his dog’s body. He asked the veterinarian, “How are
ticks able to grow with his dog?”
7. Vivien soaked her stained white blouse in water for 24 hours. She used different
kinds of soap and detergents to get rid of the stain.
8. Jojo said, “If I plant monggo seeds in the afternoon, I think the plants will grow
more robust than the plants grown in the morning.”
9. If 50 mL of water are added to my plants each day and they grow, then adding
100 mL of water each day will make them grow even more.
10. After working in the laboratory, the student found out that bacteria grow more
on less acidic environments.
 11. The barista filled two identical glasses with the same amount of tap water. He
added varied amounts of salt into the substance. He then placed the mixtures into the
freezer overnight.
12. The singer predicted that there is an increase or decrease in a person’s heart
rate if people listen to music.
13. Ate Diway observed that sweet potato slices turned brown after few minutes.
She asked Mom if there is any ways, he can help stop the sweet potato from turning brown.
14. After cooking pan cake, Kulas said that margarine melts faster in hot pan than
in cold pan.
15. Malunggay trunks shall be planted in different areas. The plants will be watered daily. Over a
period of a week, the plants will be measured to see which ones grew the tallest.