Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Caraga Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
Barobo District II
Campbagang Elementary School

A Strategic Intervention Material (SIM)

for Science 4
 
Changes in Materials that are Useful or Harmful to One’s
Environment

Least Learned Competency: Identify changes in materials whether useful or

harmful to one’s environment

Prepared by:
ELIZABETH C. BALINGIT
Teacher III
 The Department of Education has its vision for Filipinos to passionately love their country and whose
values and competencies enable them to realize their full potentials and contribute meaningfully to building the
nation.
 
Realizing one’s full potentials cannot be met if some learning competencies are not fully developed and
learned. Every quarter, periodical test are given to pupils to assess how far have they learned from the lessons
taught.
 
“We cannot give if we don’t have”, thus children cannot contribute/ help build the nation fully if they
don’t have fully learned and realized the certain competencies and skills that must be developed.
 
It is for these reasons that the author is motivated to make a strategic intervention material in teaching
Science 4 entitled “Changes in Materials That Are Useful or Harmful to One’s Environment”. This study is
conceptualized with the aim of guiding the pupils in a little way, in one way or another to build a clean nation-
conducive for living.
 
The Strategic Intervention Material refer to a teaching aid introduced into the teaching methods to
stimulate the activity of the students and thereby increased their level of understanding (Dy, 2011). It is
strategically prepared and designed for teaching remediation for low achievers in the subject. Furthermore, it is
meant to reteach the concepts and skills( least mastered). It is a material given to students to help them master
competency-based skills which they were not able to develop during a regular classroom teaching. It is given
after the regular classroom instruction to students who were not able to gasp the concepts of the subject
matter.
 
The SIM has five parts namely the Guide Card, Activity Card, Assessment Card, Enrichment Card and the
Reference Card.
 COVER PAGE i

RATIONALE OF THE SIM ii

OVERVIEW iii

TABLE OF CONTENTS iv

Guide Card v

Activity Card ( I ) 1

Activity Card ( II ) 2

Activity Card ( III ) 3

Activity Card ( IV ) 4

Assessment Card ( I ) 5

Assessment Card ( II ) 6

Assessment Card ( III ) 7

Enrichment Card ( I ) 8

Enrichment Card ( II ) 8

Enrichment Card ( III ) 8

Answer Card 9

Reference Card 10

Borrowers’ Cards 11-12

 
This intervention material is about:
 
Some changes in the materials are useful to the environment, while others are harmful. This material
  will provide you more information about changes in the materials whether useful or harmful to one’s
environment. You will be able to learn some suggested ways of preventing/ minimizing the harmful effects of
the changes in the materials to the environment. There are activities prepared for you to be able to understand
the lesson better. Assessment is provided to measure how much you learn.

 What are the objectives of this material? 

 
After taking up this lesson, you are expected to:
1. Recall changes which took place in the materials used in the previous experiment.
2. Identify changes in materials that are useful or harmful to the environment.
3. Suggest some ways of preventing/ minimizing the harmful effects of the changes in the materials to

the environment.
4. Appreciates the useful effects of changes in the materials.
 To learn from this material:

*
 
Read and understand the instruction carefully.
* Do all the activities and exercises.
 
* Answer assessment after you have finished all the activities or exercises.
* Do the enrichment.
  
SAFETY PRECAUTION
Stop, Look and Think!
 Be careful in handling
the materials

Useful Avoid playing while
doing the activity

UNLOCKING OF DIFFICULTIES

Chemical Change- this happens

when a change in matter

produces a new substance

Harmful  
Useful Effect- serving a use or
purpose
 
Harmful Effect- having power to
injure, not friendly
 
Physical Change- is any change
not involving a change in
the substance’s chemical
identity.
 
Pollution- occurs when harmful
chemicals are added to
land, water, or air such
that it can cause living
things to get sick or die
 Need to Belong

Try this activity:

Materials: CAUTION
¼ metre of cloth Practice safety
1 pair of scissors measures when
1 needle
handling sharp
1 roll of thread
Procedure : and pointed
objects
1. Cut the piece of cloth into square – 1 foot by 1 foot
2. Saw the four edges of the cloth UNLOCKING OF
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DIFFICULTIES
1. What change of material is when you cut the cloth?

  Physical Change  
Chemical Change Physical Change- is
 
any change not
2. After the cloth is sewn, what do you have? Can you use it to cover your involving a change

mouth or nose when  you sneeze or cough? Is it…… in the substance’s

useful? chemical identity.
 
harmful?
  
CAUTION

Try this activity: Practice safety

Materials:
Procedure : 2 pcs of waste papers measures when
1 match box handling
1. Make a fire out of the1match match stick
2. Burn the papers up. flammable objects
3. Observe.
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1. What happen to the paper after burning? UNLOCKING OF
What change of material is it? DIFFICULTIES

Physical Change
  Chemical Change-
 Chemical Change
   this happens
2. What have you felt when you smell the
when a change
smoke?
in matter
Is it……
produces a
useful? new substance

harmful? .
  

Material : 5 Pictures showing changes in the material

Procedure: 
1. Group yourselves into four. What you need to
2. Each group will pick up one picture know….
3. Study the picture
4. Answer the questions at its side
 
Useful Effect- serving
a use or purpose
 
Harmful Effect-
having power to
injure, not friendly
 
 
  

Please help me find ways……..

 
Material: Pictures showing changes in the material cause harmful effect.
  Procedure:
1. Group yourselves into five What you need to
2. Each group will get one picture know….
3. Discuss with your group on how to prevent/ minimize pollution /the
harmful effects on the picture shown.
4. Jot down your answers.
Pollution- occurs when
harmful chemicals are
added to land, water,
or air such that it can
cause living things to
get sick or die
 

1. What are ways to prevent/ minimize pollution?

 
 WHAT AM I ? How Much I
have learned?
Note the changes in the state of objects in the
pictures. Write P for Physical change and C for chemical
change.

1. 4.

2.
 5.
 
3.
 
 ANSWER ME PLEASE
Multiple Choice : Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

How Much I have

Learned?
  PAIR ME 
Match the pictures in column A with the suggested ways to prevent/
minimize harmful effects (pollution) in column B
 

How Much I have

Learned?
Congratulations!!!

You have successfully understood what the

changes in materials that is useful or harmful to
one’s environment and some suggested ways to
prevent/ minimize the effects.

This time, try to answer and perform the

enrichment activities prepared for you.

Art Link:
Use your creative mind to draw a picture on the changes in the materials that is useful to one’s
environment and that is harmful. Label it as useful and harmful. Color your drawing.

 Rap it Up !!!!
Compose a simple Rap that prevent/ minimize pollution to our environment.
 Assessment 1.

1. C
2. C
3. P Assessment 3.
4. P
5. P C
E
  A
Assessment 2. B
D
1. C
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. D
Resources (Books)

Lelanie R. Abutay et al.,

Science 4 Learner’s Material Lexicon Press, Inc. First Edition 2015
Science 4 Teacher’s Guide (pp.61-71)
Rebecca R. Fallaria et al. Science Spectrum 4, Copyright,
2004 by Rex Book Store
Carmelita C. Coronel and Norma M. Abracia, Ed. D., Science and Health
4, Copyright 1999 by SD Publications Inc.

Weblinks
http://chemistry.about.com/od/matter/a/10-Physical-Change-Examples.htm
 
http://chemistry.about.com/od/matter/a/10-Chemical-Change-Examples.htm
 
TITLE: CHANGES IN MATERIALS THAT ARE USEFUL OR HARMFUL TO
ONE’S ENVIRONMENT
 
AUTHOR: ELIZABETH C. BALINGIT
SCHOOL: CAMPBAGANG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DISTRICT: BAROBO DISTRICT II
DIVISION: SURIGAO DEL SUR
REGION: CARAGA

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