1. Properties of
Prepared by : Mrs. Shirley P. Valera
SY 201-2015
St. Augustine / St. Francis
2. Objectives
• Identify the characteristics of matter in
terms of their properties.
• Conclude that matter occupies space and
has weight.
3. Fast sharing
matter
Discussion on their responses in the fast sharing activity.
4. Choose one object and describe all the
properties that they can observe about
the object.
5. Collaborative activity:
Activity 5.1 : Properties of Matter
I.Problem : What are the properties of matter?
II. What You need:
platform balance block of wood drinking glass
Pencil stone marker
Book water a pail with water
Deflated balloon paper clips
6. Collaborative activity:
Activity 5.1 : Properties of Matter
III. What to do:
Part A.
1. Prepare the platform balance.
2. Get the mass of the book, block of wood,
pencil, and stone separately. Get also the
mass of water in the glass and the mass of
air inside the inflated balloon ( with the
teachers guidance ).
3. Record their mass.
7. Collaborative activity:
Activity 5.1 : Properties of Matter
III. What to do:
Part B.
1. Half-fill a glass with water. Use the marker
to mark the level of water.
2. Drop the stone in the glass.
Part C.
1. Invert an empty glass and dip it into the pail
of water. Do not tilt the glass.
2. Take the glass of the water while keeping it
upside down.
8. Collaborative activity:
Activity 5.1 : Properties of Matter
IV. What have you formed out?
1. What is the mass of the:
a. book - d. stone –
b. pencil - e. water in glass-c.
block of wood - f. air inside the balloon-
2. What happened to the level of the water
when you dropped the stones.
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3. What happened inside the glass?
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9. Collaborative activity:
Activity 5.1 : Properties of Matter
V. Conclusion:
What two properties of matter are shown in
this activity?
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11. The book , wood,
pencil, stone , air
and water have mass.
The rising of the
level of water in the
glass shows that
matter occupies
space. When glass is
inverted and dipped
into the pail of
water , water did not
enter the glass
because the trapped
air inside the glass
12. The activity shows two important properties of
matter.
1. Matter has mass
2. Matter occupies space. It has a volume.
13. Self-exploration:
Mass – is the pull of gravity on
matter.
Ex. Dropping an object, it will fall
to the floor because of the earth’s
gravity that pull all objects
toward it.
14. Weighing an object is measuring the
pull of gravity. Gravity controls the
weight of an object.
15. Getting closer to the center of the earth, the
pull of gravity gets stronger, weigh is more.
Moving away from the center of the earth, the
pull of gravity gets weaker , weigh is less.
Weigh is slightly less on top of a high mountain
than in plain.
16. Gravity is a force that pulls all objects
toward the center of the earth.
17. • Weight is sometimes interchanged with the
word mass because they are related. The mass
of an object is reflected by its weight. The more
mass an object has, the greater its weight is.
• Mass refers to the amount of matter an object
contains. It is not affected by gravity.
18. The pull of gravity on Earth , Moon, and Jupiter are
different from each other because they are not the
same size. Therefore , te weight of an object will be
different in Earth, Moon, and Jupiter, but the mass of
the same object will not change.
Study the chart
Variables Earth Moon Jupiter Remarks
Mass 6 kg 6 kg 6 kg Same
Weight 6 kg 1 kg 15 kg Change
Gravity 1 1/6 2.5 different
20. Discussion on their answers to the
following questions:
a. How does matter become beneficial to our
daily life?
b. Why is it important to understand the
properties of matter?
21. Discussion on their answers to the
following questions:
6. Let the children read the paragraph about
“Density”(Science and environment) on page
219 of the
22. • Let the pupils compose a song (or video: song
of matter)
25. Evaluation
A. What is the difference between weight and
mass?
B. How do you measure the volume of regular
solids?
C. How do you measure the volume of irregular
solids?
