Topic / Title The Particle Nature of Matter: Common Properties of Matter

Grade Level 8
Time Allotment 1 hr
Performance Standard
The learners shall be able to:

a) present how water behaves in its different states within the water cycle

Learning Competency
The learners should be able to …

a) explain the properties of solids, liquids, and gases based on the particle nature of matter; (S8MT-IIIab-8)

OBJECTIVE/S:
a) Describe common properties of matter;
b) Distinguish properties of matter from those of non-matter;
c) Demonstrate the skill of measuring mass;

ELICIT (3 minutes) MATERIALS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY LEARNERS’ ACTIVITY  Chalk
Fill the bubble web below with words related to the and
word written at the center of the web. board
ATOM MOLECULEs

SOLUTIONS MATTER SOLID

MATTER

GAS LIQUID

ENGAGE (7minutes)
Motivational Questions:
a) Do everything you see a matter?
b) Do everything you feel/touch a matter?
c) Do everything you smell a matter?
d) Do everything you taste a matter?
e) Is a book a matter? Why? Why not?
f) How about a cellphone, is it a matter? Or
not? Why? Why not?
Guide Questions:
a) What are the features of your
cellphones?
EXPLORE (20 minutes)
 With regards to the features of your
cellphones you have presented, let us try to
find whether they are matter or non-matter.
 The teacher will group the learners into 5,
give necessary instructions and laboratory
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 Book
No, not all the things we see are matter. Some do  Cellphone
not have mass and volume.
No, not all the things we feel or touch are matter.
Some do not have mass and volume.
No, not all the thing we smell are matter. Some
do not have mass and volume.
No, not everything we taste are matter. Some do
not have mass and volume.
Yes. Because we can see it, touch it smell it and
even taste it. Some do not have mass and
volume.
Yes, Because we can see it, touch and we are
using it every day. It has mass and it also
occupies space.
Some are small others are big. Some are light,
others are heavy. It can also be used as a source
of light and for playing music as well.
The students will perform the Activity 1; Which is  1 teaspoon
matter, which is not? (LM p.p. 171 -172) sugar in a
plastic cup
or small
Procedure:
1. Among the materials displayed in front of you, which beaker
do you think is classified as matter? Put a check ( )
 rules, and distributes worksheets and under the appropriate column in Table 1. You may  ½ cup
materials needed. make a table similar to the one below. With your group tapwater
mates, discuss the reason to explain your answer for  piece,
each sample. Write your answer in the last column. stone or
small rock
Is the sample Reason for your  1 piece,
Sample matter or not? balloon 3
Yes No Not sure answer
pieces of
Sugar It has mass and it
Granules
√ occupies space.
leaves
(from any
It has mass and it plant or
Water √ occupies space. tree)
It has mass and it  5 small
Stone √ occupies space. wide-
Air inside It has mass and it mouthed
ball
√ occupies space. bottles or
It has mass and it cups or
Leaves √ occupies space. 150-mL or
It has mass and it 200-mL
Smoke √ occupies space. beakers
Light √ It is a form of energy  1 platform
balance or
Heat √ It is a form of energy
weighing
scale 1
2. If your group cannot agree on a common answer, small air
you may put a check mark under “not sure” and write pump
all the reasons given by the members of your group.

3. Using a flatform balance, measure and record the

mass of each of the given samples.
EXPLAIN (15 minutes)
What similarities do you observe among the first The first five samples have measurable mass and
five given samples? occupy space.

Does each sample have a measurable mass? Yes.

Do you think that each sample occupies space? Yes

How about smoke? Does it have mass? Does it Yes. If it will be collected in a close container, it
occupy space? Explain your answer. will take the shape of the container.

Do you think that heat and light have mass? Do
they occupy space?
ELABORATE/EXTEND (10 minutes)
What are the things to consider to tell whether a
sample is a matter?
No. Because they are forms of energy.
When a sample has mass and at occupies a
space at the same time.

What is mass then? Mass is the amount of a matter present in an

object?

How are you going to get the mass of an object? We can get the mass of an object using flatform
balance on any other weighing tool.

What do you call the space occupied by an The space occupied by an object is called
object? Volume.

Going back to your cellphone, what are the Being light or heavy because it determines its
properties that proves it is a matter? mass. It also occupies space.
EVALUATION (7 minutes)

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Examine the samples and complete the table
below:  Cellphone
Does it Occupy Matter/ Does it Occupy Matter/ battery
Sample Mass Space? Non-Matter/ Sample Mass Space? Non-Matter/  Silicon
(Yes/No) Not Sure (Yes/No) Not Sure case
Cellphone Cellphone
150g Yes Matter  Flatform
Battery Battery balance
Silicon Silicon
case case
10g Yes Matter
Music/ Music/
sound sound
0 No Non-Matter

G8A_1&2_1_1_Particle Nature of Matter

Prepared by: DAYAG, RADIINSTEIN P. DIZA, RUSCHELL P. FAGARAGAN, JENNY C.
JACINTO, LEA O. MARTINEZ, ANGELICA B. OCAMPO, BABILYN B.
OLOG, REYNALDO D. ONDO, MARYBELL O. PASTORES, JUVELYN M.
SALADINO, JEMALYN R. SOTOZA, AUDEE JEY M.

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