SPIRALING OF

CHEMISTRY TOPICS
IN THE ELEMENTARY

K TO 12 SCIENCE
CURRICULUM
 Republic Act 10533 of the
Philippines, otherwise known as the
"Enhanced Basic Education Act of
2013", not only adds two years to
basic education and reiterates
universal kindergarten, but also
prescribes the standards and
guidelines the Department of
Education must follow in developing
curriculum. One item under this
prescription is:
 "The curriculum shall use the spiral
progression approach to ensure
Chemistry
 A branch of science that
studies what everything is
made of and how it works.
 Grade 3
 Classifying things as to solid, liquid or
gas. They can describe how objects move
and what makes them move. They can
also identify sources and describe uses of
light, heat, sound, and electricity.
Learners can describe changes in the
conditions of their surroundings. These
would lead learners to become more
curious about their surroundings,
appreciate nature, and practice health
Solid
 Materials that has tightly packed
molecules and keeps its own size and
shape. An apple one example of solid.
When you eat an apple, you probably
don’t think about how many
properties, or observable or
measurable characteristics, that apple
has.
CHARACTERISTICS OF SOLIDS

 Solid may be described in

terms of color, size, shape,
texture and weight. We
use our sense in
identifying objects based
on their characteristics.
Color
Texture
SHAPE
SIZE
 Liquid
 Liquid is another state of matter. It has no
definite shape but it follows the shape of
the container. The particles of liquids move
freely than those of solids. The particles
slide or roll over each other; this is why
liquids have no shape of their own. It has
the ability to flow. Liquids occupy space.
Some liquids have taste and odor/smell.
Characteristics of Liquids

 Characteristics of Liquids
according to how they flow
 Characteristics of Liquids on
how they take the shape of the
container
 Characteristics of Liquids
according to their taste and
odor or smell of liquids
Characteristics of Liquids according to how they flow
Characteristics of Liquids on how they take
the shape of the container
Characteristics of Liquids according to their taste
and odor or smell of liquids
Gas
 A gas is another state of
matter. It has no definite
shape, thus it takes the shape
of the container. We cannot
see them but we can feel
them. In this lesson, you will
find the different
characteristics of gas.
 Characteristics of Gas according to
the shape of the container
 Gases have no definite shape. They take
the shape of the container.
 Characteristics of gases according
to space they occupy
 Gas has no definite shape and volume. It
takes the shape and volume of its
container.
  GRADE 4
 At the end of Grade 4, learners can
investigate changes in some observable
properties of materials when mixed with
other materials or when force is applied
on them. They can identify materials
that do not decay and use this
knowledge to help minimize waste at
home, school, and in the community.
Properties of Matter
 Intensive properties do not depend on the amount
of matter. These include boiling point and color.
 Extensive properties depend on the amount of
matter that is being measured. These include mass
and volume.
 Physical properties can be measured without
changing the chemical's identity. The freezing point
of a substance is physical. When water freezes, it's
still H2O.
 Chemical properties deal with how one chemical
reacts with another. We know that wood is flammable
because it becomes heat, ash, and carbon dioxide
when heated in the presence of oxygen.
 GRADE 5
 At the end of Grade 5, learners can
decide whether materials are safe
and useful by investigating about
some of their properties. They can
infer that new materials may form
when there are changes in
properties due to certain conditions.
Changes of Phase
 There are four states of matter in the
universe: plasma, gas, liquid and solid.
But, matter on Earth exists mostly in
three distinct phases: gas, liquid and
solid. A phase is a distinctive form of a
substance, and matter can change
among the phases. It may take extreme
temperature, pressure or energy, but all
matter can be changed.
 There are six distinct changes of phase which happens to
different substances at different temperatures.
 The six changes are:

 Freezing: the substance changes from a liquid to a solid.

 Melting: the substance changes back from the solid to the
liquid.
 Condensation: the substance changes from a gas to a
liquid.
 Vaporization: the substance changes from a liquid to a gas.
 Sublimation: the substance changes directly from a solid to
a gas without going through the liquid phase.
 Deposition: the substance changes directly from a gas to a
solid without going through the liquid phase.
Sublimation and Deposition
Condensation and Vaporization
 GRADE 6
 At the end of Grade 6, learners recognize
that when mixed together, materials may
not form new ones thus these materials
may be recovered using different
separation techniques. They can prepare
useful mixtures such as food, drinks and
herbal medicines.
 Beneficial Effects of Physical and
Chemical Changes on Health and
Environment
 After firming up your understanding on
scientific method, you have to deepen your
understanding by doing the following
activities. Now that you have learned the
important concepts on physical and chemical
change of matter, you may be wondering
about their importance in your life. Read the
table below and study the health and
environmental benefits of changes in matter.
Question

 Why is it important to learn

chemistry?
Chemistry has a reputation for being a
complicated and boring science, but for the
most part, that reputation is undeserved.
Fireworks and explosions are based on
chemistry, so it's definitely not a boring
science. If you take classes in chemistry,
you'll apply math and logic, which can make
studying chemistry a challenge if you are
weak in those areas. However, anyone can
understand the basics of how things
work...and that's the study of chemistry. In a
nutshell, the importance of chemistry is that
Cooking: Chemistry explains how food changes as you cook it,
how it rots, how to preserve food, how your body uses the food
you eat, and how ingredients interact to make food.
Cleaning: Part of the importance of chemistry is it explains how
cleaning works. You use chemistry to help decide what cleaner is
best for dishes, laundry, yourself, and your home. You use
chemistry when you use bleaches and disinfectants and even
ordinary soap and water. How do they work? That's chemistry.
Medicine: You need to understand basic chemistry so you can
understand how vitamins, supplements, and drugs can help or
harm you. Part of the importance of chemistry lies in developing
and testing new medical treatments and medicines.
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listening…