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MATATAG School Greenfield Montessori School Grade FOUR

K to 10 Curriculum Weekly Level
Learning Plan Name of Teacher Jayson A. Gentica Learning SCIENCE 4
Area
Teaching Dates and Week 3 - DAY 1-5 First
Quarter
Time

DAY 1
I. CURRICULUM CONTENT, STANDARDS, AND LESSON COMPETENCIES
The learners learns that chemical properties of materials determine their
A. Content uses.
Standards

The learners should be able to demonstrate an understanding that

B. Performance science processes can solve everyday problems and use creativity and
Standards
determination to provide examples.
C. Learning Describe changes in properties of materials when exposed to certain
Competencies and Objectives changes in temperature, such changes when wood or coal are burned;
II. CONTENT Change in Matter: Physical Change,Chemical Change

A. References Almazar, L. G., & Santos, M. C. C. (2025). Science and the new world:
Enhanced edition. JO-ES Publishing.
B. Other Learning
Resources
C. Integration of values
IV. TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCEDURES
Before/Pre-Lesson Proper
A. Activating Prior Pre-assessment
Knowledge
Directions: Write TRUE if the sentence is true. If the sentence is false, circle
the word or phrase that makes it wrong. Then write on the blank the word
or phrase that makes the sentence correct.

____________1. A Chemical change makes a new substance.

____________2. The shredding of papers is an example of chemical change.
____________3. Toasting of bread is a chemical change.
____________4. The breaking of tiles is a physical change.
____________5. Demolishing a car is a physical change.

Experiment
What You Need:
 Baking soda tray
 Vinegar spoon
 cup
What To Do:
1. Fill a quarter of the cup with vinegar that you have then
place it on the tray.
2. Next, get a spoonful of the baking soda and put it in the cup.
Do not mix the vinegar. Observe what happens.
3. record your observations and clean the set up.
Questions:
1. What happened when you mixed the baking soda with the
vinegar in the cup?
___________________________________________________
2. What kind of change do you think occurred from the
experiment? Explain.
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During/Lesson Proper
B. Developing and
Deepening Changes in Matter
Understanding of the Change is happening all around us all of the time. Just as
Key Idea/Stem
chemists have classified elements and compounds, they have also
classified types of changes. Changes are either classified as physical
or chemical changes.

PHYSICAL CHANGE IN MATTER

Physical changes are changes in which no bonds are broken
or formed. This means that the same types of compounds or
elements that were there at the beginning of the change are there at
the end of the change. Because the ending materials are the same as
the beginning materials, the properties (such as color, boiling point,
etc.) will also be the same. Physical changes involve moving
molecules around, but not changing them.

Some types of physical changes include:

 Changes of state (changes from a solid to a liquid or a gas and

vice versa)
 Separation of a mixture
 Physical deformation (cutting, denting, stretching)
 Making solutions (special kinds of mixtures)

Examples:
1. Melting ice
As an ice cube melts, its shape changes as it acquires the
ability to flow. However, its composition does not change. Melting is
an example of a physical change.
2. Stretching rubber bands
Rubber bands are not ductile but stretchable. Stretching is a
change in length when materials are made longer than the original
size when a tension force is applied. Shearing or compressing is a
change in length when a material is made shorter after applying
compressive force.
3. Mixing sugar in water
When a sugar is dissolved in water, it seems to disappear
completely. You will not see the particles of sugar in water. However,
by heating the sugar solution and evaporating the water, the sugar
can be recovered in its crystalline form.
4. Squashing
It is a collective term used to describe cutting, chopping,
squeezing, folding, pressing, hammering, smashing and tearing. This
is a process that make a material change its shape, size and/ or form.

A physical change is a change to a sample of matter in which

some properties of the material change, but the identity of the matter
does not. When we heat the liquid water, it changes to water vapor.
But even though the physical properties have changed, the molecules
are exactly the same as before.
Physical changes can further be classified as reversible or
irreversible. The melted ice cube may be refrozen, so melting is a
reversible physical change. Physical changes that involve a change of
state are all reversible. Other changes of state
include vaporization (liquid to gas), freezing (liquid to solid),
and condensation (gas to liquid). Dissolving is also a reversible
physical change.

CHEMICAL CHANGE IN MATTER

When a chemical change occurs, the composition of the original
materials is changed to a new material. The original characteristics of
the material can no longer easily be identified.
Examples:
1. Burning piece of paper
When you burn a piece of paper you produce ash and smoke. The
piece of paper is changed to a new material called ash.

2. Heating sugar in a pan

When you heat sugar in a pan, you will see bubbles until no sugar
can be seen anymore. Instead, you will see a piece of dry, black
substance called carbon. When the sugar is heated, the molecules
break up. Some substances go into the air. Carbon is left in the pan.

3. Rusting of iron
When you leave a piece of iron metal on the ground, it may start
to rust. Rust is formed when iron reacts with oxygen and water.

4. Decayed food
Some food when left overnight on the table may start to spoil/
decay. This chemical reaction is caused by the production of gas
creating unpleasant smell.

Look closely at the matchstick. It is made up of two parts- a small

stick made of wood and a head containing a chemical. Light the
match. Its dark or red tip burst into flame. The flame is a sign that a
chemical change has taken place. The flame burns the stick. Blow the
flame. Compare the burned part of the stick with the unburned part.
Are they the same?

A chemical change is characterized by the formation of new

substances with new properties and compositions. In a chemical
change, the identifying characteristics of the original substances are
lost.
When a match burns, it gives off combustion gases like carbon
dioxide. The matchstick is converted into charcoal when lighted.

Seatwork 1
Directions: Identify if the following changes in matter is an example
of chemical change. Write P if it is Physical change then write C if its
chemical change.

_____1. Iron rusting _____6. Bending wire

_____2. Baking a cake _____7. Rotting banana
_____3. Explosion of fireworks _____8. Tying a rope in a knot.
_____4. Boiling Water _____9. Decomposition of waste
_____5. Adding milk to cereal _____10. Digestion of food

Seatwork 2

Direction: Group the following objects based on what changes they

undergone.
Curdled milk ripened mango
rancid butter cushioned bed
browning banana cooked rice
sagged electrical wire exposed left over food
baked cake corroded fence
Physical Change Chemical Change

Seatwork 3
Direction: Compare and contrast physical and chemical change using
Venn diagram.
After/Post-Lesson Proper
C. Making Generalizations
and Abstractions
Changes in Matter

Changes in matter happen everywhere and can be classified into two

types: physical changes and chemical changes.

Physical changes occur when the appearance or state of a material

changes, but its composition remains the same. No new substances
are formed, and the original molecules stay unchanged. Examples
include melting ice, stretching rubber bands, dissolving sugar in
water, and cutting or squashing materials. Physical changes can often
be reversed, like freezing melted water back into ice or evaporating
water to get sugar crystals.

Chemical changes happen when a substance’s composition

changes, producing new materials with different properties. The
original substance’s characteristics disappear. Examples include
burning paper (which produces ash and smoke), heating sugar until it
turns into carbon, rusting iron when exposed to oxygen and water,
and food spoiling. Chemical changes are usually not reversible by
simple means.

A good example is a burning match: the flame and formation of

charcoal show a chemical change because new substances are
created.

C. Evaluating Learning Weekly assessment

1. Which of the following best describes a physical change?

A) New substances are formed
B) The original material’s identity stays the same
C) Chemical bonds are broken and formed
D) A gas is always produced

2. Which of these is an example of a physical change?

A) Burning paper
B) Rusting iron
C) Melting ice
D) Cooking an egg

3. When sugar dissolves in water, what kind of change occurs?

A) Chemical change because the sugar changes to a new substance
B) Physical change because sugar molecules stay the same
C) Chemical change because water is changed
D) None of the above

4. Which of the following is TRUE about melting ice?

A) It produces a new substance
B) It is a reversible physical change
C) The water molecules change into different molecules
D) It cannot be changed back to ice

5. What happens to the composition of matter during a chemical

change?
A) It remains exactly the same
B) It changes into a new substance with new properties
C) It only changes its shape or form
D) It turns into a liquid only

6. Which is an example of a chemical change?

A) Cutting paper into pieces
B) Rusting of iron
C) Freezing water
D) Stretching a rubber band

7. When sugar is heated in a pan until it turns black, this is because:

A) Sugar melted into a liquid
B) Sugar dissolved in water
C) Sugar molecules broke down and formed new substances
D) Sugar changed state from solid to gas

8. Why is burning a match considered a chemical change?

A) The matchstick changes color but stays the same material
B) The stick remains unchanged
C) New substances like gases and charcoal are formed
D) Only the size of the match changes

9. Which process can be reversed easily?

A) Rusting of iron
B) Melting of ice
C) Burning paper
D) Decaying food

10. Which of the following shows a physical change and NOT a

chemical change?
A) Food spoiling
B) Paper burning
C) Water evaporating
D) Iron rusting

Answer Key
1. B) The original material’s identity stays the same

2. C) Melting ice

3. B) Physical change because sugar molecules stay the same

4. B) It is a reversible physical change

5. B) It changes into a new substance with new properties

6. B) Rusting of iron

7. C) Sugar molecules broke down and formed new substances

8. C) New substances like gases and charcoal are formed

9. B) Melting of ice

10.C) Water evaporating

Performance Task

Goal The learners goal is minimize the household

waste o your baranggay

Role An advocate or organic farming

Audience The residents of your baranggay

Situation The learners need to create a recipe of an

organic fertilizer using household waste and
discuss its benefits and how it will help your
community garden.
Procedure The learners need to create a recipe of an
organic fertilizer and discuss it to the residents o
the baranggay its ingredients, its benefits to the
baranggay and its community garden.

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