Classifying
Objects and
Materials
What I Need to Know
This module was designed and written with you in
mind. It is here to help you master the skill of classifying
objects and materials as solid, liquid, and gas based on
some observable characteristics (S3MT-lc-d-2). The scope
of this module allows it to be used in many different
learning situations. The language used recognizes the
different vocabulary levels of students. The lessons are
arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course.
But the order in which you read them can be changed to
be similar to the textbook you are now using.
What I Need to Know
The module is divided into four lessons,
namely:
• Lesson 1 – Objects and Materials
Around Us and their Properties
• Lesson 2 – Solid Objects or Materials
and their Characteristics
• Lesson 3 – Liquid Objects or
Materials and their Characteristics
• Lesson 4 – Gaseous Objects or
Materials and their Characteristics
After going through this module, you are expected to be
able to:
1. Identify and describe objects and
materials at home, in school, and the
surroundings and classify them as solid,
liquid, and gas.
2. Recognize and describe the
observable characteristics of solid as
to color, size, shape, and texture.
3. Describe observable characteristics of
liquid as to its ability to flow and how
they occupy space.
4. Name and describe observable
characteristics of gas.
What I Know
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the
chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper. If you answer
all the five questions modules correctly, you may skip this
module, but if you do not, you will continue with the
activities of this module.
1. Helen walks to school every day. One afternoon,
when she was on her way back to their house, it
rained very hard. “Aha! It is good that I brought with
me my umbrella”, she said. The rain is an example of
.
A. solid B. liquid C. gas D. solid and
gas
2. A ripe mango is yellow. Which characteristic of solid
determines the underlined word?
A. Size B. shape C. Color D.
texture
3. Which of the following materials is gas?
A. smoke B. water C. alcohol D. paper
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Solid has weight and occupies space.
B. Liquid flows and takes the shape of the
containers.
C. Gas is everywhere. It has weight and it
occupies space.
D. Liquid and gas have no weight but occupy
space.
2. Which of the following statement is true?
a. Solid objects and materials can be
classified as to color, size, shape, and
texture.
b. Gas cannot fill the shape of the
container.
c. Liquid flows and has no weight.
d. Solid, liquid, and gas can be classified
according to shape and odor only.
Lesson Objects and Materials
Around Us and their
1
Properties
Matter Around Us
By: Amor M. Garcia
Solid, Liquid, Gas These are things around us
We can see them; we can touch them And
sometimes we can only feel them
Solid, Liquid, Gas, we see them every day We
feel them every day; they are lovely Cause they
differ in many ways
They differ in size; they differ in shape.
They even differ in color, especially their texture
Solid, Liquid, Gas… they are useful for us
Let us observe them and learn more about them.
What’s In
There are different objects and materials found at
home, in school, or the community. They are called matters.
They can be solid, liquid and gas.
Name five (5) objects or materials that can be found
at home. Write them in the box below and say something
about their characteristics. Do this on a separate piece of
paper.
What’s New
Everything around us is matter.
Matter is anything that has weight and takes
up space.
Everything you can see and touch is made up
of matter.
Matter comes in different shapes and sizes.
What’s New
Why does
matter come in
different sizes
and shapes?
Well, that is because matter comes in
three forms: solid, liquid, and gas. Solid,
liquid, and gas will fill up space in different
ways depending upon how big, small, long,
or short the object is.
What’s New
Let us explore more
about them and their
properties!
What is It
Examples of solids are flowers, tables, and
chairs. Solids have shape, color, texture, and size.
Liquids are objects that we can also touch
and see. They change shape depending on the
container. It has weight. Water is a famous
example of liquid.
Gas is another form of matter. It cannot be
seen but is around us. We can feel it. Gas has
weight and occupies space. It has no shape or
size. The air we inhale is a gas.
What’s More
Everything
around us is
matter.
You can classify them into solid,
liquid, and gas.
Which object is solid? pencil
___________________
, water container
Which object is sliquid?juice
___________________
, milk in a glass
Smoke from the car
Which object is gas?Air___________________
coming out from the balloon
Write S if the object is solid and L if the object is liquid and G
if it is gas.
1. Sweet juice
2. An empty glass
3. A kilo of nail
4. Creamy milk
5. Air in the balloon
What I Have Learned
Matter is everything around us.
It has mass and weight.
Three forms or states of matter are Solid,
Liquid, and Gas
What I can Do
Obects and materials found at home are matter.
Can you identify them? Draw three (3) examples for each
phase.
Solid Liquid Gas
Answer the following questions.
•What state of matter is the object or material that you
draw?
___________________________________________________
Assessment
Direction: Write T if the statement is true and F if it is
false.
1. Solid has no definite shape and weight.
2. A solid can be described through its shape,
color, size and texture.
3. Liquid has the ability to flow.
4. Gas occupies the space of the container.
5. Liquid and gas take the shape of the container.
Additional Activities
Directions: Compare the following states of matter.
Write Yes if the statement will answer the state of
matter and No if it is not.
Description Solid Liquid Gas
1. It can be touched.
2. It can be seen.
3. It has definite shape.
4. It has volume.
5. It takes the shape of
the container.
Lesson Solid Objects or
2 Materials and their
Characteristics
What’s In
In the previous lesson, you have learned
that there are three forms or states of matter
namely solid, liquid, and gas. In this lesson,
you will learn more about solid. Solid has
different observable characteristics. It has
shape, size, color, and texture.
What’s In
Solids have different shapes such as
round, square, rectangle, triangle, and
oblong. They have different colors, too.
They can be red, blue, yellow, orange,
green, brown, gray, white, and black.
What’s In
Solid has its size. You can measure their
length and width using a ruler for small
objects, and a meter stick for longer objects. It
may have similar and different sizes, such as
tall, long, short, big, and small.
You can describe the
objects and materials' texture
through your sense of touch,
whether it is rough, hard, and
soft.
What’s New
Describe how these of objects were classified. Try
this.
Object Color Shape Size Texture
red circle small rough
ball
green rectangle big smooth
book
blue square small smooth
box
black circle big smooth
wall clock
yellow square big smooth
pillow
What’s New
For Example:
The color of the ball is red. The ball is small. Its shape is
a circle. It is rough when you touch it.
Now it is your
turn!
What’s New
Look for solid materials around you. List them
below and tell their observable characteristics. Do this
in your notebook.
OBJECT COLOR SHAPE SIZE TEXTURE
What is It
Activity 1. Connect the solid in Column A with its opposite
size in Column B.
A B
What is It
Activity 2. Mark (/) if the object is Rough and (x) if the object is
Smooth.
What is It
Mark (/) if the object is Hard and (x) if the object is Soft.
What is It
Answer the quetion:
1. What are the observable characteristics of solid
objects?
___________________________________________________
_________________________________________
What’s More
Let us master this!
Direction: Identify the shape, color, size,
and texture of the following objects.
Write your answer in the space provided.
1. Shape
Color
Size
Texture
2. Shape
Color
Size
Texture
3. Shape
Color
Size
Texture
4. Shape
Color
Size
Texture
5. Shape
Color
Size
Texture
What I have Learned
Solids have certain color, size, shape, and
texture.
Solids have different colors. They can be
red, blue, yellow, orange, green, brown,
gray, white, and black.
Solids have different shapes, such as round,
square, rectangle, triangle, and oblong.
Solids have different sizes such as big, small,
long, short and tall.
Solids have texture. It can be smooth or
rough.
Solid can be classified according to color,
size, shape, and textures.
What I Can Do
Directions: Name and identify the color, shape, size and
texture of the objects.
Assessment
Directions: Match the characteristics of solid in Column A to
Column B. Choices in Column B can be used twice. Write the
letter of your answer in the space provided.
Column A Column B
1. round table A. size
2. green mango B. shape
3. rough surface C. color
4. big notebook D. texture
5. soft pillow
Additional Activities
Directions: Write the different observable characteristics of
solid to complete the graphic organizer. Do this in your
notebook.
Lesson
Liquid Objects or
3 Materials and their
Characteristics
What’s In
Liquid is an object that occupies space and takes
the shape of a container. It can be poured and flow
fast or slow.
In this lesson, you will learn the different
observable characteristics or properties of
liquids.
What’s In
Notes to the Teacher
Learning by doing is exciting. Be guided with
an adult or your parents for safety measures.
You may assist the learner in coming up with
his/her observation.
What’s In
Observe the drawing.
Picture 1 Picture 2
How does the liquid flow?
Picture
1 :______________________________
__
Observe the different characteristics of liquid. Record or
write your observations
Let us try these.
1. Pour water into a glass.
2. Fill in a basin with water.
How does the liquid flow?
Picture
2 :______________________________
__
Answer the following questions:
1. What have you observed when you poured
water on a glass?
2. What have you observed when you fill in a basin
with water? How did you do it?
3. When you compare the shape of the water in a
glass and in a basin. What have you observe?
____________
What’s New
Liquids come in different colors, like
black, red, and yellow. Some liquids are
colorless. They also vary in taste. Some are
sweet, sour, bitter, or salty. They have good
smell like perfume, syrup, shampoo, and
fabric conditioner, others have bad odor like
fish sauce and vinegar. Some liquids are
odorless.
Direction. Put a checkmark on its appropriate
column.
A. Taste Chart
Taste
Liquids Sweet Sour Bitter Salty
Vinegar
Chocolate milk
Ampalaya soup
Soy sauce
Lemon juice
B. Smell or odor Chart
Smell or odor
Liquids Good Bad
Perfume
Gasoline
Bleach
Fabric conditioner
Cologne
What is It
You can classify liquids
according to their observable
characteristics. You can group them
according to color, shape, taste, and
smell.
Record your observations. Write your answer in the
space provided for you.
Descriptions
Name of
Liquid Color Shape Taste Smell
Soy sauce
Honey
Fish sauce
Perfume
Shampoo
What’s More
Liquid has the ability to flow. Some
liquids flow fast while some flow slow.
Based on your observation, classify the
following examples of liquid on these
particular characteristics.
oil cola honeysoy sauce ketchup
Flow Fast Flow Slow
What I Have Learned
Liquid takes the shape of the container
Liquid can be poured and flows fast or slow.
Liquids have different colors, like black,
white, and yellowish. Some are colorless.
Liquids vary in taste. Some are sweet, sour,
bitter, or salty.
Liquids have good or bad smells or odors.
Some are odorless.
What I Can Do
Describe how the following materials flow.
Direction: Choose your answer in the word bank to
complete the sentence.
Word Bank: whiter sweeter faster
cough syrup
caramel
water
honey
milk
Word Bank: whiter sweeter faster
cough syrup
caramel
water
honey
milk
1. Water flows than the milk.
2. Honey taste than the cough
syrup.
3. Milk is than the caramel.
Assessment
Direction: Supply the missing word. Write the word on the
blank to complete the paragraph.
Liquid takes the shape of the . It has ability
to flow
or . Furthermore,
liquids have different colors, like black, white
and yellow. The taste can be , ,
or salty. Its smell can be or bad.
Additional Activities
Direction: Blacken the box if the statement describes liquid.
It has the ability to flow.
It has no definite shape.
It has different colors.
It takes the shape of the container.
It has rough texture.
Lesson Gaseous Objects or
Materials and their
4 Characteristics
What’s In
Air is around us. Air is an
example of a gas. We cannot see it,
but we can feel and smell it. We see
object moves. In this lesson, you will
learn different observable
characteristics of gas.
Have you tried flying a
kite?
• How did the kite fly? ___________________________
• What did the kite need to fly?
________________________
What’s New
Gas is another state of matter. It
does not have a definite shape and size. It
spreads out to fill its container. It cannot be
seen but can be felt.
Study the picture
below.
Answer the following questions:
1. What was the girl doing?
______
2. How did she do it?____________
3. What did you discover?
________
What is It
Gas has no definite size and shape,
but it takes the shape of the container. Air
fills and moves freely in the container.
Observe the
picture below
It is your turn to do this!
[Link] air in the balloon or plastic bag. What
happened?
[Link] do you tink it happened?
What’s More
Direction: Put a checkmark on the object that can be filled
with air.
1. tire
2. pitcher
3. gas tank
4. rubber ball
5. sponge
What I Have Learned
Gas does not have a definite shape and
size.
Gas spreads out to fill its container.
Air fills and moves freely in the
container.
What I Can Do
Direction: Write Yes if the statement is correct and No if it is not.
1. Gas does not have a definite shape
and size.
2. Air does not occupy space.
3. We can see the air around us.
4. Air moves freely in the container.
5. We can keep the air inside our
pockets.
Assessment
Directions: Fill in the missing word. Write the word in the blank to
complete the paragraph.
Gas is another state of
. It does not have definite
_____and .
It spreads out to fill its
______. Moreover, gas cannot be seen
but we can__________it like the air.
Additional Activities
Directions: Look at the words in box. Check those that you
think are example of gas.
Inflated balloon oxygen tank thin book
block of wood marbles steam
pineapple juice fire extinguisher air pump
Assessment
Directions : Group the following objects below. Draw and
write their names on the proper column.
Solid Liquid Gas
How did you
classify the
objects?
Additional Activities
Activity I. Direction: Use your crayons. Color the word RED
if it is a solid, BLUE if it is a liquid, and YELLOW if it is a gas.
ballpen scissor oil
eye glass smoke vinegar
lemon juice Ink plastic balloon
oxygen bath soap
Activity II. Classify whether the object is a liquid or a gas.
Write the word Liquid or Gas in the opposite box. Do this in
your notebook.
Object Classification
1. Balloon
2. Flowing water
3. Smoke
4. Sunkist Cola
5. LPG
