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Science
Quarter 4 – Module 3
Taking Care of our Earth
Science – Grade 1 SSES
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 4 – Module 3: Taking Care of our Earth
First Edition, 2020

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Science
Quarter 4 – Module 3
Taking Care of our Earth
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
Welcome to the Science – Grade 1 SSES Alternative Delivery
Mode (ADM) module on Taking Care of our Earth.
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and
reviewed by educators both from public and private institutions to
assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the
standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their
personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided
and independent learning activities at their own pace and time.
Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st
century skills while taking into consideration their needs and
circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see
this box in the body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that will
help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how

to use this module. You also need to keep track of the learners'
progress while allowing them to manage their own learning.
Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners
as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:

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 Welcome to the Science – Grade 1 SSES Alternative Delivery
Mode (ADM) module on Taking Care of our Earth.
This module was designed to provide you with fun and
meaningful opportunities for guided and independent learning at
your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the contents
of the learning resource while being an active learner.
This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of

the skills or competencies you
are expected to learn in the
module.
What I Know
This part includes an
activity that aims to check what
you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the
answers correct (100%), you
may decide to skip this module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review

to help you link the current
lesson with the previous one.
What’s New In this portion, the new
lesson will be introduced to
you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a
problem opener, an activity or
a situation.

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What is It This section provides a
brief discussion of the lesson.
This aims to help you discover
and understand new concepts
and skills.
What’s More This comprises activities for
independent practice to
solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may
check the answers to the
exercises using the Answer Key
at the end of the module.
What I Have Learned This includes questions or
blank sentence/paragraph to
be filled in to process what you
learned from the lesson.
What I Can Do This section provides an
activity which will help you
transfer your new knowledge
or skill into real life situations
or concerns.
Assessment This is a task which aims to
evaluate your level of mastery
in achieving the learning
competency.
Additional Activities In this portion, another
activity will be given to you to
enrich your knowledge or skill
of the lesson learned.

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 Answer Key This contains answers to all
activities in the module.

At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used

in developing this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on
any part of the module. Use a separate sheet of paper in
answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the
other activities included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking
your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.

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 6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are
through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this
module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator.
Always bear in mind that you are not alone.
We hope that through this material, you will experience
meaningful learning and gain deep understanding of the relevant
competencies. You can do it!

What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is

here to help you master the skill in predicting what may happen if we
do not care for the Earth. The scope of this module permits it to be
used in many different learning situations. The language used
recognizes the diverse vocabulary level 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 correspond with the
textbook you are now using.

The module is about:

Lesson 1 – Taking Care of our Earth

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. identify the ways of taking care of the Earth;
2. describe the effects of harmful practices of people to the
Earth; and
3. value the importance of taking care of our environment.

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 What I Know

Read each sentence carefully. Draw a happy face if the

following situations show care and concern for the earth or sad face
if it is NOT. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Jodi turned off the television when she was done watching her
favorite cartoon series to save energy.
2. Erwin throws the garbage in the river. He thinks it will serve as
a food to the fish.
3. Mother always reminds her child to turn off the faucet when it
is not in use.
4. Leo and his friend use empty plastic containers to plant
vegetables in their backyard.
5. Yumi joins the tree planting activity held by their barangay
captain.

Lesson
Taking Care of our Earth
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Earth is our home. There is no other planet where people,
plants and animals can survive. However, people now face many
problems concerning the environment.
When Earth, the place that we are living in, is not as clean as it
used to be, what might happen to us?
We should care for the environment. What can we do to help
solve problems concerning the environment?

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 What’s In
Read each statement carefully. Put a check ( ) if the statement is
correct or cross (x) if it is NOT. Do it on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Children should take care of the environment.
2. Instead of using plastic bags, use paper bags or reusable bags.
3. Polluted water is safe to drink.
4. Throwing your waste everywhere is a good practice.
5. It is healthy to live in a dirty place.

What’s New

Read the story below.

Family Santos Dinner
Family Santos loves to eat dinner together while watching the
evening news. They are happy to hear good news but they feel sad
for the bad news.

A strong typhoon will enter the country. Roni asked his parents
why landslides and flooding always happen when there is a typhoon.

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His father answered, “One of the reasons is because of logging”.
While her mother answered, our environment is already abused by
the people that is why floods and landslides occur.
What should we do to take care of our environment? Rona
asked.
What might happen if people continue abusing our Earth? Roni
asked again.

What is It

Based on the story, let us help Roni and Rona answer their
questions.
Some of the activities of people bring harmful changes to Earth.
People should be awakened from the reality that our environment is
vulnerable. In many places, land, water, and air become polluted.
Pollution happens when land, water, and air get dirty.

Logging which is cutting

of trees is one of the reasons
why our forests are dying.
Even animals and plants are in
danger of becoming extinct.

Many people living on

a mountain side suffers from
the soil erosion. Whenever it
rains heavily or a strong
typhoon came landslides
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always occur.
 Tree-planting activities
can help save our nature by
preventing floods and soil
erosion.

Bodies of water get

dirty when people dump
garbage into rivers, seas,
lakes, and even canals.
Polluted water can kill
aquatic animals and plants.
It also makes water unsafe
to drink.

The garbage you throw inappropriately will return to you in

some ways. Flooding is a big problem in our country nowadays.
Whenever it rains heavily or a strong typhoon comes, flooding in
many areas happens.

Practice wastes
segregation. Throw your
wastes in trash cans. Reuse
and recycle. Sell old
newspapers and bottles.

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 Harmful gases from
factories and cars make the
air dirty. Polluted air is
dangerous. It can make
people sick.

Walking and riding a

bike in going to the work
place and other places is a
big help to reduce air
pollution.

People who ride their bikes or take a walk are not just helping
the environment, but they are also exercising and practicing a
healthy lifestyle.
If people practice different helpful ways to show care for the
environment, our Mother Earth can be a safer place to live in.

What’s More

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 Activity 1. Find the five hidden words related to environment in
the puzzle below. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
L A I R G R L A
P O L I W S E S
O E A U I N G B
L W N O H L O R
L D D R J K M D
U F A I R Y Q H
T B H H F J E T
I E Y W A T E R
O D I L R O T A
N M O O T T H E

Activity 2. Determine what is being described in each item.

Arrange the jumbled letters and write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. It happens when land, water, and the air are dirty.
L–O–L–U–P–N–O–T–I

2. It is the result of logging in the forest.

L–I–S–0 N–O–S–I–E–R-O

3. As a result of dumping garbage in rivers, seas, lakes, and canals,

this is one of the problems that we encounter when heavy rains
pour or a strong typhoon enters the country.

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 D–I–N–G–L–O–O-F

4. It is the result of harmful gases from factories and cars. It can

make people sick.
I–R–A T–O–P–U–L–N–O–L–I

5. This water kills aquatic animals and plants.

O–L–T- U–L–P–E–D R–E–T–A-W

Activity 3. Read and analyze each statement. Write TRUE if the

statement is correct or FALSE if it is NOT. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Joining tree-planting activities can help save nature.
2. Reusing and recycling plastic bottles help us to lessen the waste
in our community.
3. Polluted water cannot kill aquatic animals and plants.
4. Some animals and plants in the forest can be gone because of
logging.
5. Riding a bicycle in going to the market and other places is a big
help to reduce air pollution.

What I Have Learned

Complete the paragraph using the words in the box. Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper.

air environment helpful land survive

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 When Earth, the place that we live in, is not as clean as it used
to be, there is no place where people and animals can
___________________. (1)
Pollution happens when ___________________,
(2) water and
___________________
(3)
get dirty.
(4)
Harmful activities of people affect the _____________. People
need to practice different ___________________ ways (5) to show care

for the environment.

What I Can Do

Problem
What might happen if we do not care for the Earth?
Materials: Checklist
Procedure
Answer the checklist by putting a check ( ) according to your
own experience.

Situations Always Sometimes Never

1. I practice waste segregation in

our home.

2. I recycle my used plastic

bottles.

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3. I plant trees in our yard.

4. I turn off the faucet when it is

not in use.

5. I tell other people why they

should care for the environment
too.

Observation
1. What is the importance of practicing waste segregation in your
home?
2. What benefits can you get from recycling plastic bottles?
3. What do you think are the benefits to the environment if
people will plant more trees?
4. Why do you think telling other people that they should care for
the environment is important?
5. What have you learned from the activity?

Assessment
Read and analyze each sentence. Choose the letter of the
correct answer. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What happens if we do NOT care for the Earth?
A. It will become free from pollution.
B. It will nourish more plants and animals.
C. It will sustain the environment’s beauty.
D. It will become polluted and cause harmful effects on
people’s health.

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2. Which of the following situations do NOT show care for the
Earth?
A. Toni turns off the lights when it is not in use.
B. Lester and his friends join tree planting activity.
C. Dora throws the wrapper of candy in the garden.
D. Wilma uses a refillable water bottle and reusable lunch
container.

3. People living in Barangay Magkaisa throw their garbage in the

river. What is the harmful effect of throwing garbage in the
river?
A. Aquatic animals and plants will die.
B. The water in the river will become cleaner.
C. The river will become free from toxic materials.
D. The garbage will serve as food to the fishes in the river.

4. Smoke from vehicles and harmful gases from factories are

dangerous to people’s health. What is the best way to reduce
air pollution?
A. Lessen the use of a car.
B. Increase the use of wood stove.
C. Always spray insecticide in your home.
D. Continue burning leaves, trash, and other waste materials.

5. A strong typhoon came to our country. It poured a lot of

rainwater. Canals in Barangay Luna were clogged. What would
happen in Barangay Luna?
A. There will be a flood.
B. There will be a landslide.
C. There will be a strong wind.
D. There will be a thunderstorm and lightning.

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 Additional Activities

Write a simple promise letter to our Earth by completing the

paragraph.

I, _______________________________ promise to take care of

the Earth by doing activities like _________________
________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ .
I also promise to avoid ________________________
________________________________________________________
_____________________________________ that cause harm to the
Earth.

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Additional Activities
What I Can Do Answers may vary
Assessment 1. The importance of waste
segregation at home is to
1. D protect environment and helps
2. C to reduce waste.
3. A
4. A 2. It lower the amount of waste.
5. A
3. It helps to reduce air pollution
and prevent soil erosion.
What’s More
4. It helps them to become aware
What I Have Learned of taking care the environment Activity A
too.
1. survive
2. land
3. air
4. environment
5. helpful
Activity B
What's In
1. Pollution
2. Soil Erosion
1. 3. Flooding
2. 4. Air Pollution
3. X 5. Polluted Water
4. X
5. X Activity C
1. True
2. True
3. False
What I Know 4. True
5. True
Answer Key
References

Adora, Robin C. and Sol Saranay M. Baguio. 2012. Science Web 1. Quezon City. C & E Publishing Inc. pp. 231 - 234

Del Prado, Natividad A. 2015. Conceptual Science and Beyond K to 12 Edition 1. Quezon City. Brillian Creations Publishing.
Inc. pp. 280 - 285

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