Week 7- Day 4-5

Lesson 34: Practicing Proper Waste Disposal

I. Objective:
Practice proper waste disposal.
II A. Materials
garbage or waste products produced in the school
canteen/ garden/classrooms
trashes ( both wet and dry)
unlabelled ash cans
gloves ( local plastic will do if gloves are not available)
powerpoint presentation, marking pen, manila paper
B. References:
Curriculum Guide S5MT-Ic-g3

Science Spectrum 6, Rebecca R. Fallaria et.al., pp. 134-136

C. Process Skills: observing, describing, analyzing, inferring,
communicating demonstrating
D. Value Integration:

Caring for the environment

III. Learning Tasks:

A. Engagement
1. Review
Name materials that can be:

recycled

reduced

reused

recovered

repaired

2. Motivation
Show this picture to the class.

Ask: What do you see in the picture? Describe the water.

Is it polluted ? What do you think is the kind of
waste disposal being practiced in the place? Why?
.
B. Exploration
1. Divide the pupils into 4 groups.
2. Set the standards for doing the activity.
3. Let pupils go out of the room.
Say: Today we will visit the school canteen.
Lets find out if proper waste disposal is observed.

Activity Proper
Ooops! Your Trash
What You Need
trash cans with waste materials

manila paper

sheet of paper

marking pen

ballpen

What To Do:
1. Form a line by group.
2. Visit the school canteen.
3. Observe how are the waste segregated.
a. observing how the waste products produce are being
disposed.
b. check whether there is a provision for waste segregation
( check if labeled trash cans are available)
c. check the contents of the labeled trash cans to determine
if proper wastes disposal is observed .
4. Go back to the classroom and write your observation by
answering the following guide questions .
1. What kind of waste disposal system does the school have?
Why?
2. Is there any provision for waste segregation? How?
3. Is proper segregation of waste observed? Why? Why not?
4. Does the school has implementing rule regarding proper waste
disposal? If yes, what do you think is the level of awareness of
pupils on the school- based waste management system? Why?
5. How do you find this activity? Why?

Activity 2
(Second day activity)
Mix and Match
What You Need:
trashes ( not segregated yet; both wet and dry)
Unlabelled trash cans, marking pen, strip of paper
( use recyclable containers)
gloves ( local plastic bags will do if gloves are not available)

What To Do:
1. Identify the kind of trash.
(trashes from school bodega and MRF can be utilized)
2. Label the trash cans. Use the marking pen or piece of paper.
3. Assort the trash. Supervise the pupils in doing so.
(Be sure pupils have gloves or plastic on their hands for sanitary
purposes)
Guide Questions:
1. How did you assort the trash?
2. What is your basis of assorting?
3. What is the importance of proper waste segregation.
4. How did you find this activity? Why?
C. Explanation
1. Discuss the activity done:
What kind of waste disposal system does our school have?
Why?
Is there any provision for waste segregation? How?
Is proper segregation of waste observed? Why? Why not?

Does the school have implementing rule regarding proper waste

disposal? If yes, what do you think is the level of awareness of
pupils on the school- based waste management system? Why?
How do you find this activity? Why?
How about the segregation of waste?
What are the advantages of waste segregation?
D. Elaboration/ Extension
1. Ask:
How can you help practice proper waste disposal here in school?
at home? in the community?
2. What will you do to help other pupils be aware of the importance of
proper waste disposal?
E. Evaluation
Teacher will evaluate pupils performance tasks on practicing proper
waste disposal in school through close monitoring of the classroom- based
waste segregation scheme being implemented.
Use the rubric below:
Pupils Level of Participation on Practicing Proper Waste Disposal

Score
5

Description
The pupil always observes and practices the proper
waste disposal.

The pupil usually observes and practices the proper

waste disposal.

The pupil often observes and practices the proper

waste disposal.

The pupil sometimes observes and practices the proper

waste disposal.

The pupil seldom observes and practices the proper

waste disposal seldom.

Legend:
Always- 100% of the time
Usually-90-99% of the time
Often-75-90% of the time
Sometimes-25-75% of the time
Seldom-10-25% of the time

IV. Assignment
List down ways on how you can help practice proper waste disposal
in your home, school and community.