Lesson 5 – Day 1

OBJECTIVE: Identify the effects of decaying materials on one’s health

and safety
 Look at the pictures.

Which of these materials that will decay quickly?

What about materials that will decay slowly?
What do you think
will happen to us if
all these decaying
materials will just
be disposed
anywhere in our
community?
WHAT TO DO:
Get the survey form from your teacher and
discuss the contents with your groupmates.
Each group will going to have a survey form
to answer. Pick one of your member and
interview them based on questions written in
the survey form.
After gathering data, discuss with your group
your findings and report them in class.
 SURVEY FORM
Name (Head of the Family)__________________________________
Age __________ Gender _____________
Address________________________________________________
Occupation _____________________________________________
How many members are there in the family?____________________
How many children?______________________________________
With toilet? Yes _____ No _____ How many _______________
What kind of trash is found in the household? ___________________________
Where is their trash located? ________________________________________
What illness/diseases have members of the family suffered for the past years?
________________________________________________________________
What were done to treat the illness/disease? ____________________________
What are being done to prevent the spread of the disease? _________________
 DATA CHART
Household ______________________________________
Specific Area in the Community _____________________
Non-decaying Decaying Ways of Possible effects
materials seen in materials seen in disposing waste om the health of
the area the area materials the family
members
 Answer these:
• How many member of different households did you
survey?
• Where did each of the households throw their
decaying garbage?
• Where did they throw their non-decaying garbage?
• What could be the effects of their practice of disposing
garbage to their health?
• What illness/disease have members of the family living
in the area suffered?
• What did you learn from this activity?
 Lesson 5 – Day 2
Objective: Describe the physical state of people exposed
to decaying materials
Let’s Recall…
• What was our activity yesterday?
• What can you say about the place they
live in?
• Was the place they live in is crowded?
• How many families were you able to
survey that live in that place?
 Let’s Recall..
• How many members are there in each family?
• Was there a toilet in every household?
• What can you say about the trash in their place?
• Where did the people throw their garbage?
• What do you think will happen to the people living in that kind of
place?
• What did you learn in your activity?
• What are the effects of decaying materials to one’s health and
safety?
•Decaying materials when not
disposed properly causes
pollution.
•Pollution is harmful to one’s
health.
•Pollution is one thing that can
seriously interfere with the proper
functioning of our body.
Identify the following pictures
 POLLUTION
Action or process of making
land, water, air dirty and not
safe to use.
• People who live on the riverside often throw
their garbage into the river.
• Chemical wastes from factories pollute the
rivers.
• Polluted water contains harmful bacteria and
chemical wastes that can make people sick.
• Can people benefit from a compost
pit? Explain your answer.

(Making a compost is one way of

depositing garbage properly. Waste
materials that are made into compost
are not harmful to one’s health and
safety.
 Write a reflection. Complete the
statement below:
To combat the diseases brought by exposure
to decaying materials in my environment, I wil
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
1. How can you make your
environment a pleasant place to
live in?
2. Present your answer through an
illustration.
 Bethsaida V. Berdin
Cainta Elementary School