Name: Ramos, Keshie Joy B.

Sub: Spec Sc 11
Yr&Sec: BEED 3-COACH Date: Nov. 19, 2024

Activity 1
Dampa is a popular game among grade school learners. With clasped hands, children will try to
move the rubber bands placed on the floor or on any flat surface. They will compete on who can
make the rubber band move farther. As future teachers, see to it that the area where you let
your learners play is clean. Remember to process the activity and highlight the concepts
developed from the game.
Material: rubber bands
Directions:
1. Place a rubber band on the table.
2. Observe the position of the rubber band.
3. With clasped hands, exert gentle force to the rubber band without touching it. (Please see
photo above.) Note the new position as well as the distance covered by the rubber band.
4. Now, exert more force on the rubber band.
Q1. What difference do you observe in the two cases?

In the first case, we placed the rubber band on the floor and gently pushed it with
clasped hands without touching it. The rubber band moved only a short distance from its
original position. In the second case, we applied more force in the same way, and the
rubber band moved much farther.This activity shows that applying gentle force to the rubber
band makes it move a short distance, but using stronger force causes it to move farther from
its starting position.

Activity 2
Materials: kitchen sponge (unused), plastic spring
Directions:
1.Squeeze the kitchen sponge.
Q1. What happens when you squeeze it?
First, we gently squeezed the sponge, and its shape changed as it was compressed.
However, once we stopped squeezing, the sponge returned to its original size and shape. When
the sponge was squeezed, it became smaller because it took up less space during
compression.
Q2. What happens when you unsqueeze-it?
- When we stop squeezing the sponge, it returns to its original shape because of its elasticity
and its porous structure, which allows it to recover after being compressed.
Q3. What does the sponge show?
- The sponge shows us that it is flexible. Even if we squeeze it tightly, it will still return to its
original shape because of its elasticity.

2. Repeat the procedure, this time with a plastic spring.

Q4. Do you have the same observations? Why? Why not?
- In the first procedure, we observed that the sponge can be squeezed and unsqueezed easily
because it is flexible. In contrast, during the second procedure using a plastic string, the sponge
couldn’t be squeezed properly because the plastic string is hard. The sponge compresses under
the force of squeezing because it is soft and elastic, but the plastic string does not deform much
since plastic is less flexible compared to the sponge.

Activity 3
Materials:
inflated balloon
Directions:
1. Press the balloon gently by hands.
Q1. What happens when you press the balloon?
- We started by inflating the balloon to a moderate size, making sure it was firm but not
overfilled. Once inflated, we tied the end securely to keep the air inside. Next, we gently pressed
on one area of the balloon with our fingers or palm. As we did this, we observed that the air
inside shifted to other parts of the balloon, creating bulges in areas where no pressure was
applied. This demonstrates how air moves within a flexible container when force is applied to a
specific point.
Q2. What happens when you release your hand?
- When we stop pressing the balloon, it goes back to its original shape. This happens because
the elastic material of the balloon allows it to stretch and then return to its normal state. The air
inside also spreads out evenly again, helping the balloon regain its original form.
Q3. What does the processes of squeezing and releasing show?
- When materials like sponges and balloons are squeezed or pressed, they return to their
original shape after the force is removed, showing their elastic property. Elasticity is the ability of
a material to change shape and then return to its normal form. When force is applied, materials
get squished or stretched. For sponges, the tiny holes inside collapse, pushing out air or water.
For balloons, the surface stretches as the air inside is squeezed.
Activity 4
Materials: ball of clay
Directions:
1. Press the ball of clay with your hands:
Q1. What happens to the shape of the clay ball when you press it with your hands?
- First, we shaped the clay into a ball. Then, we pressed it with our hands, and the clay changed
shape as the force from our hands caused it to flatten, stretch, or distort. Unlike elastic
materials, clay does not return to its original shape because it is plastic, not elastic.
Q2. Does it return to its original shape when you remove your hands?
- After pressing the clay ball and removing our hand, the clay does not go back to its original
shape. Clay is a plastic material, which means it stays changed once force is applied. Unlike
elastic materials like balloons or sponges, clay doesn't bounce back because its particles shift
permanently. When you press the clay ball, the shape stays unless you reshape it yourself.

Activity 5
Materials: Bar magnets (at least 2, mark each with Magnet A and Magnet B), ruler, iron filings
(can be substituted with iron sand for areas near seashores), 1" metal paper clips * Iron sand
can be collected from dark colored sand. It can be attracted using strong magnets.
Directions:
1. Place the meter stick on a flat surface.
2. Place a pinch of iron filings at the "0" mark of the ruler.
3. Position the magnet at the other end of the ruler.
4. Move the magnet along the ruler.
5. Observe the mark at which the iron filings start to "stick" on the magnet. Record the distance.
6. Remove the iron filings and change it with metal paper clips.
7. Repeat steps 3 and 4.
8. Observe the mark at which the metal paper clips start to "stick" on the magnet. Record the
distance.
9. This time, use the other magnet and repeat the entire procedure.
Q1. Compare the distance of attraction with the nails and iron filings. Which one gets
attracted at a shorter distance? Why?
- The iron filings are smaller and lighter, so they get attracted to the magnet from a shorter
distance. The nails are heavier, so they need a stronger magnetic force to be attracted and start
sticking at a longer distance. This shows how the size and weight of objects can affect how far
they are drawn by a magnet. Lighter objects like iron filings are pulled in more easily, while
heavier ones, like nails, need a stronger magnetic pull to overcome their weight.
Q2. Compare the distance of attraction with the two magnets. Which of the magnets do
you think is "stronger"?
The second magnet is more powerful because it can pull objects from a greater distance and lift
heavier items compared to the first magnet. When comparing two magnets, the magnet that can
attract objects from a greater distance is the stronger one. A stronger magnet has a stronger
magnetic field, which allows it to pull objects from farther away, showing its greater power.

Activity 6
Materials: Bar magnet, iron filings/sand, clean bond paper
Directions:
1. Position the bar magnet on in the middle of a clean bond paper placed on top of a flat
surface.
2. Slowly sprinkle the iron filings around the bar magnet.
Q1. What happens to the iron filings?
- The iron filings stick to the invisible magnetic field around the magnet. When sprinkled near the
magnet, the filings arrange themselves into patterns that show the shape of the magnetic field.
The lines stretch from one end of the magnet (the north pole) to the other (the south pole),
revealing the direction of the magnetic forces.
Q2. Draw the pattern you observe below.

Q3. Which portion of the magnet are the iron filings concentrated? Why?
- The iron filings gather more densely near the poles of the magnet. The magnetic field is
strongest at the poles of a bar magnet, where the field lines are packed tightly together. This
intense magnetic field pulls more iron filings toward these areas. When the filings are near the
magnet, they temporarily become magnetized and are drawn to the regions with the strongest
magnetic force.