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SCIENCE
Quarter 3 - Module 1
THE PARTICLE NATURE OF MATTER
(Properties: Matter and Non-Matter)

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Science – Grade 8
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Quarter 3 – Module 1: The Particle Nature of Matter (Properties: Matter and Non-Matter)
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 What I Need to Know
This module was designed and written in a way that suits your understanding and needs.
The lessons presented will help you acquire mastery in explaining the properties of solids,
liquids, and gases based on the particle nature of matter (S8MT-IIIa-b-8). The module
includes activities on distinguishing matter from non-matter and the composition of which
materials are made of. All these will prepare and help you understand the next lesson. The scope
of this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations. This module is about:

Lesson 1: Matter

Specific Objectives:

1. Describe common properties of matter; and

2. Infer from observations about the composition of matter.

What's In
In Grade 7, you recognized a wide array of materials that combine in many ways and
through different processes. By engaging in simple scientific investigations, you classified
materials based on observed properties as homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures, elements
and compounds, metals and non-metals, and acids and bases.

Not everything is matter nor made of matter. Every day you encounter phenomena (events)
that involve non-matter. By observing things around you, you begin the task of answering the
basic question – What is matter? What are things that are non matter?

Activity 1: It Does Matter! (Matter or Non-Matter)

Objectives:
After performing the activity, you should be able to:

1. Describe common properties of matter; and

2. Distinguish properties of matter from non-matter.

Materials Needed:
1 tablespoon of table salt (sodium chloride) in a small cup
1 cup of tap water
1 piece stone
½ cup of rice or corn (grains/kernels or milled)
1 piece balloon (or any cellophane wrap/plastic bag)
4 small wide-mouthed bottles or cups
weighing scale

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Procedure:
A. Pre-Activity Task:
Answer the Pre-Activity part of the table below. Tell whether the given item is matter
(Yes) or not (No) and give your reason. The "not sure" answer also requires a reason.
Table 1. Identifying Matter

Is it matter?
Material Pre-Activity Post Activity
Yes/ No/ Yes/ No
Reason Reason
Not sure Not sure
table salt
water
stone
rice (or corn)
the air inside
the balloon
heat
light

B. Activity Questions
1. Observe the following materials: table salt, water, stone, rice, or corn.
Q1. What characteristics do you observe in each sample?
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2. Pour or transfer the table salt to an empty cup. Do the same thing for water, stone, and
rice in separate containers. (Please use clean cups, especially for the salt and rice.)
Q2. Do you think each sample occupies space? Write the reason for your answer.
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3. Fill an empty cup with water to the brim. Slowly drop a small stone in the cup.
Q3. Describe what happened. Infer why it happened.
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4. Blow air into a balloon or plastic bag to inflate it.
Q4. Does air occupy space? How will you prove it using a balloon (or plastic bag)?
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5. Place each sample material on a weighing scale (whenever possible).
Note: Never weigh directly on the balance pan. Always use a piece of weighing paper (for
dry material) or any container to protect it.

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 Q5. Does each sample (table salt, water, stone, rice or corn, air) have a measurable
mass? Prove your answer by demonstrating and explaining how you measure the
mass of each. Record the mass.
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6. Observe the characteristics of heat and light. (You may use any heat and light source.)
Q6. Do you think heat and light have measurable mass? Do they occupy space?
Explain your answer.
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C. Post-Activity Tasks
Complete Table 1 (Identifying Matter) by answering the Post Activity column. Some
of your answers may be different from the Pre-Activity Task.

Matter surrounds us on a daily basis. Each has its own unique characteristics that
make it different from others. The characteristics that describe a sample of matter are called
properties. An unknown substance can be identified by observing and measuring its
properties and comparing them to the properties recorded in the chemical literature for
known substances.

What's New
Activity 2: What Am I?
Direction: Identify the property of matter based on the given description and example. Choose
from the options in the Word Pool.

Word Pool
density elasticity mass malleability conductivity
flexibility volume texture density impenetrability

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 Table 2. Properties of Matter
Property Description Example

1. ____________ Amount of matter in a body 1 kg of sugar, 200 g of flour

or object
2. ____________ Amount of space that a A block of wood that measures 6 cm
body occupies x 5 cm x 4 cm (L x W x H) would
occupy 120 cm3 of space.

3. _____________ Mass of matter per unit A sample of vinegar measures 500

volume ml.
A sample of material whose volume
is 40 cm3 and weighs 20 g has a
property value of 0.50 g/ cm3.
Mercury has more mass per unit
volume and is one of the densest
liquids.

4. _____________ The inability of two portions The water level rises in a container
of matter to occupy the when an object is submerged in it.
same space at the same
time
5._____________ The wooden surface is rough.
The tactile surface
characteristics of a material
6. _____________ Gold, silver, and platinum are
Ability to be hammered into practical choices in jewelry making.
sheets
7. ____________ Copper can be drawn into long thin
Ability to be drawn out into wires without breaking.
thin wires
8. ____________ Metal baking pans heat up quickly
Ability to allow heat and than glasswares.
electricity to pass through
9. ____________ Paper clips are made from metals
Ability to be bent without that can be shaped and bent.
breaking
10. ___________ The garter worn around the top of
Ability to return to its the stocking stretches and securely
original shape or size after fits the thigh.
being distorted

Activity 3: What is matter made of?

Objectives:
After performing this activity, you should be able to:
1. Infer from given situations or observable events what matter is made of; and
2. Explain how these observed situations or events give evidence that matter is made of
tiny particles.

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Materials:
1 cup (or any container, preferably small) food coloring (blue, green, or red)
1 jar (or any bigger container) 1 dropper
1 transparent drinking glass 1 stirrer (plastic coffee stirrer or rod)
table salt cologne or perfume spray
distilled or clean tap water

Procedure: Q1. What is the taste of the resulting

Pour table salt to the brim of a clean cup. mixture (salt solution)?
Scrape to level the salt so that it appears
a cupful of salt. Q2. Think about salt and water as made up
of tiny particles. Give your reason(s) for the
observations you made in Q1. You may draw
2. Transfer the measured salt into a jar or illustrations to support your reason(s).
any bigger container.
5. Measure how many cups of salt solution you
3. Using the same cup, pour distilled or made by pouring it to the same cup you
clean tap water up to the brim for a
cupful of water. previously used in procedure 1 & 3.

4. Add 2 cups full of water to the salt and Q3. How many cups of salt and water
mix thoroughly until all the salt dissolves. mixture (salt solution) are there?
Taste the resulting solution. (CAUTION:
Do not taste anything unless specifically Q4. Is the volume of the resulting sugar
told to do so.)
mixture equal, more than or less than the
total (1 cup salt + 2 cups water) volume of the
unmixed salt and water?

Q5. Think about salt and water as made up

of tiny particles. Give your reason(s) for the
observations you made in Q3. You may draw
illustrations to support your reason(s).

Part B 3. Set aside the glass with food coloring in a

1. Pour one cup of tap water into a locker or corner of your room without
transparent drinking glass. disturbing the setup. Describe the appearance
2. Add one small drop of food coloring of the contents of the glass after one day.
slowly along the side of the transparent Compare it with the appearance when you left
glass. the glass the previous day.
Q6. Describe what you observe after Q7. What happens to the food coloring
adding the food coloring. dropped in the bottle containing water?
Write all your observations in your
notebook.

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 Q8. Think about food coloring and
water as made up of particles. Give Q9. What did you observe? Give reason(s)
your reason(s) for the observations you for your observation.
made in Q6. You may draw
illustrations to justify your reason(s).
Part C.
Get inside your room. Close the door and
windows. Stand at one corner. Ask
someone to spray the perfume or
cologne at the opposite corner of the

What is It

THE BEGINNING
Democritus
Aristotle
According to Thales of Miletus, all things came from water, and the Earth itself floats on
water. A century after Thales' death, Leucippus, a Greek Philosopher, conceived the idea of
indivisible units called atoms (meaning 'uncut'). This idea was developed in the late fifth and early
fourth centuries B.C. by Democritus, a student of Leucippus.

Democritus believed that any piece of matter could be divided and subdivided into very
small particles, but this process ended at some point when a piece is reached that could not be
further divided. His belief about matter being composed of tiny particles led him to use the term
atomos (which later became atoms) to describe these ultimate particles. Democritus' ideas about
the atom were later challenged by other Greek philosophers, most strongly by Aristotle, who
rejected the idea of the atomism of matter.

Today, we know that although atoms are very small, they are not indivisible as Democritus
thought, rather they consist of still smaller particles. Democritus was right in one aspect of his
belief, that is, atoms are the smallest particles of which substances are made.

JOHN DALTON'S ATOMIC THEORY

In the early nineteenth century, John Dalton, an English scientist,

performed experiments with gases. His results convinced him that matter was
made up of tiny, indivisible particles. Dalton observed that the same amounts
of hydrogen and oxygen always combine to form a given amount of water. He
reasoned that each element must be made of its own unique kind of particle
and that these particles combine in simple ways.
John Dalton
Based on his experiments, Dalton developed a theory of the structure
of matter. His theory contained four main concepts:
1. All matter is composed of tiny, indivisible particles called atoms.
2. Atoms of each element are exactly alike. Atoms of different elements are different in some
fundamental way or ways.
3. Atoms can combine with other atoms to form compounds. Atoms can combine in simple
numerical ratios such as 1:1, 1:2, 2:3, and so on.
4. Atoms are reorganized during a chemical reaction but not changed.

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ATOMS & MOLECULES

An atom is the smallest particle of an element that has all the

properties of the element. Atoms are too small to observe. These
particles cannot be seen under the high-powered light microscopes used
in school laboratories. The size of an atom is measured in Angstroms.
One angstrom is a unit of length equal to one ten-millionth of a
millimeter.
The best light microscope can magnify an image only about
1,500 times. Electron microscopes create a highly magnified image of
up to 1 million times. The scanning tunneling microscope (STM) allows
scientists to view and scan the surface of very small particles like atoms.
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contour map is produced. So, only a model of the surface of an atom is
generated by a computer when a scanning tunneling microscope is used. The picture of atoms
generated is unlike the picture we take with our cameras.
A molecule is a particle consisting of two or more atoms combined together in a specific
arrangement. It is an electrically neutral particle. It is the smallest particle of an element or
compound that can exist independently. For example, a molecule of water (H 2O) consists of an
oxygen atom combined with two hydrogen atoms. Atoms of the same element can also combine to
form a molecule. For example, oxygen in the air consists of oxygen molecules, which are made up
of two oxygen atoms, O2.
In Activity 2, when you mixed salt and water and tasted the resulting solution, it tasted
salty because salt is still present, though you cannot see the salt anymore. The volume of the
mixture is less than the sum of the volumes of the unmixed salt and water. Why is this so? The
water is made of tiny particles, molecules, with spaces between them. Salt is also made up of
molecules bigger than the molecules of water. The water molecules could fit in the spaces between
the salt molecules or vice versa.

ANALOGY: ATOMS AND POINTILLISM

A good analogy to consider related to matter being composed of tiny particles, is the
pointillist style of painting. The images in a pointillist painting appear continuous, but if one looks
closely, the images are actually made of small dots. Pointillism is a method of painting using dots
to come up with various effects. The dots are placed singly, in rows, or randomly. These dots can
also be in groups, or they can be overlapping. They can be either uniform or varied in size in the
same painting. Matter is similarly assembled, with atoms of different elements combining in
various ways to give a tremendous variety of substances.

In Figure 1(a), the image of Dolores

F. Hernandez, founding Director of the
Science Education Center, now University
of the Philippines National Institute for
Science and Mathematics Education
Development was done through pointillist
painting. The image appears continuous. In
Figure 1(b), a portion of the painting (boxed
in Figure 1a) is blown up to show that the
continuous image actually consists of dots.
The lightness and darkness of the pigments
give volume to the image in order to show
smoothness. Similarly, matter, which
appears to be continuous like the image in
Figure 1(a) is made up of very small
particles that cannot be seen with the
unaided eye.

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 What's More

Activity 4: Are You Puzzled?

Directions: Complete the crossword puzzle. Identify the word using the given clue. Write
one (1) letter per square.
DOWN: ACROSS: 1.
1. A unit of length 5. Acronym for 5. 2. 3.
equal to one ten- scanning tunneling 4.
millionth of a microscope
millimeter 6. He used the term
6.
2. Consists of two or 'atomos'
more atoms 7. He formulated
3. He rejected the the atomic theory
idea of atomism of 8. Anything around 7. 8.
matter us
4. Smallest particle 9. He believed all 9.
of matter things came from
water

What I Have Learned

Activity 5: Where Do I Belong?
Direction: Identify each molecule as that of an element or compound by placing a checkmark (∕ )
under the appropriate column. Give a reason for your answer.

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 What I Can Do
Activity 6: A House Tour!
Objective:
After performing the activity, you should be able to identify examples of matter at home.
Procedure:
1. It's time for another quick tour around your house. This time, you get another mission
to accomplish. Please bring your paper and pen. Are you ready? Now, start at your
bedroom. Look around and observe. List down 5 examples of matter.
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2. It's now time to move on to your next destination - the living room. Observe. List down
another 5 examples of matter.
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3. Moving on to your favorite destination - the kitchen. Observe. List down 5 examples of
matter.
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4. Lastly, proceed to the home garden. Look around. List down 5 examples of
Matter.
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5. Congratulations! you just had a quick tour around the place you can compare like
no other. Review your lists of examples of matter. Why are they called matter?
__________________________________________________________________________________
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Assessment
Direction: Circle the letter of the best answer.

1. Which of the following does not describe matter?

A. It has mass.
B. It has weight.
C. It can be seen.
D. It occupies space.

2. Which of the following are not considered matter?

I. Steam II. Pencil III. Light IV. Space
A. I and II
B. III and IV
C. II and III
D. I and IV

3. Evaluate both statements.

Statement 1: Matter is made up of atomic particles.
Statement 2: Matter has mass and volume.

A. Both statements 1 & 2 are true.

B. Statement 1 is true, while statement 2 is false.
C. Statement 1 is false, while statement 1 is true.
D. Both statements are false.

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4. Which does not occupy space?
A. leaf
B. heat
C. air
D. hair

5. Which property is common to any form of matter?

A. Density
B. Malleability
C. Conductivity
D. Flexibility

6. What property do these objects exhibit?

A. Brittleness
B. Malleability
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7. Which of the following statements does not conform to Dalton's concepts about matter?
A. Matter is made up of tiny particles called atoms.
B. Atoms of different elements have different masses.
C. Atoms combine to form molecules.
D. Atoms of different elements are alike.

8. If you dissolved 1 cup of sugar in 4 cups of water, what is the resulting volume of the
mixture?
A. equal to 5 cups
B. less than 5 cups
C. more than 5 cups
D. cannot be determined

9. What happens to the salt particles when dissolved in water? The salt particles ___________.
A. vanished in air
B. undergo changes and become water particles
C. fit in the spaces between water particles and vice versa
D. are completely covered by the thin film of the water particles

10. What is the smallest particle of water?

A. Atom
B. Molecule
C. Element
D. Compound

11. What unit is used to measure the size of an atom?

A. angstrom
B. mile
C. milliliter
D. ounce

12. Which statement about a molecule is incorrect?

A. A molecule is electrically neutral.
B. A molecule is composed of two or more atoms.
C. A molecule is the smallest particle of a compound.
D. A molecule can be seen by an unaided eye.

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 13. How many kinds of molecules are there in a mixture of sugar and water?
A. one
B. two
C. hundreds
D. Millions

14. How many kinds of atoms are there in the picture on the right?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. Four

15. Why can you smell perfume from a distance?

A. The particles of perfume scatter with the air.
B. The particles of perfume become stronger in the air.
C. The particles of perfume multiply in the air.
D. All of the above.

Additional Activities
Activity 7: Molecular Model

Directions: Make a molecular model using Styrofoam balls (paper, clay, or any substitute) and
sticks. You may paint the balls. Choose only one from among the given molecules.

Water (H2O), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), or ozone (O3)

RUBRIC
Exceeds Meets Approaching Below Expectation
Expectation (4) Expectation (3) Expectation (2) (1)
Structure well-built and carefully fairly constructed poorly constructed
(Factor: 2) durably constructed constructed
Neatness model is model is neat the model has little model lacks
(Factor: 1) exceptionally neat dirt marks neatness
Creativity exceptionally Creative as to the Fairly creative as to lacks creativity in
(Factor: 2) creative as to the choice of the choice of choosing materials,
choice of materials, materials, color, materials, color, and color, and overall
color, and overall and overall overall presentation presentation
presentation presentation

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Answer Key Gr8Q3 Module 1
Activity 1: It Does Matter! Q8. The particles of food coloring are able to fit
Table 1 (Post Activity) into the spaces of the water molecules.
Q1. Masses of the samples can be measured. They Q9. Smelled the perfume from a distance. The
all occupy space. perfume particles fit into the wide spaces of air
Q2. Yes, each sample occupies space inside the particles and are scattered throughout the
cup. room.
Q3. The water overflowed. The stone takes up part
of the space previously occupied by water. Activity 4: Are You Puzzled?
Q4. Yes, blowing air inside inflates the balloon. Down: Across:
Q5. Using a weighing scale, mass of samples can angstrom 5. STM
be measured. (mass of sample = mass of sample & molecule 6. Democritus
container - mass of empty container) Aristotle 7. Dalton
Q6. No, heat and light do not have mass. They do atom 8. matter
not occupy space because they are not matter. Thales
Heat is energy in transit and light is a form of Activity 5: Where Do I Belong?
energy. molecule of element - It is composed of the
Activity 2: What Am I? same kind of atom.
1. mass 6. Malleability molecule of compound - It is composed of
different kinds of atoms.
2. volume 7. ductility molecule of compound - It is composed of
3. density 8. conductivity different kinds of atoms, Ca and O.
4. Impenetrability 9. flexibility molecule of element - It is composed of one
5. texture [Link] kind of atom, P.
Activity 3: What is matter made of? molecule of compound - It is composed of two
Q1. The mixture tastes salty. kinds of atoms - carbon and hydrogen.
Q2. The salt is still present though we cannot see it
anymore. The salt particles mixed well with the Activity 6: A House Tour
water particles. (examples of matter in the bedroom) -
Q3. Volume is a little more than 2 but less than 3 Answers may vary
cups. (examples of matter in the living room) -
Q4. The volume of the resulting mixture is less Answers may vary
than the sum of the volumes of the unmixed salt (examples of matter in the kitchen) -
and water. Answers may vary
Q5. This shows that water is made up of tiny (examples of matter in the home garden) -
particles with spaces between them. The salt Answers may vary
particles are able to fit into these spaces because They all have mass and they occupy space.
the salt particles that dissolved are very small. Assessment:
Q6. The food coloring spreads slowly towards the C 6. C 11. A
bottom and began to spread throughout the water. B 7. D 12. D
Q7. After one day, the food coloring has totally A 8. B 13. B
spread throughout the water since the resulting B 9. C 14. B
mixture has a color almost the same as that of the A 10. B 15. A
food coloring.

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To die for thy sake, that thou mayst aspire; Wit h col or an d light , wit h s ong an d l ame nt I f ar e,
And sleep in thy bosom eternity's long night. Ev er r e pe at ing t he f ait h t hat I ke ep.

If over my grave some day thou seest grow, My F at her lan d a d or ' d, t hat s adn es s t o m y s or r ow le n ds
In the grassy sod, a humble flower, Bel ov e d Fili pin as, h ear no w my la st go o d - by!
Draw it to thy lips and kiss my soul so, I giv e t hee all: par ent s an d kin dr e d an d f r ien ds
While I may feel on my brow in the cold tomb below For I g o wher e no slav e bef or e t he op pr ess or ben ds,
The touch of thy tenderness, thy breath's warm power. Wher e f ait h c an nev er k ill, an d G o d r eign s e' er on hi gh!

Let the moon beam over me soft and serene, Far ew ell t o y o u all, f r o m my s o ul t or n a way,
Let the dawn shed over me its radiant flashes, Fr ien ds of my chi ldh o o d in t he h om e di s po ss es se d!
Let the wind with sad lament over me keen ; Giv e t han ks t hat I r est f r om t h e wear i so me da y!
And if on my cross a bird should be seen, Far ew ell t o t hee, t o o, swe et f r ien d t hat lig ht ene d my way;
Let it trill there its hymn of peace to my ashes. Bel ov e d cr e at ur es al l, f ar ewell ! In d eat h t her e is r est !

I Am a Filipino, by Carlos P. Romulo

I am a Filipino–inheritor of a glorious past, hostage to the uncertain I am a Filipino, child of the marriage of the East and the West. The
future. As such I must prove equal to a two-fold task–the task of East, with its languor and mysticism, its passivity and endurance,
meeting my responsibility to the past, and the task of performing was my mother, and my sire was the West that came thundering
my obligation to the future. across the seas with the Cross and Sword and the Machine. I am of
I sprung from a hardy race, child many generations removed of the East, an eager participant in its spirit, and in its struggles for
ancient Malayan pioneers. Across the centuries the memory comes liberation from the imperialist yoke. But I also know that the East
rushing back to me: of brown-skinned men putting out to sea in must awake from its centuried sleep, shake off the lethargy that has
ships that were as frail as their hearts were stout. Over the sea I see bound his limbs, and start moving where destiny awaits.
them come, borne upon the billowing wave and the whistling wind, I am a Filipino, and this is my inheritance. What pledge shall I give
carried upon the mighty swell of hope–hope in the free abundance that I may prove worthy of my inheritance? I shall give the pledge
of new land that was to be their home and their children’s forever. that has come ringing down the corridors of the centuries, and it
I am a Filipino. In my blood runs the immortal seed of heroes–seed shall be compounded of the joyous cries of my Malayan forebears
that flowered down the centuries in deeds of courage and defiance. when first they saw the contours of this land loom before their eyes,
In my veins yet pulses the same hot blood that sent Lapulapu to of the battle cries that have resounded in every field of combat from
battle against the first invader of this land, that nerved Lakandula Mactan to Tirad Pass, of the voices of my people when they sing:
in the combat against the alien foe, that drove Diego Silang and “I am a Filipino born to freedom, and I shall not rest until freedom
Dagohoy into rebellion against the foreign oppressor. shall have been added unto my inheritance—for myself and my
The seed I bear within me is an immortal seed. It is the mark of my children and my children’s children—forever.”
manhood, the symbol of dignity as a human being. Like the seeds
that were once buried in the tomb of Tutankhamen many thousand
years ago, it shall grow and flower and bear fruit again. It is the
insignia of my race, and my generation is but a stage in the
unending search of my people for freedom and happiness.