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Learning Cycle Lesson Plan
students investigate, develop inferences, and identify general descriptions for each of the three states of matter - solid, liquid, and gas. students investigate water, by observing and stating inferences about, the properties of each...
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States of Matter
Students categorize items into one of the three states of matter. They participate in a demonstration in which they represent particles of matter. Finally, they complete an experiment in which they "race" top see who can make acetone...
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The Big Meltdown
Pupils work together to develop a container to keep an ice cube in a solid state. They identify the three stages of matter and test different materials for this experiment. They share their results with the class.
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A Simple Viscosity Test
Fourth graders experiment with the viscosity of different liquids. They use a stopwatch to time the a steel ball as it drops through different liquids.
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Do These Properties Matter?
Third graders rotate between three property stations, the solid station, the gas station, and the liquid station. They experiment with each activity until the teacher gives the signal to change.
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What a Can Can Do
Students explore properties of cans (including aluminum and steel) as they rotate through stations. They experiment with magnets, weight differences, resistance to corrosion and temperature conductivity.
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Matter And Its Changes
Fifth graders explore the phases of matter, make observations of matter, the physical and chemical properties of matter, solutions and mixtures, formation of molecules and atoms and molecules all through hands on activities.
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Sink or Float
Students construct clay boats and predict whether the boats will sink or float. Students will hypothesize what caused the boats to sink or float.
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Facts of Matter
Students make group decisions about matter as they explore and interpret many types.
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Frozen Solids
Middle schoolers investigate various properties of ice including melting points and the effect of pressure on ice. They demonstrate how increased pressure lowers the melting point of ice and perform a simple experiment proving that water...
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Our Picnic, The Study of Matter
First graders discover the properties of matter through hands-on experiences, 1st graders discover how to protect their Freeze Pop from melting.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Matter and the Atom
Students investigate the structure and parts of the atom, and learn about atomic mass and atomic number. They also explore the differences among solids, liquids, gases, and plasma.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Origins
A resource rich is scientific research investigating the origins of matter. Find strategic locations of observatories, the scientists conducting the research, tools used to study the world, and how the ideas of one scientist might impact...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What's Invisible? More Than You Think
Video combines a lecture and animation to discuss how so much of the world around us turns out to be invisible. [8:38] Includes a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Three States of Matter
Teachers can find an interactive lesson plan for introducing the three states of matter to the early elementary student using items that they are familiar with. This also includes gathering data and filling in a table, an important part...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Gases Lighter and Heavier That Air
Teachers, to demonstrate to the elementary student that some gases are heavier than others, this experiment uses Winnie the Pooh and balloons to do just that.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: States of Matter
Watch different types of molecules form a solid, liquid, or gas. Add or remove heat and watch the phase change. Change the temperature or volume of a container and see a pressure-temperature diagram respond in real time. Relate the...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Is Air Matter?
A quick lab experiment to determine if air has mass and can be considered matter. This activity can be part of a unit of matter. Lesson plan includes instructions for a format for a mini lab report and student instruction sheet.
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Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: States of Matter [Pdf]
Through a series of five related sections, this 24 page pdf file examines a range of topics associated with states of matter including physical interactions between molecular units, bonding within molecular units, molecular units of...
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Chapter 2: Changes of State
Five chemistry lessons about phase changes between the states of mattter complete with handouts and animations.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: University of Colorado: States of Matter: Basics
An interactive simulation will heat, cool and compress atoms and molecules. Watch as they change between solid, liquid and gas phases. Recognize that different substances have different properties which will affect the temperatures for...
Other
University of Birmingham: The Nuclear Physics Group
This is the website of the Nuclear Physics Group at the University of Birmingham. There is information on research, degrees, seminars, etc.
Other
Science at Home: The World of Matter
Science at Home offers this site full of simple experiments that can be conducted at home. Don't miss the other sections, "forces and energy" and "electrons in action".
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Classification and Properties of Matter
As part of a larger resource called "Getting started in Chemistry," this page examines various topics related to the study of matter. Included in the study are properties of matter, classification of matter, pure substances, chemical...