Curated OER
Physical or Chemical Change
In this matter worksheet, students read statements about changes happening to matter and classify the change as either a physical or a chemical change. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
Curated OER
What Are Physical and Chemical Properties?
In this properties worksheet, students compare and contrast physical properties and chemical properties. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Concepts, Classification and States of Matter
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Freshly baked bread and cherry pie are two delicious parts of any meal. What happens to the ingredients that go into the bread and the pie as they are heated in the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Changes in Matter
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students identify the chemical properties of a substance and describe chemical changes and differentiate them from physical changes....
Utah Education Network
Uen: Science Detectives
Students are given a scenario for this instructional activity where they must use investigative skills like a detective would to decide whether changes that happen to objects in the story are physical or chemical. They then conduct an...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Matter, It Does!
In this activity students identify forms and changes of matter.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Who Says a Watched Pot Never Boils?
In this activity, students' will investigate what causes phase changes in matter.They use a temperature sensor to measure the temperature of a substance and identify visual clues to the phase changes.
Purdue University
Purdue Univ: Gases, Liquids, and Solids
This site has a brief description of the differences in particles in a gas, liquid, and solid. Animated microscopic pictures demonstrate the molecular movement in each state. Information is then summarized in an easy-to-read chart.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Just a Phase: Water as a Solid, Liquid, and Gas
This site helps students construct a model of the arrangement of water molecules when present as solid, liquid or gas. Includes background information, lesson plans, links to standards and assessment ideas.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Changes in Matter What Kind of Change Is It?
Can you distinguish physical changes from chemical changes? After reading a brief summary of both types of changes, you'll be presented with some examples and asked to identify them.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 5:1 Activity 6: Chemical Change
For this fifth grade activity, students explore how matter changes during a chemical reaction.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Absolute Zero: States of Matter
This interactive allows you to explore the effect that temperature and pressure have on the changes in the states of matter. You can test these variables on carbon dioxide, hydrogen and water.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science
This customizable digital textbook covers topics related to fifth-grade science. It is Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned.
New York University
New York University: What Is Matter?
At this resource discover the difference between solids, liquids, and gases. Practice what you just learned with included review questions.
New York University
New York University: States of Water
Use this resource to learn about the three different phases of water; solid, liquid, and gas. What happens to water as it changes into a solid or gas? Includes short and easy to do activity.
New York University
Nyu: Math Mol: Motion of Molecules
Examine the link between molecular motion and energy. Observe the movement of a molecule at room temperature. Learn about the different types of molecular motion.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: As a "Matter" of Fact
In this lesson plan site, students will define matter and compare properties of solids, liquids and gases.
Other
The Science House: Dancing Spaghetti
The chemical change of matter is illustrated in this lab experiment when spaghetti is placed in a solution of baking soda and vinegar. Watch the spaghetti rise to the surface and sink again once the gas is released.
Other
The Science House: Ziptop Bag Chemistry
In this experiment, three reactions are performed in a sealed Ziploc bag so that they can be observed. Students identify whether physical or chemical change has taken place.
Other
Study Stack: Changes in Matter
An online flashcard deck that reviews properties of matter. Test your knowledge of matter, chemical changes, and physical changes. Site allows you to put flashcards into two sections, those you know and those you don't. After separating...
SMART Technologies
Smart: Physical and Chemical Properties
Students will learn the difference between physical and chemical properties of matter.
Other
Classifying Matter and Changes in Matter
Learn to identify changes in matter and explain what happens as matter changes. The lesson is supplemented with several experiments to reinforce key concepts.