ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: States of Matter [Pdf]
In this instructional activity, students will move and generate choreography to understand different states of matter.
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....
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Exploring States of Matter Gases
In this series of chemistry labs, students learn about the three states of matter by observing how molecules contract or expand as they change state.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Changes of State: Chemical and Physical Changes
In this chemistry lab, students will investigate, observe, and describe a variety of chemical and physical changes in matter. They will understand that this is part of everyday life.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: States of Matter
Change variables in this simulation to see how compression affects different states of matter.
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Changes in Matter
The goal of this activity is to develop and use a model to describe that matter is made of particles on a scale that is too small to be seen. You will be making observations of changes supported by a particle model of matter.
Florida State University
Florida State University: Intermolecular Forces: Changes of State
Discusses the changes of state that can occur for the three different types of matter (solids, liquids, and gases) and different types of heat energy that have been defined by scientists.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Properties of Matter
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial, students will begin to understand a substance according to its physical properties. Learn to distinguish between extensive and intensive...
Quia
Quia: Phases of Matter
Four activities for reviewing vocabulary and definitions related to changes in states of matter.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Freezing Things: States of Matter
The class will go back over the Power Point presentation on chemical and physical properties. The teacher will then conduct numerous liquid nitrogen demos. This lesson plan is used early in the Chemistry course. The students love it....
BBC
Bbc Schools: Changing States of Matter Quiz
Use this quiz to assess your knowledge of the states of matter. Links are provided to increase your screen size, view the quiz in a different format, review the states of matter prior to taking the quiz, and take part in a fun,learning...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: States of Matter
In this activity, students investigate physical and chemical changes in the states of matter for water. They collect data and record their observations.
McREL International
Mc Rel International: Timss 2007 Released Items: Science Fourth Grade [Pdf]
A released question from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) assessment about change of states of matter. Also included is a scoring guide for the released question.
American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society: Inquiry in Action: Teach Science Well
Online textbook reviews fundamentals of chemistry and physical science via slideshow presentations, notes, and videos. Materials for classroom activities engage students in inquiry-based, hands-on investigations covering molecular...
American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society: Inquiry in Action: Teach Science Well
Online textbook reviews fundamentals of chemistry and physical science via slideshow presentations, notes, and videos. Materials for classroom activities engage students in inquiry-based, hands-on investigations covering molecular...
American Chemical Society
Inquiry in Action: From Liquid to Gas to Solid
What causes frost to form on the outside of a cold container? In this activity, students will see that the liquid water can change state again and freeze to become ice.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Loch Ness: What Happens When Solids and Liquids Are Heated or Cooled?
Students will look at what happens to different types of matter when they have a change of state.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Netherlands: What Are Permanent and Temporary Changes?
In this lesson, students match a substance with its state of matter, identify what state something is, and learn about temporary and permanent changes in matter.
BBC
Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Materials: Changing States
Investigate the changing states of water as you help Steve stay alive while in the Arctic. Includes background information about changing states of matter and about the water cycle, as well as a quiz.
Other
King's Centre for Visualization in Science: Scientific Models
A series of interactive applets use scientific models to teach some basic concepts of matter, including states of matter and physical and chemical changes.
Chem Tutor
Chem Tutor: Chemistry: States of Matter
This lesson focuses on the states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases. It also discusses the Kinetic Theory of Matter, Thermodynamics, Triple point, Phase Change Graphs and the Heating Curve of Water. It provideds adrawing of a heating...
Other
Homewood City Schools: Classification of Matter
This Homewood City Schools site has an outline form and contains lots of information about the classification and composition of matter. Some of the topics covered are matter and temperature, changes in state, composition of matter, and...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Changing Matter:changing Matter: Is Weight the Same or Different?
Students conduct a hands-on investigation to determine how matter, changing state, effects the property of weight. Students will collect data and graph their results. Resources include step by step instructions, a data worksheet, videos...