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...
Utah State Office of Education
Utah Science: Changing Matter
Matter changes both physically and chemically on a fairly regular basis. Through these activities students will challenge their understanding of the changes that may take place with different types of matter.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Law of Conservation of Mass Explained With Examples
Explains the Law of Conservation of Mass, or Law of Conservation of Matter, and gives two examples for it.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Conservation of Mass It's the Law!
This resource includes videos, interactives, and additional resources to help students understand the law of conservation of mass and how to balance chemical equations.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Conservation of Mass Gum Lab
Students investigate whether or not chewing gum should be considered eating using the law of conservation of mass to reason that the portion lost of the original mass of gum must be swallowed.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Matter and Energy: Chemical Equations
Explore balanced chemical equations in this tutorial. Tutorial includes videos, interactive activities, and practice to help students understand balanced chemical equations and the Law of Conservation of Mass.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Physical Changes
Second graders explore the concept of law of conservation of mass.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Conservation of Mass in Chemical Reactions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains Law of conservation of mass and why chemical equations must be balanced.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Conservation of Mass: Lesson 3
This lesson explains the law of conservation of mass within chemical reactions. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Conservation of Mass."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Conservation of Mass: Lesson 4
This lesson explains the law of conservation of mass within chemical reactions. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Conservation of Mass."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Conservation of Mass: Lesson 2
This lesson explains the law of conservation of mass within chemical reaction with audio and quiz questions.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Conservation of Mass and Energy in Living Systems
Learn about the conservation of mass and energy as it applies to different living systems.
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: Ms Ps1 5: Conservation of Atoms in Reactions
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard MS-PS1-5: conservation of atoms in reactions.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Blowing Up Balloons, Chemically
Learners will understand and apply the Law of Conservation of Matter; balance chemical equations; use the following skills: observing and recording data (observations) and making inferences from observations.
Utah State Office of Education
Utah Science: It All Adds Up!
Atoms and molecules come together to create matter. What happens to the weight of matter when it is frozen? Can matter be destroyed? Check out these activities to clearly understand how this works.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fifth Grade: Physical Science: Physical and Chemical Changes in Matter
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Provides the definitions of physical and chemical changes in matter and gives examples. The law of conservation of mass is also described.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Conservation of Mass Tutorial
Learn how mass is conserved in physical and chemical changes.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lab: Conservation of Mass
This lab experiment shows students that mass is not gained or lost during a chemical reaction. Lab also includes a set of lab questions that requires students to balance the chemical equation for the reaction that occurs in this lab.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemical Reactions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What happens in a chemical reaction is explained, along with how it is represented by a chemical equation. In a chemical reaction, the law of conservation of matter...
McREL International
Mc Rel International: Naep Released Item [Pdf]
A released question from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test about the conservation of matter. Includes scoring guide.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Materia
Explore the concept of matter in this Spanish-language encyclopedia entry. This site features the properties of matter, the Law of Conservation of Matter, and other important features of matter.
Other
Laws of Thermodynamics
A page from the Fundamentals of Physical Geography site. Identifies, describes and elaborates upon the first, second, and third laws of thermodynamics.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Conservation of Energy
This Kahn Academy tutorial helps students understand the principles of conservation of energy and mass. [10 min, 6 sec]
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Conservation of Momentum
This article helps students understand and apply Newton's third law and the conservation of momentum.