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McREL International

Mc Rel International: Timss 2007 Released Items: Science Fourth Grade [Pdf]

For Students 4th
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.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: North Sea: Denmark: What Happens When Materials Are Heated or Cooled?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Did you know that water has different states? Learn all about it with Boris in Copenhagen.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Norway: What Is Matter Made Of?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Set sail with Oleif, the Viking. Make his boat move by learning all about matter and particles.
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Website
New York University

Nyu: Welcome to Water

For Students 3rd - 5th
Educational resource invites users to understand the properties of water by first examining what water is and how we use it and then leads users to further information on the three states that water can exist.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Making Your Own Snowflake in a Jar

For Teachers K - 1st
For this activity, students will learn about supersaturated solutions. They will observe the beginning formation of crystals as the solution cools and by the next day, the students will see the formation of a snowflake made by the crystals.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Freezing and Phase Change: How Do You Make Ice Cream?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will be expanding a study of phase changes after experiences with exploration of the three phases of matter. They apply what they have learned through freezing water and create a tasty ice cream treat.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Exploring States of Matter Gases

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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.
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Ministerio de Educación (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: La Materia

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this site you can learn and experiment with matter properties and change in behavior. Every theoretical explanation is accompanied by an animation. You will be able to aply the theory to real experiments.
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eBook
Crescent Public Schools

The Internet Science Room: The Kinetic Theory & Phase Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial helps students understand the Kinetic Theory, which explains the effects of temperature and pressure on matter as it goes through phase changes.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Materia

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Matter: Periodic Table

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short quiz on the periodic table of elements and how it is organized.
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Success Link

Success Link: Dry Ice Lab/demonstration How Cool It Is!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan using dry ice to show the four states of matter. Included are inquiry-based questions to use as part of the demonstration.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: States of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
Change variables in this simulation to see how compression affects different states of matter.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Kinetic Energy and States of Matter: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will compare the relative kinetic energy possessed by molecules in different states. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Kinetic Energy and States of Matter."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Phase Changes: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce a phase change diagram, and show how a substance changes from one phase to another. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Phase Changes."
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Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tar Heel Reader: Forms of Water

For Students 1st - 4th
Find out how water can exist in the three different pahses of matter.
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Your Ice Cream Is Moving

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn how states of matter are dependent on an object's average kinetic energy.
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Handout
University of Florida

Chem. 2041 Lecture Notes: The Forces Between Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the variety of forces which hold molecules together. The relative strengths of these forces for the various states of matter is discussed. The effect of such forces on the boiling points and other phase change...
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Museum of Science

The Atom's Family: Mighty Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students construct models of molecules using marshmallows and gum drops.
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Handout
Michael Blaber, PhD

Florida State University: Intermolecular Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the Florida State Univeristy provides good information on the various intermolecular forces, including nice diagrams.
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Other

King's Centre for Visualization in Science: Scientific Models

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of interactive applets use scientific models to teach some basic concepts of matter, including states of matter and physical and chemical changes.
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The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: Ms Ps1 1: Atomic Composition Model

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A collection of lesson plans for helping students understand atomic composition. Site uses work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos to plan lessons to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules.
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Chem Tutor

Chemtutor: Heating Curve Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Nice set of problems dealing with the concept of a heating curve. Students can click on the question and get immediate feedback on their answer.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Heating and Cooling

For Students 2nd - 4th
A tutorial reviewing the states of matter and the effects of heating and cooling matter in the different states. (Note: some of the links may not load in the archived version of the site.)

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