Join a group of middle-school students on a visit to a laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where they experiment with "mystery mud" and learn about the relationships between magnetism, particle motion, and changes in...

Learn about the changing states of matter.

Using simulations observe what solids, liquids, and gases look like at the atomic scale. After observing the different states of matter at their atomic level, students will be able to conclude about the forces and attractions that exist...

After watching this simulation, students will be able to describe characteristics of the three states of matter. They will watch as atoms and molecules change between solid, liquid and gas phases.

[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...

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...

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...

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.

In this lesson plan, students will move and generate choreography to understand different states of matter.

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.

Learn how states of matter can change as heat is added to a system.

This resource explains the five states of matter and methods of changing from one state to another.

Change variables in this simulation to see how compression affects different states 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...

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...

This activity reviews of states of matter, then relates them to atomic movement as it is affected by attractions between atoms and the addition of energy. Latent heat and evaporative cooling are also topics covered. Multiple-choice and...

In this lesson, students will investigate how different materials changed when heated or cooled. The process in developing the investigation will be inquiry based. Students will have the liberty in choosing the materials and devising how...

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.

Discover the concept that energy transfer and molecular motion cause the change in state from a solid to a liquid. Also compare state changes of water to the state changes of other substances.

Students build a model of a water molecule and design an experiment to see if adding energy affects the rate of evaporation.

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 instructional activity is used early in the Chemistry course. The students...

This lesson focuses on Matter including the three states of matter, the energy that it takes to change the state of matter, and experiments for children to conduct. Students can choose to have any paragraph read to them.

Find out how matter can change from one state to another.

A very descriptive site that allows students to understand the different states of matter at the atomic level. Also discusses the process of phase changes and displays phase change graphs. Thermochemistry is also touched upon for high...