[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...

This expansive unit created by McCracken County Schools focuses on the properties of matter. Multiple lessons focus on the concept of scientific modeling of matter particles. Included in this unit are various activities to reach all...

Concept animation compares molecular movement of solids, liquids, and gases.

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 is used early in the Chemistry course. The students love it. This...

In the States of Matter module, students further explore the concept that anything on earth that has mass and takes up space is matter. This exercise introduces students to solids, liquids and gases, the three most common states of...

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.

Investigate the concept of water changing states.

This Study Card stack enables students to review the concepts of matter, the kinds and classes of mater including atoms, molecules, elements, compounds, pure substance, and mixtures.

Students observe colors in the flame of a burning candle to explore connections between matter, light, color, and temperature, the basic concepts of matter and energy.

Second graders explore the concept of law of conservation of mass.

What is everything made of? Thus far, we can break everything in the universe down to a few very small elementary particles. But they fit into strange patterns that are not understood. Clifford Johnson describes these ideas, along with...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will identify three methods for measuring the amount of matter in a sample. They will define the mole and its relationship...

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.

This site contains in-depth information on crystalline solids. Includes basic concepts, pictures, learning graphs, and useful tools.

This resource discusses how to directly instruct the concept of personal space.

Students will understand the concept of the ray model of light and how light interacts with matter and reflections.

Students learn the concept of angular momentum of objects in two dimensions and how rotational motion is determined.

Read this illustrated article to help you understand the concept of work in regards to the transfer of mechanical energy.

A series of interactive applets use scientific models to teach some basic concepts of matter, including states of matter and physical and chemical changes.

This unit covers introductory concepts of mixtures and solutions. Students think about how mixtures and solutions, and atoms and molecules can influence new technologies developed by engineers. The first lesson explores the fundamentals...

An illustrated article helps students understand the concept of reflection of images and the differences in reflection with different optical devices.

This lesson guides students to build a spectroscope, use it as a tool, and interpret their observations by applying concepts of conservation of energy and properties of matter.

Students learn about solids, liquids, and gases in this interactive slide show. Animated cartoon characters explain concepts having to do with properties of matter. A self-checking quiz follows the lesson.

Using the same method for measuring friction that was used in the previous lesson (Discovering Friction), students design and conduct an experiment to determine if the amount of area over which an object contacts a surface it is moving...