Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's the Matter? (Living and Non-Living Things)

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Understand how chemical reactions recombine atoms to create the "chemicals of life". An experiment, showing the basic chemical reactions of an iron nail or a match, helps young children start their understanding of permanent changes.
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Curated OER

Chemical Changes to Matter

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners analyze the causes of corrosion. In this chemistry lesson, students investigate what is necessary to cause chemical changes in matter. Learners discover the causes of rust and tooth decay.
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Curated OER

What's The Scoop?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the properties of matter.  In this cross curriculum three states of matter science lesson, students listen to the poem "Eighteen Flavors" by Shel Silverstein, and predict what will happen if listed ingredients are...
Activity
Museum of Science

Create Gas

For Teachers K - 6th
Let's have a gas. Individuals mix baking soda and vinegar in a bottle. Learners view the interaction between the solid and the liquid and notice that a gas is formed. Scholars notice the gas inflates a balloon stretched across the mouth...
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Curated OER

Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars experiment with water and ice. For this states of matter lesson, students explore how water can change from a solid to a liquid and back again. They discuss and write about the results of the experiment in a science...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Applied Science - Physics Post-Lab

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students investigate energy. In this Physics lesson plan, students explore different sources of energy: heat, nuclear, and chemical. Students sing an electricity song.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ice Cream Science

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students review properties of matter and discuss how materials change when things are done to them. They observe how materials change as a reaction to temperature by following the procedure to make ice cream and recording the temperature...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners investigate how water changes state. In this water lesson, students observe, measure, and describe water as it changes state. This lesson includes extensions which can be accessed via the provided web links.
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Physical and Chemical Properties

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students will learn the difference between physical and chemical properties of matter.