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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Changes in Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students identify the chemical properties of a substance and describe chemical changes and differentiate them from physical changes....
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Changes in Matter What Kind of Change Is It?

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you distinguish physical changes from chemical changes? After reading a brief summary of both types of changes, you'll be presented with some examples and asked to identify them.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Changes in Matter Chemical Reactions They're Everywhere

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you distinguish physical changes from chemical reactions? You'll be presented with a number of pictures and asked to identify those which are examples of chemical reactions.
Website
Other

Classifying Matter and Changes in Matter

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn to identify changes in matter and explain what happens as matter changes. The lesson is supplemented with several experiments to reinforce key concepts.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Dirtmeister's Science Lab: Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
Step into Dirtmeister's Science Lab as he explores the challenge question: "How can you force a physical change in matter?" Learn about matter, make your predictions and then do the experiment.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Concepts, Classification and States of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
[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...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Netherlands: What Are Permanent and Temporary Changes?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students match a substance with its state of matter, identify what state something is, and learn about temporary and permanent changes in matter.
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Other

Study Stack: Changes in Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
An online flashcard deck that reviews properties of matter. Test your knowledge of matter, chemical changes, and physical changes. Site allows you to put flashcards into two sections, those you know and those you don't. After separating...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Properties of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
[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...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Changes of State: Chemical and Physical Changes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this chemistry lab, students will investigate, observe, and describe a variety of chemical and physical changes in matter. They will understand that this is part of everyday life.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Who Says a Watched Pot Never Boils?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students' will investigate what causes phase changes in matter.They use a temperature sensor to measure the temperature of a substance and identify visual clues to the phase changes.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: States of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Observing the Effect of Temperature on Change of State and Gas Pressure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lab serves as a short introduction to both changes in state and air pressure/the gas laws. The students will heat a small amount of water in an aluminum can. They will then invert it in a bucket of cold water and crush the can using...
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American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Inquiry in Action: Teach Science Well

For Students 9th - 10th
Online textbook reviews fundamentals of chemistry and physical science via slideshow presentations, notes, and videos. Materials for classroom activities engage students in inquiry-based, hands-on investigations covering molecular...
Website
American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Inquiry in Action: Teach Science Well

For Students 9th - 10th
Online textbook reviews fundamentals of chemistry and physical science via slideshow presentations, notes, and videos. Materials for classroom activities engage students in inquiry-based, hands-on investigations covering molecular...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Physical and Chemical Changes

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces fifth graders to physical and chemical changes in matter. The Law of Conservation of Matter is also covered.
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Other

Homewood City Schools: Classification of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
This Homewood City Schools site has an outline form and contains lots of information about the classification and composition of matter. Some of the topics covered are matter and temperature, changes in state, composition of matter, and...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: States of Matter

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students investigate physical and chemical changes in the states of matter for water. They collect data and record their observations.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Mix the Old With the New

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how cooking causes changes in matter. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: As a "Matter" of Fact

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan site, students will define matter and compare properties of solids, liquids and gases.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Prehistoric Climate Change and Why It Matters Today

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In a lesson plan in this issue of Smithsonian in Your Classroom, students do the work of a team of paleontologists studying a time of rising carbon dioxide and rapid global warming during the Eocene epoch. By examining fossils of tree...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Economic Impact of a Changing Middle Class

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students analyze economic data to better understand America's middle class, its role in the economy, its impact on economic growth, and why a shrinking middle class matters to the U.S. economy.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: States of Matter [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this instructional activity, students will move and generate choreography to understand different states of matter.
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Intermolecular Forces: Changes of State

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the changes of state that can occur for the three different types of matter (solids, liquids, and gases) and different types of heat energy that have been defined by scientists.

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