Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Phases of Matter

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students discuss and experiment with the phases of water.  In this phases of matter lesson plan, students recognize the different states of matter.  Students measure and record changes and understand when the state changes.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Chemistry: States of Matter Quiz

For Students 11th
In this chemistry worksheet, 11th graders take a states of matter quiz by matching 10 terms to their definitions, decide if 10 statements are true or false, and answer 2 fill in the blank questions.
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Phase Change and Latent Heat

For Students 11th - 12th
In this section of the textbook, find information about phase changes. Section will explore how to calculate the heat required to change the phase of an object by knowing the mass and latent heat of fusion or latent heat of vaporization....
Handout
Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Heat Transfer

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion from the Oklahoma Climatological Survey of the thermal factors effecting the movement of air masses in the atmosphere. Numerous topics such as methods of heat transfer, latent heat, phase changes (including sublimation and...
Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Heat and States of Matter

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn how states of matter can change as heat is added to a system.
Handout
University of Texas at Austin

Thermo Dex:index of Selected Thermodynamic Data Handbooks

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you need to know a specific value of a specific quantity for any given substance? If so, this is the place. Find the heat capacity, heats of vaporization and fusion, and much more from this page.
Graphic
Curated OER

Lyndon State College: Survey of Meteorology: Graphics: Heat Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustration of heat energy taken from and released to the environment via sublimation and deposition.
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Phase Change Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
An indexing page for the HyperPhysics site. This page includes links to a variety of pages at the site which contain information related to phase changes. Each individual page consists of informative graphics and clear explanations.
Handout
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...
Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Atmospheric & Ocean Circulation

For Students 9th - 10th
A diagram which shows how the process of atmospheric and ocean circulation works. It features such important terms as precipitation, evaporation, sublimation, snow, accumulation, wind redistribution, melt, runoff, heat, ice flow and...