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It's About Time

Properties of Matter

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Never trust an atom; they make up everything! Young chemists make modeling dough and add another ingredient to change the properties. Scholars then compare the properties of emulsion to composite materials. A reading passage and analysis...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

The Colligative Properties of Solutions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How can you relate colligative properties of solutions to everyday situations? Pupils first discuss the concepts of density, boiling and freezing points, then demonstrate how to accurately determine the boiling and freezing point of...
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Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

States of Matter 2

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
While scientists have identified seven states of matter, these puzzles cover the most common three. Scholars match the properties, particle motion, and particle picture to each type of matter. Three Sudoku-style puzzles review the data...
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Teach Engineering

Understanding Elements

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Nothing says organization quite like a table. The third lesson in a six-part Mixtures and Solutions unit teaches young scientists about elements and the periodic table. They learn how the periodic table is organized and about the...
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Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

States of Matter 1

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Do solids, liquids, and gases even matter? Scholars match the state of matter to its particle picture, size and shape description, and description of the arrangement of the particles. Once they complete that activity, they complete a...
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EduGAINs

Chemical Properties Investigation

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
This lesson demonstrates differentiated instruction at its best. Over the course of 2-3 class periods, young chemists have the opportunity to gain a thorough understanding of metals and their chemical properties from a variety of...
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Baylor College

Gases Matter

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
As a demonstration or as a hands-on activity, your class watches as the combination of vinegar and baking soda produce carbon dioxide gas. The intent of the lesson is to help youngsters understand that gases occupy space. It is included...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Is The Matter?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a lesson about the scientific concept of matter. They use essential questions in order to guide the research process. Students engage in several class inquiries that are hands on in order to investigate the properties...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's the Matter?

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify solids, liquids, and gases. In this matter lesson, the teacher guides students through numerous demonstrations as they determine the properties of solids, liquids, and gases and classify things as each. As the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Identifying Matter by Sound and Feel

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars explore the physical properties of matter. In this matter lesson, students collaborate as they participate in an activity that requires them to identify objects using their senses of sight and touch.
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Curated OER

Phases of Matter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students comprehend the different phases of matter. They give examples of each phase and describe the processes of changing between these phases. Students are asked what is plasma? They are asked what is the four phases of matter? ...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Three Phases of Matter

For Students 3rd - 5th
To study the phases of matter, students complete an experiment including water and corn starch and answer six short answer questions about the states of matter the observed. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Physical Changes to Matter

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Pupils explore matter by conducting an in-class experiment. They experiment with water's various forms by melting and freezing water, identifying its new shape. These observations are recorded to supplement later discussion. They also...
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Curated OER

Physical Properties of Matter

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the physical properties of matter. They identify and classify a variety of objects based on their physical properties.
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Curated OER

What is Matter?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate what matter is and how it changes states.  In this physical properties instructional activity, students examine the vocabulary database and identify the characteristics of the three phases of matter.  Students...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Matter: Solids Liquids and Gases

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in a science experiment to understand that matter takes up space.  In this matter lesson plan, students experiment with solids, liquids and gases to recognize that matter is everywhere. Students make observations and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Matter Matters: Solids, Liquids and Gases

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Scientists participate in a variety of hands-on experiments in this ten-day unit on the three states of matter. Lessons incorporate literature, a-v materials, and poetry to help students differentiate between solids, liquids and gases.
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Curated OER

What's Matter?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore many of the basic properties of matter including atoms, ions, elements, molecules, and density. The class explores an interactive flash-animated Web site to answer questions and clarify misconceptions they might have had...
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Curated OER

Ready, Set, Let's Dough! It's a Matter of System

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore physical sciences by participating in a class experiment. In this matter lesson, students identify the three forms of matter and their physical differences. Students utilize cookie dough to create a play dough like...
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Curated OER

Matter, Matter

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners define vocabulary related to the parts of the atom.  In this matter lesson, students navigate the web to find the structure and the forces that affect atoms.  Learners complete an experiment with positive and negative charges....
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Curated OER

Mixtures of Matter

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students experiment with solids and liquids. In this mixtures of matter lesson plan, students combine matter to form solutions. Students hypothesize, test, and analyze the data to draw conclusions. The lesson plan can be extended by...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's the Matter?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the components of matter. They discover what matter is, the states of matter, and how heat and cold cause it to change states in an online format. In addition, they complete internet-based lessons, activities, and quizzes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Observing and Identifying Matter

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this observing and identifying matter worksheet, students use a cookie in a bag and list 10 different descriptions of the cookie. They draw and label their cookie and given the cookie in the bag to their teacher who mixes all the...
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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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