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Rock Crystallization

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students determine the differences between the crystallization of igneous and metamorphic rocks. They examine both liquid state and solid state crystallization.
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Day Six: Floater What Ifs

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students observe earth science by examining results from an experiment. In this buoyancy instructional activity, students practice floating different items in two different liquids and identify why certain objects will float and others...
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The Scientific Method

For Students 8th - 10th
For this scientific method worksheet, students read about the steps of the scientific method, ways to measure mass and volume and how to read a meniscus. Students use the scientific method to determine if an object is a liquid or a solid...
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Traveling Sound

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils explore how sound waves move through liquids, solids and gases in a series of simple sound energy experiments. They describe how sound needs molecules to move and that changing the medium that it travels through changes the sound...
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What's the Matter?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners use knowledge of the states of matter while creating an informational book on solids, liquids, and gases. They watch a class video about matter and then discuss what they know about the three types.
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States of Matter Mini-Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify he phases of matter (solid, liquid, gas), and why they take place. They comprehend what a physical change is and what a chemical change is. Students know the difference between a Mixture and a Solution.
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Review Sheet for Matter Test

For Students 10th - 12th
In this matter worksheet, students answer five questions about the law of conservation of mass. They identify substances as solids, liquids, gases or mixtures and they identify given items as matter or energy.
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Chemistry: Classifying Materials

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars classify materials. In this chemistry lesson, students examine the properties of solids, liquids, and gases. Young scholars discover the elements, compounds, and chemical symbols.
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Motion in Fluids

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore physical science by participating in a science activity. In this liquids lesson, students discuss how fluids can be affected by motion unlike solids. Students define other scientific vocabulary terms and conduct a motion...
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Measuring Water Vapor: The Microwave Water Radiometer (MWR)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate water vapor. They view and analyze photos, conduct Internet research, and analyze the total water vapor/total liquid water data plot.
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The Nature Of Dissolving Processes

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the rule of "like dissolves like." They define and describe solutions and solubility models on molecular liquids, ionic solids, and molecular solids.
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Lose Some Weight- Evaporate!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students determine that some liquids are able to evaporate more readily than others. They create a balance using cups and a ruler to determine which end of a strip dipped in alcohol or water evaporates the fastest, hence loses the most...
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As a Matter of Fact

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students rotate through various hands-on experiment stations to explore the concept and properties of different types of matter. They compare some properties of solids, liquids and gases and describe how matter changes from one state to...
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What's the Matter? Where Did it Go?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders analyze questions posted on a large poster in the room and work in groups to record their response to the question on paper, rotating to the next question after two minutes have passed. They review the characteristics of...
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Space and Time in Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students move with control in general space. They move with three different spatial distances and tempi. Students demonstrate understanding of the distance and speed of particles in matter: solid-close and slow; liquid-medium distance...
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What is Sound? How Can We Change Sound?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this lesson, learners investigate the phenomenon of sound! Students compare and contrast how sound travels through solids, liquids, and gases. They explain how length and thickness affect sound. Learners know the difference between...
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What is the Mantle Like?

For Students 5th - 6th
In these earth science worksheets student complete this project to model activity in the mantle, one Earth's four layers. The project includes liquid and powder materials in addition to several measuring components. Students must then...
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Structure-Property Relationships

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the structure and property changes of water through videos and classroom discussion. They are introduced to atomic arrangement of solids by looking closely at carbon in different forms, such as graphite and diamond....
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Water Displacement to Determine Volume

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the water displacement method to determine the volume of solid objects such as rocks, nails, and marbles.
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Density - To Float or Not to Float? That is the Question!

For Teachers 8th
Students investigate how to find the density of fluids and solids using math. Students also learn how to find the density of regular and irregular shaped objects.
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Go Glacier Go!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students create a model of a glacier and observe how it moves. In this landforms lesson plan, students learn what a glacier is, build a model glacier and observe how it moves in a manner that more closely resembles a liquid than a solid.
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Describing the Physical World

For Students 6th - 12th
In this physical world worksheet, students review concepts relating to the chemical and physical properties of matter, density of matter, and if matter is a solid, liquid, or gas. This worksheet has 9 terms in a word puzzle, 4 true or...
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The Separation Problem

For Students 4th - 6th
In this mixture separation worksheet students problem solve a variety of ways to separate mixtures. After generating solution ideas to separating mixtures of solids prompts on the one page sheet students are prompted to respond in short...
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Water Coloring Sheet

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this water-themed coloring worksheet, students view water in liquid, gas, and solid forms. Students read the sentence regarding water and color the pictures.

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