Student+Activities

**Physical Science: Properties of** **Matter**
 * Student Activities**


 * Monday: **

*Each student should bring in an apple and an orange prior to the lesson.The amount of space that an object or substance takes up is defined as volume. Volume is measured in units such as liters. A liter box is one tool used to measure the volume of liquids. The buoyant apple in this activity displaces an amount of water equal to its mass.
 * The Apple of My Eye **


 * Instructions: **
 * 1) Form groups of 4-5
 * 2) Write the key question in your science notebook, write any preliminary thoughts, and discuss the key question with a partner or within your group.
 * 3) Fill a liter box with enough water to cover the apple.
 * 4) Observe and record the level of the water in the box.
 * 5) Place the apple in the water and again, observe and record the level of the water.
 * 6) Compare the two measurements.
 * 7) You will have time to observe your apples using your senses, as well as other appropriate tools.
 * 8) When your observations are complete, discuss your findings within your groups.
 * 9) **Print this worksheet, complete with your group and paste it into your Science Notebook **


 * Tuesday **


 * A Closer Look **

Physical changes in a substance or material result only in changes in the appearance of the material. While the size, shape, texture, etc., may be changed, the substance is still the same substance. Chemical changes result in a new substance being formed.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Preliminary lab **


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Instructions: **
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Form groups of 3
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Write the key question in their science notebook, write any preliminary thoughts, and discuss the key question with a partner or within your group.
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Each Group will receive several rock salt crystals.
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Observe the properties of the crystals, and sketch what you observed in your science notebooks.
 * 5) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Describe the properties of the crystals. List the properties, if you have difficulty describing properties, ask how you would tell another person about these crystals if that person had never seen them before.
 * 6) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">When complete move on to the lab portion.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">LAB **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">A crystal is a solid form of a substance in which the atoms are arranged in repeating patterns.A powder is a substance that has been ground or pulverized into finely dispersed, loose, solid particles.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Instructions: **
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Print this worksheet for the lab, complete and answer the questions.
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">After you have received your seltzer tablet, investigate the properties of the seltzer tablet.
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Observe the whole tablet using only the unaided eye, draw what you see.
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Again observe the whole tablet using a hand lens and then a microscope, each time drawing the details you are able to observe.
 * 5) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Observe as many properties as you can, observing such characteristics as color, size, shape, smell, texture, hardness, and flexibility.
 * 6) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Use the measuring tape to find the diameter of the tablet.
 * 7) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Place the tablet in a snack bag before placing it on the balance to find the mass. Record the mass of the whole tablet in the snack bag.
 * 8) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Next, keep the tablet in the sealed snack bag and crush it. Find the mass of the crushed tablet in the snack bag and compare it to the mass of the whole tablet in the snack bag. Record this measurement and compare it with that of the whole tablet. (The mass before and after crushing should be approximately the same.
 * 9) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Empty the crushed tablet onto a piece of black construction paper and repeat your observations for the crushed tablet, using first the unaided eye, then the hand lens and finally the microscope to observe and describe what you see.


 * <span style="color: #3acf20; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Wednesday: **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">A magnet is an object that can push or pick up materials made of iron, steel, or nickel. A magnet is made of these same materials. Objects that are attracted by magnets have similar properties. Every magnet has two places where its strength is concentrated (its poles). Unlike poles of a magnet attract each other. Like poles of a magnet repel each other. A temporary magnet can be made from a steel object by striking it with a magnet. Once magnetized, a piece of steel can remain magnetized indefinitely.
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Exploring Magnets **


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Instructions: **
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Create groups of 3 [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTWZcnE3ffjYls_n783pI11BAJwOKH7AEqGkRuqp90XRp4MnNme5g width="220" height="175" align="right"]]
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Show how magnets repel and attract each other using the circle magnets and the pencil.
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Now, you will be given objects and other magnets to test.
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Explore the objects and the magnets and make observations in your notebooks.
 * 5) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Create a T-chart to classify objects as either magnetic or non-magnetic.
 * 6) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">When you have finished complete these questions.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Were these observations or inferences about magnets?
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">What are some observations that you made? (some items are magnetic, some are not, magnets repel and/or attract each other)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">What can you claim based upon the evidence?
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">After you have answered these questions create a question of your own to present to the class about magnets.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Here are some fun games to help you better understand matter!
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Games: **


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Instructions: **
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">After you have completed your lab work individually on some of these fun learning Games!
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Brain Pop
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Gas, Liquid, and Solids
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Change it!
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Reversible and Irreversible changes


 * <span style="color: #3acf20; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Thursday: **


 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Creating a Diagram **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Instructions: **
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Create a Kidspiration account
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Research the different states of matter
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Here are some helpful sites to do your research
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Changing States of Matter
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Forms Of Matter Power Points
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Kids' Guide to States of Matter
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">When your research is complete create a map (any type you wish) using Kidspiration.
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Have at least 6 pictures and 2 diagrams.
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">After completing your map share it with a partner and write down 3 things that you learned from your partners map.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Now it's time to see what you have learned so far! Complete this online quiz, you may take it as many times as you wish. Do not spend more than 20 minutes on this.
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Quiz: **


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Instructions: **
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Complete 2 online quizzes
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">States of Matter Quiz
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">States of Matter
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">When finished print out results and put into your Science Notebook.


 * <span style="color: #3acf20; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Friday: **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Now it's time to see what you have learned this week!

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Look around you. What do you see? Have you ever thought about what things are made of? You will work with your partner and your team, as you complete this Web Quest, where you will discover lots of new and interesting facts.
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Web Quest: **


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Instructions: **
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Click on matter to view a PowerPoint slide show. You will be creating a magazine collage with your partner. Choose one heading for your 18"x24" white drawing paper. (liquid, solid, gas, physical change, chemical change, properties) Write the heading you choose. You and your partner find pictures that go with your heading from the magazines. Cut and glue onto paper. When finished, hang on bulletin board. We will share whole group when each team is finished. Be prepared to explain why you chose your pictures.
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">You and your partner will each need a piece of plain white paper. Fold the paper in fourths. Put your name on the top. You will be using 6 of the sections. Label each section with these headings: 1. states 2. Liquids 3. Solids 4. Gases 5. Mixtures 6. Plasmas.
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Go to Chem4Kids site. Click on the matter section. You will see a map showing states with the same labels as your paper. You and your partner will visit each section.
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">You will read and discuss each section. On your paper, list any new words or words you don't understand under each heading as you go through each section. Each student has their own list.
 * 5) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">After you have completed each section, you and your partner will complete the online quiz . List both names and print out 2 copies when you are finished to put in your portfolios. (You may take the quiz more than once.)
 * 6) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">You and you partner will now join the other two members of your team to create a visual map. The title is "Matter". Use poster paper or large white drawing paper and markers, crayons, or colored pencils. Pencil sketch first and then use the colors. We will share whole group when all teams are finished. Everyone needs to be prepared to share
 * 7) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Click on self evaluation  and print out the self evaluation to complete and hand in to your teacher.
 * 8) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Share your information with the class.