Lesson 4
What's the Matter?
Objectives:
Students will know that matter exists in different states: solid, liquid, gas.
Students will observe, classify, and communicate differences among liquids, solids, and gases.
Students know examples of solids, liquids, and gases.
Time Required:
Two-one hour sessions
Vocabulary:
Materials:
Story: Solid, Liquid, or Gas? by Fay Robinson
Quart-size zip lock bags
Copy of song "What is Matter?" on chart paper
Matter Investigation Chart on bulletin board paper
Matter Riddle Template for Home Learning
Any publishing software such as Kid Pix
Story: What Is the World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases by: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld and Paul Meisel
Advanced Preparation:.
Students must have prior knowledge of the three states of matter.
Have zip lock bags and colored water ready along with chart.
Procedures
Evaluation:
Students will create a matter poster using Kid Pix, Print Shop or any other publishing software. Have students choose three pictures representing a solid (ball, toy, etc.), a liquid (a glass with milk, a pail of water, etc. and a gas (a balloon, etc.). Then have students label each one with the correct word Solid, Liquid, and Gas.
Extension Activity:
Have students create a book about the properties of matter using riddles. Give each student a whale cut out. Have them glue a wiggly eye on the cover and write the title of their book: What Is It? by: ____________. Come up with riddles together for each property of matter so students can copy the riddles on their pages. Use the water the whale swims in for the liquid, the icebergs or any other thing whales swim around for the solid, and the air the whale breathes for the gas. (For example, I swim in it all the time. It is a blue liquid. What is it?) On the first page have students draw a whale in the water (or you can use a sticker of a cut out from an ellison machine) and write the first riddle. On the second page students draw a picture of their answer and write the word. On the third page again they draw the water and the whale along with the riddle and on the fourth page they draw a picture of the answer and write the word. Finally on the fifth page they draw another whale and the water with the riddle and on the last page the answer to the riddle. Have students sequence the pages behind the cover, staple and share their books.
You can visit Solid, Liquid, Gas site and play matter games. (Students will probably have to do with an adult or older student)
Home Learning:
Students will create riddles. Students will describe something, including whether it is a solid, liquid, or a gas, for others to try to guess. (For example, I write with it on my paper. It is a solid. What is it? Pencil; I drink it everyday for lunch. It is a liquid. What is it? Milk, etc.). You can use the template for them to fill in and they can draw a picture of their riddles. Students can type their riddles using any word processing program and use clip art to illustrate when they are done with their work the next day.