Structure and Properties of Matter

The student will investigate the characteristic properties of matter.

Select an object according to its observable physical properties.

TCAP Coach Lesson 32 pages 162-165

United Streaming

• Science Facts and Fun: Everything Is Something   (15:00)

• Properties of Matter, Part 1   (20:00)

Discuss the meaning of each of the properties below.

Physical Properties -

• size

• weight or mass

• shape

• color

• dull, shiny

• temperature

• flexibility

• magnetic

• texture (the way it feels to the touch)

• volume (amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies)

• density (mass per unit volume or degree of opacity or cloudiness of a substance)

Activity

Give each student pictures of four items or four small items such as rubber bands, wooden blocks, paper clips, etc. Students must create a chart similar to the examples below describing four properties of each item. Students are then paired with a peer partner who must correctly match each item to the chart describing the properties.

What am I?

Size	Weight	Color	Density
2 cm	1 ounce	gold	hard

 

Size	Shape	Color	Texture
1 foot long	triangular prism	brown	rough

 

Material	Shape	Color	Texture
rubber	round	black	rough

 

Size	Flexibility	Color	Density
15 cm	hard	brown	solid - can't see through

Online Activities

• Characteristics of Materials - Interactive -http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/characteristics_materials.shtml
  Test whether metal, plastic, glass, plastic, paper, rubber are waterproof, transparent, flexible, or strong.
• Grouping and Changing Materials - Interactive -http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/grouping_materials.shtml
  (wood, glass, rubber, metal)

Directions for Making a Traffic Light Drink http://www.suzy.co.nz/SuzysWorld/Factpage.asp?FactSheet=172

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Identify states of matter.

TCAP Coach Lesson 33 pages 166-168

Teaching Ideas http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/science/contents2materials.htm

United Streaming

• Properties of Matter, Part 2: Liquids, Solids and Gases   (17:00)

• Solids, Liquids, and Gases: A First Look   (17:00)

• Matter and Its Properties: Observing the Properties of Matter   (19:41)

• Matter and Its Properties: Exploring Phases of Matter   (18:58)

• Solids, Liquids, and Gases   (21:00)

BrainPop

• States of Matter http://www.brainpop.com/science/matterandchemistry/statesofmatter/

Online Activities

• I Know That (Choose Matter for Solid Liquid or Gas Activity) http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Science%20Lab

• Solids and Liquids - Interactive -
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/solid_liquids.shtml

• Properties of Solids, Liquids, and Gases - Interactive -
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/materials/08_act.shtml

• Song with Properties of Matter to the tune of "Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be?" http://www.gardenofpraise.com/matter.htm
• Webquest on Properties of Matter http://www.schools.pinellas.k12.fl.us/educators/tec/Davis2/webquest.html

Teaching Ideas

• Webquest on Properties of Matter (Includes a PowerPoint.) http://www.schools.pinellas.k12.fl.us/educators/tec/Davis2/webquest.html

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Determine how various types of matter change state.

TCAP Coach Lesson 34 pages 169-171

BrainPop

• Changing States http://www.brainpop.com/science/matterandchemistry/matterchangingstates/

Online Activities

• Gases Around Us - Interactive -
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/gases.shtml

• Changing State - Interactive -
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/changing_state.shtml 
• Temperature Changes  - Interactive -
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/keeping_warm.shtml
  Demonstrates changing states of water.
• Atoms in Different States (molecule demonstration) http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/phases/nitrogensolid.html
• States of Matter  (molecule demonstration) http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html

Worksheet

• Changes of State when the Temperature Changes

Classroom Activities

• Experiment - Turning Solids to Liquids

  • melting chocolate

  • burning candles

  • melting ice

We melted candy coating to illustrate turning a solid into a liquid. Students then spread it on a graham cracker. When it cooled it turned back into a solid.