If you need a little help covering states of matter in your 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade science class, this complete unit will save you time and keep your students engaged!
Students will learn that applying heat and cold can change water from one state to another. Students will also learn about the characteristics of each state of matter including volume, shape, rigidness, and molecule arrangement. They will learn that some changes caused by heat can be reversed and some cannot. This resource has hands-on 5 E inquiry-based lab and response pages. This unit engages students with science phenomena and uses the science and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts. Stability and Change is one of the crosscutting concepts for NGSS and Utah SEEd.
This States of Matter unit contains a variety of different activities!
It includes flaps and folds for interactive notebooks, a nonfiction article, a quiz, response pages, and a lab. This resource also includes sorting cards that can be used for center time or for fast finishers.
This resource was designed to cover NGSS Standards 2-PS1-1 through 2-PS1-4. Also for NJSLS 2PS1-4
Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties. Observations could include color, texture, hardness, and flexibility. Patterns could include the similar properties that different materials share.
NGSS 2-PS1-1
Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose. Examples of properties could include, strength, flexibility, hardness, texture, and absorbency. Assessment of quantitative measurements is limited to length.
NGSS 2-PS1-2
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account of how an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object. Examples of pieces could include blocks, building bricks, or other assorted small objects.
NGSS 2-PS1-3
Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot. Examples of reversible changes could include materials such as water and butter at different temperatures. Examples of irreversible changes could include cooking an egg, freezing a plant leaf, and heating paper.
NGSS 2-PS1-4
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