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Trimester Two Unit of Study
Matter

 Skills and Concepts: Matter

Essential Understandings:

The students will understand that . . .

Objects can be described and sorted by their properties.
All objects and substances are made of matter, whether they are solids, liquids or gases.
Physical changes occur when matter is changed in size, shape or state.
Chemical changes occur when matter changes from one kind of matter to another.

 United Streaming Resources Properties of Matter, Part 2: Liquids, Solids and Gases
Changes in the Properties of Matter: Physical and Chemical
Matter and Its Properties: Changes In Matter
Peep and the Big Wide World: Current Events/Quack Loses His Hat (Sink & Float)
Magic School Bus: Ups and Downs, The (Sink & Float)
Water Cycle, The (evaporation, condensation)
Weather Smart: The Water Cycle and Clouds (precipitation, evaporation, condensation)
 SmartBoard/SmartNotebook Resources Solids, Liquids and Gases
The Water Cycle
Float or Sink
 Keynote Presentations and Resources Three States of Matter
Water's Three States
Numerous States of Matter PowerPoint Presentations
 Internet Resources Changing States of Matter
Gases, Liquids, Solids
Gases Around Us
States of Matter
The Water Cycle
 KidPix Activities
 Kidspiration Activities Sink or Float: Option One | Option Two
States of Matter: Lesson | Template
 Graph Club Activities
 Keynote Activities ASSURED EXPERIENCE: States of Matter
 Pages Activities
 Word Processing Activities
 Classroom Suite Activities
 Other

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Last updated October 15, 2009