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115 resources with the concept properties of matter

What Am I? Lesson Plan

What Am I?

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4th - 5th
CCSS: Designed
New ReviewWhat's the difference between a paintbrush and a whiteboard eraser? How do you know? A kinesthetic lesson invites elementary scientists to describe classroom and household items based on their properties of matter, including weight,...
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Physical Science: Properties of Matter
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Physical Science: Properties of Matter

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3rd - 8th
Looking for a way to engage elementary and middle school learners during a unit on properties of matter? Add these fun and informative videos from Crash Course Kids to your lesson plans. Each video in the playlist features entertaining animation and interesting facts that enhance any physical science lecture.
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The States of Matter: A Solid Introduction
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The States of Matter: A Solid Introduction

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6th - 8th
Explore the common makeup of all organisms and objects in our world, big and small, with a collection of resources about the states of matter.
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Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes Presentation

Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes

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6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewWhen did the chemical change occur? Learners explore the differences between the physical and the chemical as part of the Chemistry PowerPoints series. They differentiate between extensive versus intensive properties, physical versus...
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Yucky Water? No Problem! Lesson Plan

Yucky Water? No Problem!

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5th
Young scholars study the process of water filtration in a three-part STEM lesson. After analyzing samples of dirty water, teams design and build their own filtration systems and measure their efficiency.
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Polymers: Instant Snow Lesson Plan

Polymers: Instant Snow

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Pre-K - 6th
Is it easy to make snow? Scholars use critical thinking skills as they investigate the concept of polymers by making snow. The class tests several different variables and takes measurements over the course of several days. They then...
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How Dry am I? Exploring Biomimicry and Nanotechnology Lesson Plan

How Dry am I? Exploring Biomimicry and Nanotechnology

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6th - 8th
Help your classes feel like they can walk on water! An engaging inquiry-based lesson has young scholars experiment with different surface coatings. They make observations about their properties and how they relate to the surface tension...
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States of Matter 2 Interactive

States of Matter 2

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6th - 10th
CCSS: Adaptable
While scientists have identified seven states of matter, these puzzles cover the most common three. Scholars match the properties, particle motion, and particle picture to each type of matter. Three Sudoku-style puzzles review the data...
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Plastic Forces Interactive

Plastic Forces

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9th - 12th
Plastic is fantastic! But, why does it behave the way it does? Science sleuths investigate the behavior of plastic in response to applied forces using an interactive. The resource allows users to bend a sample of plastic using three...
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Indestructible Coating?! Video

Indestructible Coating?!

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7 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Coat your pickup bed with the same material used to protect the Pentagon! Examine the chemical properties of a seemingly indestructible material in an intriguing installment from the Veritasium video playlist. Viewers see that the long...
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Polymers: Making Silly Putty Lesson Plan

Polymers: Making Silly Putty

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3rd - 8th
Putty is proof that learning can be fun! Share the wonderful world of polymers with your class through an experiment. Young scientists create their own silly putty, then examine its properties.
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Tire Forces Interactive

Tire Forces

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9th - 12th
No need to tread lightly on this piece of tire rubber! Polymer science pupils observe the behavior of rubber with an interesting interactive. Users apply three different levels of force to a sample, then watch how they affect the polymer...
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Sublimation Lesson Plan

Sublimation

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9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Ah, caffeine! What would some of us do without it? Teach your high school chemistry class the concept of sublimation as they complete a hands-on experiment to visualize the changes caffeine undergoes during heating and cooling. They...
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PS1A—Structure and Properties of Matter Video

PS1A—Structure and Properties of Matter

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12 mins 2nd - 12th
It's time we get to the heart of the matter! Explore standard PS1A in an informative video. The narrator guides viewers through the basic ideas of the structure and properties of matter. then discusses helpful strategies for...
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Group 0 - The Noble Gases Video

Group 0 - The Noble Gases

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5 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
I won't tell a noble gas joke because there is never a reaction! The fifth video in a 15-part series goes into detail on each of the noble gases. It offers the properties they share and many uses for each of them.
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3 States of Matter: Solids, Liquids and Gases Video

3 States of Matter: Solids, Liquids and Gases

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3 mins 9th - 12th
Start your states of matter unit off right with an engaging video! Before scholars can write and balance equations or predict products, knowledge of the three main states of matter is essential. The first in a 14-part series discussing...
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Group 2 - Alkaline Earth metals Video

Group 2 - Alkaline Earth metals

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5 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Alkaline earth metals each burn with a different-colored flame. The seventh video in a 15-part series focuses on the alkaline earth metals in group two. It discusses their properties and how they vary based on periods, explains the...
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Group 1 as an Example of Groups in the Periodic Table Video

Group 1 as an Example of Groups in the Periodic Table

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2 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Will you teach about alkali metals? Na! The fourth video in a 15-part series covers the first group on the periodic table, explains how these elements are related, and which properties they have in common. Also included is a brief...
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Properties of Matter Video

Properties of Matter

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9 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
The properties of matter including buoyancy, viscosity, density, pressure, and more are explained in a video that also describes the various principles and laws that are associated with each property. 
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Measuring Viscosity Activities & Project

Measuring Viscosity

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10th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Groups use a marble to determine the viscosity of household fluids. The procedure calls for pupils to measure the amount of time it takes a marble to fall a specified distance in the fluids. Using unit conversions and algebra, the teams...
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Viscous Fluids Lesson Plan

Viscous Fluids

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10th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Elasticity and viscosity. Help your class understand the similarities and differences with an introduction to viscous fluids. After describing four types of fluid behaviors: shear thinning, shear thickening, Bringham plastic, and...
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Investigating Physical and Chemical Changes Lesson Plan
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Investigating Physical and Chemical Changes

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2nd - 4th
Super scientists visit ten stations to predict, observe, and draw conclusions about the physical and chemical changes that occur when different states of matter—liquid, solid, and gas—are placed under a variety of conditions. To...
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Water – Changing States (Part 2) Lesson Plan
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Water – Changing States (Part 2)

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2nd - 4th
Here is part two of a two-part instructional activity in which scholars investigate the changing states of water—liquid, solid, and gas—and how energy from heat changes its molecules. With grand conversation, two demonstrations, and one...
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Introducing Physical and Chemical Changes Lesson Plan
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Introducing Physical and Chemical Changes

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2nd - 4th
CCSS: Adaptable
Young scientists investigate chemical and physical changes to the states of matter—gas, liquid, and solid—as well as solutions and suspensions with a variety of demonstrations, grand conversation, and an interactive quiz to check for...
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