Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Heating and Cooling
A tutorial reviewing the states of matter and the effects of heating and cooling matter in the different states. (Note: some of the links may not load in the archived version of the site.)
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tar Heel Reader: Forms of Water
Find out how water can exist in the three different pahses of matter.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: States of Matter
Provides interesting information about the three basic states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas.
Purdue University
Purdue: Department of Chemistry: States of Matter
Educational site highlights the three states of matter as well as provides microscopic views.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Solids, Liquids, and Gases: Audio Book
An interactive guide to the basics of solids, liquids, and gases. Wonderful pictures show the makeup of each and how the particles move in these states of matter.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Matter: Identifying Properties and States of Matter
In this activity about matter, students investigate the three states of matter by participating in a small group lab. Students will observe, question, and investigate the properties of solids, liquids, and gases.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Liquids and Their Vapors [Pdf]
With an overview of the various properties of the states of matter, this 18 page pdf file provides a series of topics related to liquids including special physical properties of liquids, changes of state, and more.
Starfall
Starfall: All About Matter
This lesson focuses on Matter including the three states of matter, the energy that it takes to change the state of matter, and experiments for children to conduct. Students can choose to have any paragraph read to them.
University of California
Ucsb Chemistry and Biochemistry: Models Matter
Matter of any type can be subdivided into particles that are too small to see, but even then the matter still exists and can be detected by other means. Students will participate in hands-on activities to prove that matter is made up of...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Solid, Liquid or Gas
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gives a flowchart depicting the states of matter-solid, liquid and gas. Students are asked to complete a chart placing various items into these categories.
New York University
New York University: What Is Matter?
At this resource discover the difference between solids, liquids, and gases. Practice what you just learned with included review questions.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: What Is the Matter?
Students will examine a solid, a liquid, and a gas to gather information and draw conclusions about the three states of matter.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: The Three States of Matter
In this Physical Science exploration activity, students explore the meaning of the words solid, liquid, and gas. Student groups complete a chart with examples of each type of matter and its properties and then record their observations...
Other
Elementary Science: Matter
Colorful site provides a brief summary as well as engaging pictures of the three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: States of Matter Experiment
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart goes through the basics of identifying the different states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases. It also has an exciting (and easy) experiment for students to combine substances, get a...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Solids and Liquids Stations
A description of a lesson where young scholars navigate through twelve stations on solids and liquids and record their observations in a booklet. The station topics are listed, but the recording booklet materials were purchased from...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Matter Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] Review the three forms of matter with this flipchart. This could also be used for a pre-assessment before a unit on matter.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: What's the Matter?
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an introduction to investigating matter: solids, liquids, and gases.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Matter 2nd Grade
[Free Registration/Login Required] Interactive flipchart teaching the states of matter for a 2nd grade classroom containing four topics with several lessons in each one. The topics covered are: matter, solids, liquids, and gases....
ClassFlow
Class Flow: States of Matter
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes the 3 states of matter and how materials can change through heating and cooling.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Promethean Planet: States of Matter
[Free Registration/Login Required] This collection of resources discusses various states of matter.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: States of Matter Quiz
[Free Registration/Login Required] States of Matter Quiz - 10 questions Florida Standard: SC.A.1.2.1
Chem Tutor
Chem Tutor: States of Matter
A very descriptive site that allows students to understand the different states of matter at the atomic level. Also discusses the process of phase changes and displays phase change graphs. Thermochemistry is also touched upon for high...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Teacher's Guide: Kitchen Chemistry
Learn about kitchen chemistry alongside Ruff Ruffman. Students can use the videos, games, and activities from The Ruff Ruffman Show to discover how by investigating solids and liquids and exploring heating and cooling, science can help...