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eSchool Today

E School Today: The Changing State of Matter

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the changing states of matter.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Changing State: Evaporation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students build a model of a water molecule and design an experiment to see if adding energy affects the rate of evaporation.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Changing State Melting

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the phase change that occurs when ice is melting.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: What Is Matter

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about matter, its three states, changes of state, how matter behaves, and physical and chemical changes in matter.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Changing State: Freezing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate how low temperature causes water vapor to condense into a liquid and then freeze to form a solid.
Unit Plan
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: States of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch different types of molecules form a solid, liquid, or gas. Add or remove heat and watch the phase change. Change the temperature or volume of a container and see a pressure-temperature diagram respond in real time. Relate the...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs: Nova: Absolute Zero: States of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive allows you to explore the effect that temperature and pressure have on the changes in the states of matter. You can test these variables on carbon dioxide, hydrogen and water.
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Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Liquid to Gas and Back to Liquid

For Students 5th - 8th
This resource discusses ways liquids can change into gases and vice versa.
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Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Chemical vs. Physical Changes

For Students 5th - 8th
Identify chemical and physical changes and the differences between the two.
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: States of Matter

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A comprehensive lesson plan site that contains a number of activities to aid in teaching about the states and properties of matter and the difference between a physical and chemical change.
Activity
American Chemical Society

Inquiry in Action: From Liquid to Gas to Solid

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What causes frost to form on the outside of a cold container? In this activity, students will see that the liquid water can change state again and freeze to become ice.
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Smithsonian Institution

Tween Tribune: Week of 6 13 16: Muhammad Ali, and Why He Mattered

For Students 6th - 8th
The Beatles' first visit to the United States was in 1964. Clever publicity agents arranged a meeting for the band with Cassius Clay. He was training for the bout that would make him heavyweight boxing champion. The result was a...
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Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Matter: Evaporation

For Students 3rd - 8th
An explanation about the process of evaporation and the conditions needed to complete this process.
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Somethin' Sweet

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site provides a lesson plan using candy making to demonstrate physical and chemical changes in matter. Includes directions to make caramel and rock candy.

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