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Grade: 2nd
ENDURING UNDERSTANDING:
Students will investigate physical changes in matter including tearing, melting, dissolving, and others.
Students will be able to identify states of matter (solid, liquid, gas). Students will also have the basic
understanding of the following:
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(s)
What is change and how can you measure it?
How can something change from one form to another?
ACTIVATING STRATEGY
DAY 1- Hook: Mad Scientist Punch
TTW make Mad Scientist Punch with the students so that we can identify each state of matter.
Ingredients: Sherbet, lemon-lime flavored soda, milk and food coloring (both optional)
1) Put Sherbet into a glass. Observe the solids sherbet and glass.
2) If youre going to add milk then add it second to observe a liquid with no gas present. If you dont
want to use milk, skip to step 3.
3) Add the soda. Watch the bubbles form!! Of course, you have to give everyone a small cup of Mad
Scientist Punch to taste!
TTW pose the following questions:
Is there matter in this cup? If so, what state of matter do you see?
TSW think-pair-share responses. TSW label and identify the 3 stages of matter on the Mad
Scientist Punch illustration and discuss the differences in small groups.
TTW ask:
What form of matter do you see in the cup?
How can you tell the difference between one form of matter and another?
What are other forms of matter do you see in our classroom? #SEESAW
Task Rotations
Mastery Understanding
Draw & label the Compare & contrast all
SEQUENCE that the three states of matter.
following forms of How are they alike? How
are they different? Create
matter go through when
a Venn diagram to show
a change occurs: your answers.
Ice cube, wood log &
piece of paper
Interpersonal Self-Expressive
Build a visual If you were water,
representation of the would you rather be a
connection between your cloud, puddle or
life and the matter that
snowball? Give at least
is found all around you.
3 reasons.
Assessment Strategies
Students will be assessed on their responses to each of the four task rotations, in addition to completing the
following prompt:
TTW say, Superheroes have special powers. Use your knowledge of how matter can be changed through
freezing, squeezing, melting, tearing, dissolving, etc. to design a comic strip.
Create a superhero or superheroine who is able to change matter using their super powers. Illustrate a comic
strip detailing how your new super powers allow you to change three different types of matter.
Differentiation
Lesson is clearly differentiated for gifted learners by use of one or more of the following:
acceleration- students can design an assessment menu detailing HOW they want to show their learning &
understanding on the topic of matter
extensions- Students can research multiple intelligence and learning styles with a partner & create a visual to
share with the class.
enrichment- Students can work individually or with a small group to design a product (video, song, artifact)
that could be used to teach others about matter.
Materials/Links/Text References/Resources
Include links to online sites, citations for texts, and hand-outs that go with this lesson.
States of Matter reading passage from www.FallingIntoFirst.com
www.brainPOPjr.com Matter and Changes in Matter
States of Matter
reading passage
Vocabulary Words
matter volume solid liquid
gas
Matter is everywhere! Im matter, you are matter, even
the air we breathe is matter. Matter is anything that
has mass (weight) and takes up space. There are three
states of matter that we classify, or sort, all things
into. The three states of matter are solids, liquids,
and gas.
Solids do not change their size or shape. If you place
a solid into a container, it will not take the shape
of that container. When we measure the space a solid
takes up, we are measuring its volume. The volume of a
refrigerator is much larger than the volume of a shoe
because it is a bigger solid.
Liquids do not have a definite size or shape. A liquid
will take the shape of whatever container it is poured
into. We can measure the volume of a liquid by pouring
it into a container. A swimming pool can hold a
greater volume of water than a drinking glass.
Gases do not have definite size or shape. We cannot
measure their volume. Like liquid, gas will take the
size of a container, even if we cant always see it.
When we blow up a balloon, the balloon fills with the
gas oxygen. You can see the gas is taking the shape of
its container, the balloon. 1) Look around the room.
List two solids that you see and write them in the
rectangle. Then find a liquid or a gas in the room and
write it in the circle.