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The Nature of Matter Curriculum Map

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List of Skills & Assessments

  • At a Glance
  • Teacher Assessment Rubric
  • Student Assessment Rubric

Introduction

  • Materials List
  • Introduction to Experimentation
  • Introduction to Experimentation Student Sheet
  • Matter Dictionary

Lesson 1: Review of the States of Matter

  • Teacher Notes
  • Matter Matters: What’s the Matter?
  • Matter Matters: Matter Around You
  • Classify With Class!

Lesson Two: Introduction of Matter - Properties and External Influences

  • Teacher Notes
  • Let’s Get Some Heat!
  • Hot Calculations
  • The Pressure 
  • Pressure Worksheet
  • Rise and Shine
  • Rise and Shine Worksheet
  • The Matter Game
  • The Matter Game Worksheet
  • That’s Massive!: Mass, Volume, Density (Why Do Ships Swim?) 
  • Oily Icing 
  • Just Hot Gas: External Influence of Temperature on Gaseous Matter
  • Just Hot Gas Worksheet
  • Press It!: External Influence of Pressure on Density (Compressibility)
  • The Swirl of Hot Color: Influence of Temperature on Solid and Liquid Matter
  • The Swirl of Hot Color Worksheet
  • Some Honey, Honey?: Viscosity Experiments
  • Some Honey, Honey?: Viscosity Experiments Worksheets 1 & 2

Lesson Three: Matter Changes in the Classroom – Physical Changes

  • Teacher Notes
  • Let’s Get Changed: Exchanges Between States
  • Let’s Get Changed: Exchanges Between States Worksheet
  • Creating Clouds 1
  • Creating Clouds 2
  • Creating Clouds 1 and 2 Worksheet
  • The Cloud Game
  • The Cloud Game Worksheet 
  • Slightly Sublime
  • Slightly Sublime Worksheet
  • CO2 Fun
  • CO2 Fun Worksheet
  • Making a Fire Extinguisher
  • Crystal, Crystal on the Wall

Lesson Four: Matter Changes in the Classroom – Chemical Changes

  • Teacher Notes
  • Chemical Creation of Gases and Heat
  • Chemical Creation of Gases and Heat Worksheet
  • React-it
  • React-it Worksheet
  • Black Sugar Snake 1 
  • Black Sugar Snake 2 
  • Matter Waste: Environmental Impacts of Reactions 

Lesson Five: Mixtures and Solutions

  • Teacher Notes
  • Mix It, Shake It, Separate It: An Introduction to Miscibility
  • Mix It, Shake It, Separate It Worksheet 
  • Solu-What?: An Introduction of Solute/Solubility/Concentration & Sugar-Gro’
  • Solu-What? Worksheet
  • Solu-Solubility - a poem
  • Dio-mio-Iodine
  • Dio-mio-lodine Solvent – Solubility Worksheet
  • They Live in the Jungle
  • Do-It-Yourself Precious Gemstones
  • Tensing Surfaces: Liquid/Gas Interfaces
  • Un-tensing Surfaces
  • Bubble-icious 
  • Mixing Oil and Water: Liquid/Liquid Interfaces
  • Muddy Hell: The Science of Soil Erosion: Liquid/Solid Mixtures 
  • Muddy Hell Worksheet 
  • A Little Fizz to Freeze: Liquid/Gas Mixtures 
  • Smoking Mirrors: Gas/Solid Mixtures 
  • The Needle in the Haystack: How to Separate Mixtures
  • The Needle in the Haystack Worksheet

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