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Matter's Physical Properties: Interactive Lesson | UNC-TV Science

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Interactive/Game

Overview:

What are the “physical properties” of matter, and how can they be measured and observed? Students will learn about some basic characteristics of matter—including those that depend on the amount of a substance and those that don’t—with this interactive lesson.

Content Standard(s):

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 5

3 ) Examine matter through observations and measurements to identify materials (e.g., powders, metals, minerals, liquids) based on their properties (e.g., color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, solubility, density).

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
P4.1: Objects and substances have properties. Weight (mass) and volume are properties that can be measured using appropriate tools.*

NAEP Statement::
P4.3: Matter exists in several different states; the most common states are solid, liquid, and gas. Each state of matter has unique properties. For instance, gases are easily compressed while solids and liquids are not. The shape of a solid is independent of its container; liquids and gases take the shape of their containers.

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Planning and Carrying out Investigations

Crosscutting Concepts: Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

Disciplinary Core Idea: Matter and Its Interactions

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Teacher Vocabulary:

color
hardness
reflectivity
electrical conductivity
thermal conductivity
response to magnetic forces
solubility
density
measurement (quantitative and qualitative)
data
observable properties
standard units
conductors
nonconductors
magnetic
nonmagnetic

Knowledge:

Students know:

Materials have different properties-color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity thermal conductivity, solubility, and density.
Measurements of a variety of properties can be used to identify materials.
Measurements should be made in standard units (e.g., grams & liters).

Skills:

Students are able to:

Identify the phenomenon through observations about materials, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Identify the evidence and collect data about the observed objects in standard units (e.g., grams, liters).
Collaboratively plan the investigation.
Identify materials based on their properties.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Standard units are used to measure and describe physical quantities of materials such as weight, time, temperature, and volume. These measurements will assist in the identification of the materials ( e.g. powders, metals, minerals, and liquids).

AMSTI Resources:

AMSTI Module:
Matter and Interactions

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.5.3- Classify materials (e.g., powders, metals, minerals, liquids) based on their properties (e.g., color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, solubility, density).

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 8
Physical Science

5 ) Observe and analyze characteristic properties of substances (e.g., odor, density, solubility, flammability, melting point, boiling point) before and after the substances combine to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
P8.2: Chemical properties of substances are explained by the arrangement of atoms and molecules.

NAEP Statement::
P8.7a: Chemical changes can occur when two substances, elements, or compounds react and produce one or more different substances whose physical and chemical properties are different from the reacting substances.

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns

Disciplinary Core Idea: Matter and Its Interactions

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Observe characteristic properties of substances before and after the substances combine.
Analyze characteristic properties of substances before and after the substances combine.
Determine if chemical reactions have occurred based on observations and analysis of the characteristic properties of substances before and after the substances combined.

Teacher Vocabulary:

Characteristic properties (e.g., odor, density, solubility, flammability, melting point, boiling point)
Substances
Chemical reaction

Knowledge:

Students know:

Each pure substance has characteristic physical and chemical properties that can be used to identify it.
Characteristic properties of substances may include odor, density, solubility, flammability, melting point, and boiling point.
Chemical reactions change characteristic properties of substances.
Substances react chemically in characteristic ways.
In a chemical process, the atoms that make up the original substances are regrouped into different molecules, and these new substances have different properties from those of the reactants.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Observe characteristic physical and chemical properties of pure substances before and after they interact.
Analyze characteristic physical and chemical properties of pure substances before and after they interact.
Analyze the properties to identify patterns (i.e., similarities and differences), including the changes in physical and chemical properties of each substance before and after the interaction.
Use the analysis to determine whether a chemical reaction has occurred.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Observations and analyses can be used to determine whether a chemical reaction has occurred.
The change in properties of substances is related to the rearrangement of atoms in the reactants and products in a chemical reaction (e.g., when a reaction has occurred, atoms from the substances present before the interaction must have been rearranged into new configurations, resulting in the properties of new substances).

AMSTI Resources:

AMSTI Module:
Exploring the Properties of Matter
Experimenting with Mixtures, Compounds, and Elements

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.8.5- Compare the properties of substances (color, texture, odor, state of matter) before and after chemical changes have occurred (e.g. burning sugar, burning steel wool, rust, effervescent tablets).

Tags:

matter, properties, substance

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Matter's Physical Properties: Interactive Lesson | UNC-TV Science