Physical Science
Unit 1 Content Map
Understanding Matter
Key Learning:
All objects are made of matter with specific properties
and characteristics that determine how the matter is
classified.
Optional Instructional Tools
Unit Essential Question:
How can matter be classified based on its properties?
Graphic Organizers
Power points
Density Lab
Classification of Matter Lab
Separating Mixtures Lab
Solubility Curve
Concept
Concept
Concept
Concept
Density
Classification of Matter
Solids, Liquids, Gases
Solutions
Chapter 1
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 22
Lesson Essential Question
Lesson Essential Question
Lesson Essential Question
Lesson Essential Question
How can I determine the
density of an object?
1. How can the physical
and chemical properties of
matter help us describe it?
2. How do you recognize
that a chemical change has
taken place?
1. How can the motion of
particles help explain the
physical properties of
matter?
2. What is the relationship
between temperature,
pressure and volume in a
gas?
1. What factors affect
solubility rates?
2. How are the various
types of solutions different?
Vocabulary
Mass
Volume
Density
Cubic centimeter
Vocabulary
Physical property
Chemical property
Physical change
Chemical change
Reactivity
Flammability
Vocabulary
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Plasma
Boyles Law
Charles Law
Vocabulary
Solute
Solvent
Solubility
Saturated
Unsaturated
Supersaturated
*Georgia Performance Standards*
SPS2. Students will explore the nature of matter, its classifications, and its system for naming types of matter.
a. Calculate density when given a means to determine a substance’s mass and volume.
SPS5. Students will compare and contrast the phases of matter as they relate to atomic and molecular motion.
a. Compare and contrast the atomic/molecular motion of solids, liquids, gases and plasmas.
b. Relate temperature, pressure, and volume of gases to the behavior of gases.
SPS6. Students will investigate the properties of solutions.
a. Describe solutions in terms of …solute / solvent, conductivity, concentration
b. Observe factors affecting the rate a solute dissolves in a specific solvent.
c. Demonstrate that solubility is related to temperature by constructing a solubility curve.