VOCABULARY
DEVELOPMENT
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
OBJECTIVE
Grade 2: NCSCOS Goal 3: The learner will observe and conduct investigations to build an understanding
of changes in properties.
3.01 Identify three states of matter:
 solid;
 liquid; and
 gas.
3.02 Observe changes in state due to heating and cooling of common materials.
3.03 Explain how heat is produced and can move from one material or object to another.
3.04 Show that solids, liquids and gases can be characterized by their properties.
3.05 Investigate and observe how mixtures can be made by combining solids, liquids, or gases and how they can be
separated again.
3.06 Observe that a new material is made by combining two or more materials with properties different from the
original material.
1. What are the three states of matter?
2. Do all states of matter have their own shape, size, and color?
3. What characteristics identify ________________________? (solids/liquids/gases)
4. How does matter change with heating/cooling?
5. How is heat produced?
6. How does heat move?
7. How can we combine solids, liquids, and/or gases?
8. What happens when we combine materials with different properties?
9. How can something new be created from two or more materials?
10. How does a (solid/liquid/gas) separate?
11. How does friction create heat?
12. How can states of matter change from one to another?
boil
filter
separate
boiling
freeze
shape
change
gas
sieve
charactristics
heat
size
chemical reaction
insoluble
solid
color
liquid
solution
combine
matter
sort
condensation
melt
texture
cool
mixture
volume
dissolve
property
water vapor
evaporate
react
weight
1. Flubber
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INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES (MEET NCSCOS OBJECTIVES)
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Students will make Flubber observing how its properties change from initial ingredients, during the mixing process,
and once made.
From Liquid to Gas
Students investigate the change in state of a liquid to a gas by observing that water evaporates into the air.
From Gas to Liquid
Students investigate the change in state of a gas to a liquid by observing the condensation of water vapor
from the air.
From Liquid to Solid
Students investigate the change in state of a liquid to a solid by observing what happens to water and butyl stearate
when they are cooled.
Matter Sort
Students will sort teacher gathered materials into the appropriate three states of matter.
The Basics of Matter Booklet
Students will create their own Matter booklet and learn poems about Solids, Liquids, and Gases.
Oobleck! Matter Under Investigation
Students will reinforce their understanding of solids and liquids with a scientific investigation of some very unique
matter!
“Evidence Walk”
Students will actively explore the properties of solids, liquids, and gases by conducting an “Evidence Walk” around
the school.
Changes in Property
Students will observe changes in property by conducting hands-on experiments with water.
Heat is Change
Students will conduct experiments to gain an understanding that heat can move from one object to another and can
thus cause a change in properties.
Property Exploration
Students will actively explore a variety of solids, liquids, and gases and record their observations by properties.
Matter Mix
Students will investigate and observe how mixtures can be made by combining solids, liquids, or gases and how they
can be separated again.
Introduction to Matter
Students will understand the differences between solids, liquids, and gases, and that each is a different form of matter.
They will begin to build an understanding that matter takes up space and has weight, and that it is composed of
molecules.
More About Matter
Students will define and classify the three states of matter. They will describe properties of matter and be able to give
examples of each one. They will also understand ways in which matter can change.
Wemberly’s Ice Cream Star: How Does Matter Change from a Solid to a Liquid?
Using the book, Wemberly’s Ice Cream Star, students will learn how matter can change from a solid to a liquid and
then back again.
TECHNOLOGY
www.chem4kids.com
www.brainpop.com
www.kidsites.com
www.nsta.org/
www.abpischools.org.uk/default.asp
www.primaryresources.com.uk/index.htm
www.unitedstreaming.com/
www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/gases.html
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/sciencedips/ages/9_10/gases
www.catie.org.uk/testing_time_index.html
www.abcteach.com
www.2.mcdaniel.edu/Graduate/TI/pages/LEWIS/matterwewb.htm
www.hartcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html
BOOKS
What is Matter?
Solids, Liquids, Gases
What is Mass?
Matter
Matter Really Matters
Gases
What is the World Made Of?
What’s the Matter in Mr. Whisker’s Room?
Matter: See It, Touch It, Taste It, Smell It
Why Matter Matters
Experiments with Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Change It
A Drop Around the World
Down Comes the Rain
Matter is Everything
Matterville
The Five-Story Birthday Cake
Recycling
The Runaway Ring
Wonderful Water
The Heat is On!
VIDEOS
Learn 360
Bill Nye the Science Guy
RESOURCES
FIELD TRIPS
High Touch High Tech (Asheville, NC)
Colburn Science Museum (Asheville, NC)
GUEST SPEAKERS
High Touch High Tech (Asheville, NC)
FOSS SCIENCE MATERIALS / KITS