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Interactive Science | Solids, Liquids, & Gases-Build, See, & Compare
| Teaching the states of matter without anything to aid the imagination leaves many students short of fully understanding how the atoms behave in each state.
In this lesson students will be reading about the states of matter from the text, but the test tubes, split peas, and analogies will make it feel more like a mini-lab. What they hear, do, and see will show them exactly what atoms are like in the 3 different states.
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►A strong set of
Teacher Notes (shown left), including:
- 7 pages of details, discussion, and information. Illustrated with images to keep you clear.
- Divided into 4 easy-to-follow sections: Materials per student
(linked to a science supply company), Additionally, Beforehand, and Procedure.
- 7 teacher/student dialogues, based on actual classroom
discussion, which gives you a truer feel for the lesson.
- 7 Accessories- things you can choose to include to
lengthen and deepen the activity.
- At the end of the lesson is a surprise ending. You may know what happens when you heat Ivory soap in the microwave for a few seconds. If you don't, then you're in for a shock. And would you believe it even proves everything you just talked about?
►A one page
Quick Notes document that outlines the lesson. Use this to see just what the essential elements are, or if you find the regular Teacher Notes too descriptive.
►A 4 slide
PowerPoint (shown
right) that you can use to show students how full the test tube should be when it represents each state of matter.
►8
pictures you can use any way you like to reinforce concepts.
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PowerPoint
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