States of Matter Unit with Worksheets, Activities, Experiments, Projects

Teach your students all about the three states of matter using this hands-on, print, and digital science unit. Your students will learn about solid, liquid, and gas substances, their characteristics, and how temperature changes states of matter. In addition to science text worksheets to help teach these concepts, students will use demonstrations and hands-on lab activities to help learn about solid, liquid, and gases. Science texts are provided as printable worksheets and as well as digital Google Slides activity. In addition, teacher instructions, tips, and tricks are included to make this a print and classroom-ready states of matter unit.

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Students will learn:

• Characteristics and examples of solid, liquid, and gas substances
• How temperature causes matter to change - melting, freezing, evaporation, and condensation

The following activities are included in this states of matter unit:

• States of matter classroom posters - help increase vocabulary and student recognition of the different phases (solid, liquid, gas, and characteristics of each)
• Teacher Google Slide presentation to introduce this topic
• Student fill-in note sheet
• 9 - page science packet to introduce states of matter to your students (print and digital versions)
• 8 lab experiments:
  • Raisins on the move: Students will view a solid, liquid, and gas and explain how they relate to one another using raisins and carbonated
  • A State of Debate: Students will determine which phase shaving cream is throughout a 3 day period
  • A Soapy Mess: How does the amount of matter affect soap?
  • Soda Balloons: To illustrate how gas will expand to fill its container
  • Colorful State Changes: Observe how matter changes from one phase to another with a change in temperature
  • Layers Matter: Determine how density can affect liquids
  • Air You in There? This activity will show how air takes up space, even underwater
  • Does Air Have Mass? Students will measure the mass of two objects to measure the amount of mass air has

• Flipbook review activity - print and digital versions with student instruction sheet and rubric for assessment.
• Graphic organizers to review characteristics, particles, and examples of a solid, liquid, and a gas
• 9 review sheets, including seasonal versions such as back to school, Autumn, Winter, and St. Patrick's Day
• 2 digital review activities
• Digital escape room using Google Forms
• NGSS aligned projects
• Assessment

BONUS FILES!

• An outline of how I teach states of matter to my students
• A 3 ring Venn diagram to compare and contrast states of matter
• A worksheet shows how the particles of a solid, liquid, and gas substance change when the temperature increases and decreases.

How to use this states of matter unit in your classroom:

• Supplement your science curriculum by using the science text, activities, and project to teach students about solids, liquids, and gases.
• Set up science stations to allow for collaborative learning.
• Use the science text to incorporate reading and writing skills in the science classroom.
• Use the demonstrations and activities to engage inquiry thinking skills and review concepts.
• Review activities can be assigned as independent work or collaborative learning

Feedback from teachers:

• My students enjoyed the activities we used from the bundle! We had more than we needed, which was a blessing!
• Awesome hands-on unit. Labs were very straightforward, and materials were easy to acquire.
• My kids have been LOVING this unit!
• Nice variety of activities, including both reading comprehension and experiments. Thanks.
• This will be good for differentiation.
• This is a package filled will great resources. Thanks!
• I love that it has technology incorporated! Really great teaching resource and laid out so well! Thank you!

Click the links to see exactly what is included in this states of matter unit:

• States of matter posters
• States of matter activities
• Matter experiments
• Review activities
• More review
• Digital escape room
• Project and assessment
• FREEBIE Choice Assignments

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