Introduction
A scientist from the planet Zunal has just landed on Earth! He has not discovered matter on his planet.There is matter all around you. Everything on Earth is made of matter. You and your team of scientists will help him understand the properties of the three states of matter. You will help him learn about our world.
Task
Your team of scientists will:
- Learn about the states of matter.
- Answer thefollowing questions:
1. What are the three commonly known states of matter?
2. Can you give two examples of each state of matter?
You are going to create a brochure to share what youv'e learned about matter.
Process
1. You will be put into groups of 3 by the teacher.
2. Decide who will be the recorder, navigator, and the designer.
Recorder - write down any information that you find about the states of matter.
Navigator- helps team get to the websites.
Designer- Responsible for creating the brochure template.
3. Click on the link to learn about matter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYhvSpHcqTA
4. After your group is finished watching the video as a group answer the following questions:
What are the three commonly known states of matter?
Can you give two examples of each of the states of matter.
5. Click on the links below to watch some cool experiements with matter!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fum9Ahvfzq8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3kodeQnQvU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqNGW0oOXE4
6. Talk to your group about the videos you watched and answer the following questions:
- What did you learn by watching the videos?
- What was your favorite science video ?
- Tell why it is your favorite video.
7. Once you know everythin there is to know about the states of matter, you are going to create a brochure to share whay youv'e learned about matter.
- Click on the link to start creating your brochure.http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/Printing_Press/
How To Insert Images Into Your Brochure
Click on the computer icon.
Click on the icon on the right hand column called" Pictures".
Select the "Matter " folder.
Click on the image and select open to insert the image into your brochure.
Evaluation
You will be graded on your brochure!