This document provides instructions for a lesson on classifying substances as solids, liquids, or gases. It includes 12 slides with images to observe and boxes to write answers and questions. The lesson introduces the three states of matter and asks students to consider the arrangement of particles in each state and physical characteristics like shape, volume, and ability to flow in order to classify substances and understand differences between the three states.
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Grouping activity solids, liquids or gas
1. solid, liquid or gas?
What to do:
1. Quickly copy down these boxes
2. Write down your answers and ideas into the boxes
after looking at each of the slides.
3. Bonus: Write down things that you¡¯re not sure about to
discuss in class.
SOLID LIQUID GAS
17. solid, liquid or gas?
neat rows
runny fixed shape
gas hard
solid
liquid
particles
spread out change shape
18. solid, liquid or gas?
Now we know what solids, liquids and gases are like
What makes them the way they are?
Why are solids hard? Why can i walk
through a gas?
Why can i
pour liquids?
21. solid, liquid or gas?
What is your starting level?
To be able to:
? Identify different states of matter in everyday
objects (Level 3)
? Describe the difference in structure of solids, liquids
and gases using correct words (Level 4)
? Use the particle model to explain the physical
characteristics of solids, liquids and gases (Levels 5-6)