What is Matter for middle school students
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The "What is Matter" for middle school students is an appropriate introduction to the study of matter. I love to start with this activity reader before teaching the states of matter and then the changing states of matter. You can check out all of our free homeschool resources at thehomeschooldaily.com under our free resources section. Thank you for looking!
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What is Matter for middle school students
- 1. What is Matter? Created by Marie @ The Homeschool Daily
- 2. Matter is anything that has mass and volume. You are matter. The clothes you are wearing are matter. The air you are breathing is matter. What is matter?
- 3. Mass is the amount of matter or stuff that something is made of. Mass is commonly measured in kilograms or grams. You can measure mass by using a scale or triple beam balance. What is mass?
- 4. What is volume? Volume is the amount of space an object takes up or occupies. In the metric system, volume is measured in either liters or meters.
- 5. What is the volume of the cube? What formula would you use to find the volume of this cube? 5 m 5 m 5 m
- 6. What is the volume of the cube? What formula would you use to find the volume of this cube? 125 m3 V= L x W x H 5 m 5 m 5 m
- 7. Using a cylinder, what is the volume of this irregular object?
- 8. Using a cylinder, what is the volume of this irregular object? 10 mL
- 9. An atom is the smallest unit of matter. It is the basic building block for all matter in the universe. What is the smallest unit of matter?
- 10. An atom is made up of even smaller parts: electrons, protons, and neutrons.
- 11. Atoms fit together with other atoms to make up matter. It takes a lot of atoms to make up anything.
- 12. Which object has more atoms? or
- 13. Which object has more atoms? or
- 14. or Which structure has less atoms?
- 15. or Which structure has less atoms?
- 16. or Which object has less atoms?
- 17. or Which object has less atoms?
- 18. Which object has less atoms? or Which object has more atoms?
- 19. Which object has less atoms? or Which object has more atoms?
- 20. Quick Quiz 1.) Name 5 examples of matter. 2.) What two things does matter have? 3.) What is the smallest unit of matter?
- 21. Quick Quiz 1.) Name 5 examples of matter. 2.) What two things does matter have? 3.) What is the smallest unit of matter? Answers will vary: orange juice, air, shoes, ice, dog, bed, etc.
- 22. Quick Quiz 1.) Name 5 examples of matter. 2.) What two things does matter have? 3.) What is the smallest unit of matter? Answers will vary: orange juice, air, shoes, ice, dog, bed, etc. Volume and Mass
- 23. Quick Quiz 1.) Name 5 examples of matter. 2.) What two things does matter have? 3.) What is the smallest unit of matter? Answers will vary: orange juice, air, shoes, ice, dog, bed, etc. Volume and Mass Atom
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