Theme, Enduring Understandings, & Essential Questions for this Unit

Theme/ Unit: Matter Changes Enduring Understandings: Measurements and observations describe properties of objects. Different tools measure different properties. Change occurs in different ways and at different rates. Some changes can be measured and analyzed. Collecting data helps people make decisions.

How Students will Demonstrate their understanding

Summative Assessment (at the end of the unit): Students will accurately take the Unit test on Matter Changes, and will show 75% mastery.

Standards-based Essential Skills & Concepts to be Targeted Throughout the Unit

DISTRICT 21 POWER STANDARDS 1. Engage in scientific inquiry by: -Comparing and summarizing data from multiple trials.

Resources for this Unit (Resources included represent encompassed lessons)

Textbook Lessons: States of Matter (Delta) Matter, Matter Everywhere (National Geographic) Physical Science (Scott Foresman)

Formative Assessments (throughout the unit): Launch Pre Sort

-Evaluating conflicting data and producing reasonable explanations. -Observing trends.

ScienceSaurus (Great Source) This Unit encompasses 10 lessons.

Connect Two Exit Slips 2. Explain how technology is used in science for a variety of purposes. Manipulates: 3. Define and describe matter (solids, liquids, and gasses) and its properties (physical and chemical).

Essential Questions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. What is matter? What are the states of matter? What are the properties of matter? How do properties help us classify matter? What are the properties of a solid, liquid, and a gas? How are solids, liquids and gasses similar and different? How are properties of matter used to measure, sort, classify, and describe matter? How does matter change? How can you change matter so some properties change? How do interactions between matter cause change? How does matter change physically and chemically? What are examples of changes that occur rapidly or slowly? How are changes measured? What is the difference between physical and chemical properties? What is the difference between a mixture and a solution? How do solutions form? What are the different types of solutions? What is matter made of?

Properties of Matter (Lesson 4) Four Square Task (Lesson 6) Part 4 Challenge activity (Lesson 7)

Word Sort Cards Glue Stick Construction Paper

Evidence form (Lesson 10) Revisit of sort from Launch lesson Written Response prompts

OBJECTIVES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING 1. Students will collectively measure and observe different properties of matter. 2. Students will carefully use an assortment of tools to measure different properties of matter. 3. Students will understand how change occurs in different ways and at different rates. 4. Students will carefully learn how changes can be measured and analyzed. 5. Students will accurately collect data to make decisions. 6. Students will understand how to classify 7. matter. 7. Students will describe the relationships between different states of matter. Other Resources: Flocabulary Video (Matter, Matter) Brain Pop (Matter) Materials Connect-Two Worksheet Technology: Atoms (Bill Nye)

Evaluation Class Discussions Self-Evaluations Peer-Evaluations Checklists