Solids, Liquids and Gases
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Subject Area: Science | Grade Level: 3
Lesson Length: 15 minutes or less
Keywords/Tags: Science, Matter, Solid, Liquid, Gas, Melting, Freezing, Boiling, Evaporation, Condensation
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will explore different states of matter and the changes they go through from heating and cooling. The key scientific vocabulary associated with this lesson include melting, freezing, boiling, evaporation, and condensation.

  • SC.3.P.9.1 Describe the changes water undergoes when it changes state through heating and cooling by using familiar scientific terms such as melting, freezing, boiling, evaporation, and condensation.
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Video : K12 Grade 3 - Science: Matter and its 3 States
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Description: Learning the transformations of the 3 states of matter.
Quiz : Changes of Matter
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1

Which kind of matter has its own shape?

Question #2

What are the properties of a dime?

Question #3

What can you use to measure the volume of a liquid?

Question #4

Which of these is a solid?

Question #5

Gas is not always VISIBLE to the eye. What does VISIBLE mean?

Question #6
A sandwich is a solid.
Question #7
A juice is a gas.
Question #8
Water is a liquid.
Question #9

What state of matter is a pencil?

Question #10
Smoke from a fire is a gas.
Description: Select the answers that match what you learned after watching our lesson video.
Resources : BrainPop Jr. Solids, Liquids, and Gases
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Solid, Liquids, and Gases
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Resources : States of Matter
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States of Matter
A great passage focused on our lesson.
Description: Reading passage on the states of matter.
Resources : States of Matter Song
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States of Matter Song
A great song about the states of matter related to our lesson.
Description: A song describing the states of matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gases