Scientific Properties Lesson
...
Subject Area: Science | Grade Level: 5
Lesson Length: 45 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Phase Changes, Gas, Liquid, Solid.
Lesson Description: In this lesson students will identify the basic scientific properties of solids, liquids, and gasses. This will include their state of matter, mass, volume, texture, and color.

  • SC.5.P.8.1 Compare and contrast the basic properties of solids, liquids, and gases, such as mass, volume, color, texture, and temperature.
Views: 334 Favorited: 0 Reviews: 1 Review Status: Published (Public)
Video : States of Matter and Changes of State - Science for Kids
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: Educational video for children to learn about the states of matter: solid, liquid and gas, and about these changes in the states of matter: fusion, vaporization, condensation and solidification. How are the particles arranged in each one of the three states?
Quiz : Phase Changes Quiz
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1
Matter in its gaseous state can change its volume and its shape 
Question #2
Matter in a liquid state can change its volume and its shape.
Question #3
Matter in a solid state has a definite volume and a definite shape. 
Question #4

How do particles in a gaseous state move? 

Question #5

How do particles in a liquid state move?

Question #6

How do Particles move in a solid state? 

Question #7
How does temperature affect phase changes? 
Question #8

What do you call a solid going to a liquid?

Question #9

What do you call a gas going to a liquid? 

Question #10

What do you call a liquid tuing into a gas? 

Description: This quiz covers the basic properties of phase changes including temperature, mass, color, texture, and temperature.
Resources : Phase Changes Recourse
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
Phases of Water
Heat or cool a container of water and observe the phase changes that take place. Use a magnifying glass to observe water molecules as a solid, liquid, or gas. Compare the volumes of the three phases of water.
Phase Change: Evaporation, Condensation, Freezing, Melting, Sublimation & Deposition
Learn about phase change. Understand various stages of phase change such as Deposition, Sublimation, Condensation & Evaporation. Get practical insights through examples.
Phase Change Matching
This is a phase change matching game to be used as a review.
Description: Explore the elements of phase changes with this phases of water gizmo. Review phase changes and their properties with this additional video and quiz resource. Review the properties of phase changes with this matching game.