Physical Change and Chemical Change Sort (Changes in Matter) A google slides link is now included in the pdf file. Go to page 2 and click on the image, make a copy of the file. There is now the drag and drop option. This pdf file includes the following: - 2 sorts (differentiated) - anchor sheet - answer keys - recording sheets Learners of the World [email protected]

This is a one gallon milk jug after the activity. It's all caved in now! Back when I taught seventh grade science, I always used this demonstration in my changes in states of matter unit. I liked it because it was easy, didn’t require many supplies, needed very little prep work, the students enjoyed it, and it got my students thinking and talking about the changes in states of matter. Can’t beat that right? Activity Overview: In this changes in states of matter activity, boiling water is added to an empty milk carton. Once sealed, the milk carton significantly contracts and crumples in on itself. The activity shows students two changes in states of matter (vaporization and condensation), and with the right questions, it gets your students thinking about and discussing particle movement in the different states. If done as a demonstration, it takes approximately one 45 minute class period. If done as an experiment, it could take two 45 minute class periods. Needed Supplies: One of the best things about this activity is that it requires minimal supplies and all of those supplies are inexpensive and easy to find. Here’s what you need: An empty one gallon milk carton with its lid: While it’s possible to use other containers and container sizes, I recommend using a regular ol’ plastic gallon size dairy milk carton. I’ve used half gallons and that size doesn’t really show a whole lot of crumpling. Other plastic cartons can be too rigid and don’t show the crumpling at all. And some cartons might even melt and get all gooey and messy on you. Plus they can give you some nasty burns. So yeah, just use a gallon milk carton. Water: Different amounts can be used, but I’ve found that 1.5 liters works best. Don’t use less than 0.5 liters and don’t fill the carton more than halfway. A heating source to boil the water: I like using a hot plate because students can easily see the bubbles and steam coming off of the water as it’s boiling. You can use an electric kettle or a microwave or a Bunsen burner. Or you could even go caveman and build a big bonfire in the middle of your classroom. Just kidding. Please don’t do that. A heatproof container to boil the water: Because you can’t boil water without one. A funnel: It’s optional, but can be nice to have when pouring the water into the carton. Plus you can wear it as a hat when you’re not using it. An ice bath: No, it’s not for you to sit in. The ice bath is optional, but can be used as another part of the activity. Safety materials: It’s always important to model laboratory safety. Demonstration Instructions: This activity can be used as a demonstration or an experiment. In my class I’ve always used it as a demonstration because 35+ middle school students all messing with boiling water at the same time in a classroom that’s not really set up for laboratory purposes didn’t sound like a good time. Here are some demonstration directions you can use: Review the changes in states of matter with your students. Explain to your students that you will be boiling water, adding it to an empty milk carton, and sealing the carton with the lid. Have students make predictions about what will happen to the carton. Begin heating the water. While the water is heating, ask questions about what is happening to the water particles and what change in state of matter is occurring and why. It’s vaporization, ya’ll. Once the water is boiling, carefully pour it into the empty milk carton. Use a funnel if you have one or skip it if that’s how you roll. Immediately put the cap on the milk carton. Make sure it’s on there tightly. Have students observe the changes and make observations about what they see. Ask them to try to explain why this is occurring. (Here’s why the carton crumples: As temperatures increase, air pressure and air volume increase too. As temperatures decrease, air pressure and air volume decrease as well. The difference between the air pressure on the inside and the outside of the carton along with the decreasing volume of the cooling gas inside of the carton cause the carton to collapse.) If you have an ice bath prepared, now’s the time to place the carton in the cold water. The cold water will increase the speed at which the carton crumples. If you don’t want to do the ice bath part, well that’s just fine and dandy. Skip it and move on to the next step. Point out the tiny droplets of water on the insides of the carton. Ask students to explain where those droplets of water came from and why they are there. (Condensation.) Discuss the activity and the changes in states of matter with your students. Maybe have your students draw the particle movement during each part of the activity. That’s it. All done. My Changes in States of Matter Demonstration is in my store. It has full directions, student sheets with many discussion questions, and an answer key. Get my Changes in States of Matter Demonstration here. Experiment Ideas: Like I said, I do this as a demonstration. Because, you know, 35+ middle school students playing in boiling water can be a titch terrifying. Even if they aren’t actually playing in the boiling water. That’s just what I envision happening when I think about my students doing this activity as an experiment. But, some teachers are fortunate enough to have smaller class sizes and a classroom that is setup for this kind of thing. Here are some experiment ideas: Test which amount of water causes the milk carton to collapse the most. Test different container sizes to see which collapses the most. Test different container materials to see which carton collapses the most. (Test the materials yourself first to make sure there aren’t any melting issues.) Try placing the filled cartons in different locations to see which causes it to collapse the fastest. (Think: refrigerator, freezer, ice bath, sunny windowsill, under a fluffy towel, on a table… Well, I hope you and your students enjoy this activity. Remember, my Changes in States of Matter Demonstration is available in my TpT store and comes with full directions, student sheets with plenty of thought-provoking questions, and an answer key. If you want more materials for your changes in states of matter unit, check out my Changes in States of Matter Bundle. It has interactive notebook pages, bell ringers, activities, stations, projects, worksheets, and an assessment. Woo-hoo! As a science teacher, you might be interested in my email list. Click here to subscribe. Just for signing up you'll receive an exclusive freebie you can't get anywhere else.

Save time looking for different anchor chart ideas with these States of Matter Anchor Chart pack. With these matter anchor charts, students will learn about the properties of matter and how matter can change. With the easy to cut design, these colorful and engaging anchor charts are the perfect tool to help guide your instruction. This Anchor Chart Pack Includes: - What is Matter? - States of Matter - Properties of Matter - Changing Matter Want to send the anchor charts to your students digitally? No problem! Each anchor chart has been uploaded into Google Slides for you to share with your students. TEKS You Will Cover: ✓ SCI 1.5B ✓ SCI 2.5B Copyright © Chalkboard Chatterbox, LLC For product questions, comments, information, or requests, please contact me at chalkboardchatterbox [!at] gmail.com

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SCI.AAS.2.4- Predict changes to matter, reversible and irreversible, that may occur when matter is heated or cooled (e.g., heating or freezing water, boiling an egg, baking a cake). This product has 12 pages: A mini instructional book explaining matter-4 pages 6 Pages of Practice Questions 1 Cut and Paste Sort Page This product is to help you teach your students the new Alabama Achievement Standards and to help prepare your students for the Alternate ACAP Assessment. This product is my interpretation of the standard. This product was created using Smarty Symbols Images. All rights reserved, 2011-2015. I plan to make a lot of new products for the new standards including task boxes. Make sure you follow my store, to get notifications when I add new materials.

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Determining physical and chemical changes is exciting, but when you dissolve cups with acetone, it becomes a challenge! Engage your students with this science activity perfect for changes with matter!

Oh my goodness. I can't believe it's finally here! February 10th. {happy dance} Why is that? Well, back in early January I was asked to join The Elementary Entourage as one of their monthly bloggers. (Thanks to my friend, Brittany, from Tickled Pink in Primary for thinking of me!) I've been following this blog and am constantly amazed at the wonderful and inspiring ideas that are shared every day. I've been itching to share some of my ideas ever since I found out my day to blog would be the 10th of each month. I've been blogging over at iTeachSTEM (Feel free to follow me there as well!) But nothing compares to being part of a collaborative group. You know the saying, two minds are better than one? Well in the case of The Elementary Entourage, 23 bloggers are better than one! Plus, how much cooler can you get than to be a part of such an amazing group of teacher bloggers?!? (not much, trust me) I'm super pumped to get to share some of MY ideas with you lovely blog readers starting today! So, without further ado... Here's my FIRST official post. {squeals with excitement} When I first started thinking about a read aloud book to share, I was stumped. I mean, I teach 5th grade STEM. When would I do a read aloud? It's not like I teach reading anymore. In fact, I just sold about 2/3 of my old classroom library on BooKoo! When I used to teach all subjects I had a favorite book - Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen if you wanna check it out. But I seriously had to wrack my brain to think of a book I actually use and love reading to my class currently. Then I sat down to look at my plans last week and realized that I had already PLANNED an entire lesson around a book I was going to read to the class. One I had been reading to my STEM classes EVERY YEAR. Um, yeah. Duh! {hand slaps forehead} My husband actually rolled his eyes and shook his head when I told him about my realization. {hand slaps HIS forehead} Anyhoo... I digress. Did I mention I tend to get off track someti ... Focus, Kim, focus. {deep breath} The book I decided to share as my favorite read aloud is written by Eric Carle. Haven't heard of him? He's the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (plus like 70 other awesome books). I've used his picture book Pancakes, Pancakes! every year during my unit on physical and chemical changes in matter. And the students LOVE it! Even "big kids" like having a story read aloud to them once in a while - go figure! Here's kind of how I do things in my class: Students create a chart to record any examples of physical changes or chemical changes that they see or hear in the book. I usually have them just make a simple T-chart in their interactive notebooks, but I have also given them this handout to glue into their notebooks. It all depends on how close I am to my copy count limit, honestly. I put the book on the document camera so kids can see the pictures (and so I can walk around the room while I am reading). Then I begin reading. When I come to the first example - using the sickle to cut the wheat - I stop and tell students that I just noticed an example of a change in matter. {hands shoot up} I ignore the hands and continue my think-aloud to model what I want them to do. I say something like, "Cutting the wheat changes it's SHAPE, so I know that is an example of a physical change in matter." Then I get my class interactive notebook and write "cutting wheat" under the heading of physical changes. For the next couple pages, I use the tone of my voice to stress each example and pause dramatically {Yeah, you're surprised I have drama in my class, right?} until I know they have caught on to what I am looking for. After most of the students get the hang of listening and looking for examples in the story, I start moving a bit quicker. After I am finished, I give students about 2 minutes to compare their notes with a partner or with their table groups. I let them add to or change their lists as they discuss their ideas. Finally, I allow students to come up (alternating groups) to write down an example on the class chart - being careful not to duplicate an entry. If a student or group places an example in the wrong category, we discuss why it fits better in the other one. I clarify any misconceptions (usually about the grain being ground into flour and the cream being churned into butter). And while students are sharing with the class, I make pancakes for them to snack on. Yeah, I'm THAT awesome of a teacher! Wait! Before you go getting all jealous of how AMAZE-BALLS I am, let me admit something. I really just heat up those little packets of mini pancakes in the microwave. But I DO ask kids if heating them up is a physical or chemical change. (Hint: It's a physical change.) I also have a little story I send home with them as a homework assignment. It's called "The Adventures of Mrs. Coker". In it, they must identify the physical and chemical changes that happen to me throughout my day. They, of course, get a kick out of it. Many times they are dying to know if the story is true or not. They even make predictions. Sad that they assume burning waffles is TRUE, but they know me so well. If you want to try this activity in your class, just snag a copy of the book and download a FREE copy of my Pancakes, Pancakes! chart by clicking HERE. And best of all, the book is probably in your school library already! 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Today in Science we learned about how matter can change in state. We talked about how adding or taking away heat can make matter change. If we add heat to an ice cube, it will change from a solid to a liquid. If we continue to add heat to water, it will turn into a gas, called water vapor. To turn the water vapor back in to water, it needs to be cooled. We made this to help us remember all of this information! Then we wrote about it. Since we were talking about evaporation and condensation, I thought it would be a good idea to throw in a quick introduction to the water cycle. We discussed the steps to the water cycle and then learned our second song of the year! The water cycle song! And boy was it a good day to learn about the water cycle! It poured after school! It was also Mrs. M's birthday! I received a special treat and my students sang happy birthday to me! It was a special day. I am so blessed to have such wonderful people to teach! Just another busy day in science! Mrs. M

One of my best friends, Natalie, came across this neat science experiment on a third grade blog. (Click here to see the blog post.) This was the perfect experiment to complete with our unit of matter. Natalie is always thinking of fun "hands on" experiments, where I tend to stick to discussions and worksheets. She bought her students fun Halloween themed gummy candy, where as I just grabbed some plain jane gummy bears from my stash at home. Yes, I admit that I want to be a student in Natalie's class. Click here to download the worksheet that Natalie created to go with this experiment. (Thanks again sweet friend!) Miscellaneous: - Each student was given a ruler and magnifying glass. (Yet again- Natalie came to the rescue with a class set of magnifying glasses!) - Students wrote their initials on the cup with a Sharpee. - Students were called up one by one to our sink. They dropped their gummy bear in the cup, added just enough water to cover it, and placed it in the blue basket. Afterwards, I moved the blue basket up to the top of a book shelf. I wanted them to be surprised the next day! - My students waited 24 hours before examining the bears on the second day. - I gave each student a napkin on the second day. I dumped the water out of each cup before giving them the gummy bear. They dumped the gummy bear out on their napkin and made observations. Day 1- Gummy Bears Day 2- Gummy Bears

Enjoy today's FREEBIE matter crossword from our physical science unit. Print the definitions on the back for vocabulary review. Enjoy! Download printer-friendly crossword & definitions Download printer-friendly answer key

**Updated and Aligned with NEW 2017 Georgia Science Standards** 2nd Grade Standards: 1. obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the properties of matter and changes that occur in objects 2SC.A.1.c: construct an explanation from observations that some changes in matter caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some changes are irreversible This hands-on the experiment will engage your students in observing the changing state of matter through heating and cooling in a tangible -- and yummy-- way! Students will complete a graphic organizer as you complete the activity. They will use that info to answer compare and contrast questions on the data they've collected, as well as deciding if these changes were reversible or irreversible. Students will also have the chance to formulate their own questions after completing the experiment. If you enjoyed this resource, please leave feedback in the comments section :) Be sure to grab our other engaging matter resources below: *PebbleGO Research It: Properties of Materials (Smooth/Rough, Float/Sink, Stiff/Bendable) *Properties of Matter SCOOT Task Cards *PebbleGO Research It: Properties of Materials (Hard/Soft, Hot/Cold, Shiny/Dull) *Properties of Matter Assembling/Disassembling Structures Lab *Properties of Matter Hands On Cracker & Cookie Labs

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In this interactive iPad app, kids will take an in-depth look at matter’s many mixed-up forms, learn about the difference between chemical and physical changes, and examine matter's four possible states: solid, liquid, gas and plasma.

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Let’s teach 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students about physical properties of matter. What are physical properties of matter? Physical properties of matter are characteristics that describe appearance of a substance without considering its chemical composition. Physical properties can be used to identify and distinguish one substance from another. Examples of physical properties include: ... Read more

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Determining physical and chemical changes is exciting, but when you dissolve cups with acetone, it becomes a challenge! Engage your students with this science activity perfect for changes with matter!

Engaging second-grade science stations that follow the NGSS science standards for states of matter. These properties of matter science stations will have your

Lots of craziness and excitment this week! We started our end of the year Ocean Animals unit, and I have been having so much fun! Hopefully the kids have been, too (oh, and learning some things as well, haha!)! We started the week off by learning about the five oceans--I feel old since I was only taught about four main oceans, you know, way back when there were nine planets...Anyways, I found this song on Proteacher last year and fancied it up a bit for our song book...I do not know the song's author, so please let me know if you do! Click the picture to download it for free! We also did a lesson on the ocean's zones and made a fun foldable to hold facts about each layer. The kids were totally into all of those creepy creatures down in the twilight and midnight zones! The original idea for this flipbook came from this site. I tweaked it a little for my kiddos, and have included directions and a printable for you below if you'd like to add this to your Ocean file (or should I say, binder?). Click the pic below for the freebie! Next week, we are going to become marine biologists to prepare for our Ocean Animals Museum. I am so pumped! My team is doing a grade level Museum Day, with each class studying a different animal group. It is so much fun to watch all of our little firsties give their speeches and show off their published "All About" books, models, and posters. If you think your class would like to become wildlife biologists too, please check out my newest unit. It is common core aligned for grades K-2 (standards included) and it can be used to study any animal! Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more Ocean fun and freebies in the next few weeks! And, if you have any great Oceans activities you'd like to share, I'd love to hear them!

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I made these charts to help the students review what a solid, liquid, and gas is. I cut out different pictures from a magazine and laminated them. I then put sticky Velcro on the pictures and anchor charts so the students could place the correct picture onto the correct chart. We did this activity whole group first so I could explain the pictures. Then, I let the students do this activity as a center.

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This time-saving resource is an amazing set of tasks for learning about physical and chemical changes! Add interactive templates to the fun activities.