Changing+Matter+(3rd+Grade)

by Chris Pugh

=Objectives= Science - GLE 0307.9.1Design a simple experiment to determine how the physical properties of matter can change over time and under different conditions.

ISTE NETS
 * 4.** **Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making** - c. collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.

=Lesson= The students will...
 * 1) Open Kidspiration 3, click on the Science button, and scroll to select "Experiment" activity.
 * 2) Discuss the states of matter for water and what creates each. (View the States of Matter demonstration for water at [] and the table for comparing degrees Kelvin, Celsius, and Fahrenheit at [|http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/temps.htm])
 * 3) Use the graphic organizer to design an experiment for changing the states of matter for **oxygen** by using what they know about water.
 * 4) Open Firefox browser and type **[|tinyurl.com/nmta3a]** to go quickly to the science simulation at the Phet.colorado.edu website.
 * 5) Click on the RUN NOW button to open the simulation.
 * 6) Click on the selections to show oxygen in the solid state, click on the Kidspiration 3 icon to record the temperature of oxygen in solid state.
 * 7) Click on the Firefox icon, then click and drag the slider toward ADD HEAT.
 * 8) Click on the Kidspiration icon to record the temperature at which the solid oxygen molecules begin to flow across the bottom of the container. Record