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#Solids Liquids and Gases Teaching Ideas

This document outlines a lesson plan to teach students about the three states of matter - solids, liquids, and gases. The lesson includes starter questions, presentations defining each state and their properties, classroom and worksheet activities identifying examples of each state and comparing their properties, a quick assessment, and a plenary haiku poem activity. The learning objective is for students to understand the three states of matter and how they differ, and success criteria include defining matter, listing the three states, and contrasting their properties.

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#Solids Liquids and Gases Teaching Ideas

This document outlines a lesson plan to teach students about the three states of matter - solids, liquids, and gases. The lesson includes starter questions, presentations defining each state and their properties, classroom and worksheet activities identifying examples of each state and comparing their properties, a quick assessment, and a plenary haiku poem activity. The learning objective is for students to understand the three states of matter and how they differ, and success criteria include defining matter, listing the three states, and contrasting their properties.

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States of Matter: Solids, Liquids and Gases

Teaching Ideas

Learning Objective: To understand that matter can exist in three states.

Success Criteria: • To define matter.


• To state the three types of matter.
• To compare and contrast the three states of matter.

Context: This is the first lesson of the new topic of ‘States of Matter’ in key stage 3 chemistry.

Starter
As students enter the classroom and settle, on slide 3 is a question ‘What is matter?’ and ‘How do we know it exists?’ This helps
the teacher to gauge how many students are familiar with the term ‘matter’, what evidence we have for it and can use the time
to clarify any misconceptions.

Main Activities
Matter Key Points
Slides 4-5: Give background information to the students covering the basics.

Identifying Types of Matter


Slides 6-8: Students copy down the subheadings on slide 6. Students are shown slide 7 and write in pairs any solids, liquids or
gases they can see in the classroom. Students are asked to circle their most unique answer as stated on slide 8. Students are
encouraged to add to their notes by listening to their peers, as prompted on slide 9.

Properties of Types of Matter


Slides 9-11: Show the definition and examples of properties on slide 10. Students work in small groups to describe the properties
of solids, liquids and gases, guided by questions. Support is given and also an extension task to write a description in twenty
words or less.

Properties Key Points


Slides 12-14: Give background information to the students covering the key properties of solids, liquids and gases.

Solids, Liquids and Gases Activity


Students follow the worksheet to define matter, identify solids, liquids and gases in everyday situations and compare and contrast
properties of solids, liquids and gases. At the end of the sheet are tick boxes that can be completed by either the student, peer or
teacher matching to each point of the success criteria.

Solids, Liquids and Gases Quick Assessment


Students follow the worksheet to demonstrate their knowledge of the three states of matter by answering exam style questions.
There is also a teacher assessment sheet that could be completed after the lesson where formative feedback can be given.

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Plenary
Students create a Haiku poem as a mini plenary on shown slides 16-17 of the PowerPoint. Students write in their books a poem
about the key points of the three states of matter with five syllables in the first sentence, seven syllables in the second sentence
and five syllables in the third and final sentence. Two examples are given on slide 17. Remind the students of today’s success
criteria on slide 18 of the PowerPoint.
Suggested Home learning:
Students could research and produce a poster on ‘Non Newtonian Fluids’.

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