Module 21: Matter-Science 1B - Course Guide

Module Overview:

Module Materials:

Lesson # Lesson Title Material(s)
1 Matter and Our Senses crayons or colored pencils
scissors
glue
pen or pencil
2 States of Matter round cereal pieces
crayons or colored pencils
scissors
glue
pen or pencil

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Matter and Our Senses
  1. Define matter.
  2. Categorize observable properties of objects.
2 States of Matter
  1. Illustrate examples of a gas, liquid, and solid.
  2. Identify the three states of matter.
  3. Describe how matter changes from one state to another.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
matter
senses
properties
mass
solid
liquid
gas

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 Matter and Our Senses 6 Matter and Our Senses Assignment
2 States of Matter 6 States of Matter Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

None

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
Matter and Our Senses
  1. What is matter?
States of Matter
  1. What is matter?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question
Matter and Our Senses Everything Is Made of Something
  1. How does water change when you heat it?
  2. How does water change when you freeze it?
  3. When is water a solid?
  4. When is water a liquid?
  5. When is water a gas?
Matter and Our Senses A First Look: Solids, Liquids, and Gases
  1. What is matter?
  2. What are the states of matter?
  3. What is a solid?
  4. What is a liquid?
  5. What is a gas?
  6. How does matter change from one state to another?
States of Matter Everything Is Made of Something
  1. How does water change when you heat it?
  2. How does water change when you freeze it?
  3. When is water a solid?
  4. When is water a liquid?
  5. When is water a gas?
States of Matter A First Look: Solids, Liquids, and Gases
  1. What is matter?
  2. What are the states of matter?
  3. What is a solid?
  4. What is a liquid?
  5. What is a gas?
  6. How does matter change from one state to another?

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing