Week 9 September 27, 2018 States of Matter and Units 1 and 2 Review

This week we opened our lesson on States of Matter with root beer floats! What a tasty way to demonstrate the three phases of matter: solid, liquid, and gas! While students dug into their root beer floats, they watched two videos covering an introduction to the three states of matter and the fourth state of matter-the plasma state. Those two videos are linked below:

Next, it was time to cut out our graphic organizers for states of matter and changes in the states of matter linked below:

Graphic Organizers for States of Matter and Phase Changes

Here are pictures of how the graphic organizers should look in our interactive notebook:

States of Matter Graphic Organizer

Changes in States of Matter Graphic Organizer

Once we glued in our graphic organizers, we discussed the arrangement and behavior of particles in the three states of matter, the relationship between temperature and energy of the particles, and the endothermic and exothermic energy changes that occur as the states of matter change. Below are pictures of the notes for states of matter along with the answer that goes above the graphic organizer for states of matter.

Answer that goes above states of matter graphic org.

Notes on States of Matter

Additionally, below is the answer for Changes in States of Matter and the notes for Changes in States of Matter.

Answer for Changes in States of Matter Graphic Organizer

Notes for Changes in States of Matter

Finally, we ended class with a review of Unit 1 and Unit 2. Students were grouped into teams of 2 and given a mini-dry erase board and Expo marker. The questions were on the powerpoint and they had 30 seconds or so write the correct answer on their boards and then hold their answer up once the time was expired. Two teams tied for first place. I hope this game emphasized to the students the need to read over and study their notes at home, not just write them down to say they are completed. The game questions and answers are linked below for them to review further with their notes.

Unit 1 and Unit 2 Review Questions and Answers

In this upcoming week we will be starting Unit 3 Atoms and the Periodic Table.  I strongly encourage students to watch this Crash Course Video covering the History of Atomic Theory before they come to class so that they will be prepared for a review discussion and graphic organizer.