Matter...it matters!

We have begun our next unit which is on matter.

p. 26 EQ: What is Matter

p. 27 "What is Matter? (Everything is, OK!)" hand out.

p. 28 EQ: What are the states of matter?

p. 29 "What State Are We In?" hand out

Students should be able to answer the Essential Questions (EQs) at the top of the page. Students were given a handout of a bubble map titled "Matter: A Graphic Organizer" about matter to put on p. 28 for their left side activity.

Yesterday and today we read and discussed the article "The History of the Atom Theory: In the Beginning..." As we read, we took breaks to process what we read and created a flow map of the information (kind of like a timeline with some additional details added).

p. 30 EQ: "What were some important moments of scientists learning about the atom? Why were they important?"

p. 31 "History of the Atom Theory..." article

p. 31A flow map of "The History of the Atom Theory..."

p. 31B Second page of flow map (if they have a second page). Otherwise, this should be left blank.

Thursday's homework: Students should complete the questions on p. 17 of the handout using the notes we took. Also, students will write a short paragraph on p.30 starting with "The important thing about the history of the atom theory is...." I hope that this will not include details about different scientists, but show an understanding that scientific ideas develop and change over time.