Mr. Thompson's Fourth Grade Class
MATTER UNIT FOCUS
1. The total amount of matter is conserved when it undergoes a change.
2. Heat results when substances burn, when certain kinds of materials rub against each other, and when electricity flows through wires.
LINKS ON MATTER
States of Matter Game Unleashed
http://www.scienceunleashed.ie/Games/States%20of%20Matter.swf
Chem for Kids Matter
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_states.html
I know That... Matter
http://www.iknowthat.com/ScienceIllustrations/matter/science_desk.swf
Safe at Home with Leo
http://www.safeathomewithleo.com/SAHMatter.swf
Science Kids-Change of States
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/changing_state.swf
Mr. Beaker's Lab on Matter
http://www.e-learningforkids.org/science/
States of Matter and Phase Changes
http://education.uoit.ca/lordec/ID_LORDEC/states_of_matter/wong_states_of_matter.swf
Study Jams Matter Song and Video
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/studyjams/matter_states/
States of Matter with Heat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/changing_state.shtml
Which Are a Solid, Liquid, Gas? Interactive
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials
Harcourt Animations of Matter
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/molecules.swf
More Animations of Matter
http://chimianet.zefat.ac.il/download/3_states_matter.swf
Heat Transfer Animations
NSTA Heat Simulations
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/oceans_weather_climate/media/specific_heat.swf
What Happens When You Add Heat? Interactive
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/science/changing_matter/index.htm
What Is Water?
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/whatiswater.html
Water in the Air
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/airwater.html
States of Water - Solids, Liquids, Gases
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/slg.html
All About Physical and Chemical Changes
http://www.ric.edu/faculty/ptiskus/chemical/
Why Leaves Change Color
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/veg/trees/treestruecolor.htm
Why Leaves Change Color with Experiments
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/leaves.html
Water Review
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/review.html
What Is Matter?
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/whatismatter.html
States of Matter
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/statesofmatter.html
Matter Review
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/wimreview.html
Interactive Water Cycle Quiz
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/watercycle/watercycleq.html
All About the Water Cycle
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
States of Matter Video & Song
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/studyjams/matter_states/
Water Cycle Video
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/studyjams/water_cycle/
Water Cycle Song
http://vimeo.com/1594826
Read about Matter and Take a Quiz
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html
NASA - Droplet and the Water Cycle Game (you will need to download this)
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/droplet.html
States of Matter
http://www.heater-home.com/articles-heating-cooling-states-of-matter.aspx
Science Story Books
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