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

https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/natural-science/earth-science/sce304/heat-transfer-conduction-convection-radiation

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 

 http://msnucleus.org/membership/guide/storybooks.html