Matter Changes State: Lesson 3

Name: Meghan Anderson                                    Date:12/03/12

Grade: 4th                                                            Subject Area: Science

Content Standard/Benchmark:

4.1.8 Changes in states of matter. Students demonstrate that the processes of heating and cooling can change matter from one state to another.

4.2.1 Students research answers to science questions and present findings through appropriate means.

4.2.4 Students properly use safety equipment and recognize hazards and safety symbols while practicing standard safety procedures. 

Rationale for lesson: Students need to know the different states of matter and how they can change from one state to another. Students should be able to clearly explain and demonstrate their understanding of the unit and what they have learned and observed. They will create a presentation demonstrating their knowledge of the unit.

Lesson Objectives: 

• Students will demonstrate matter changing states
• Students will describe what they have learned throughout the unit
• Students will create a visual of what they have learned and observed in unit 

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Links to Prior Knowledge and Experience: Students will use all the knowledge they have gained throughout previous lessons in the unit. They will take this knowledge to create a presentation for assessment.

Language Demands: Solid, Liquid, State, Matter, Gas.

Assessment: Students will be assessed through the presentations they give. They will be graded with a rubric which is posted on the blog. They will receive the rubric before they start their presentations so they know what they will be graded on. They will also be assessed on the reflections they turn in after their presentations.

Differentation/Modification/Scaffolding: Students will work in small groups to allow for peer mentoring. Students will also already have a vast knowledge of the states of matter and how they change since these presentations will be at the very end of our unit. The rubric may also be modified for any ELL students or students with special needs. They will also be as much teacher assistance available as needed.

Materials:

Computer access

Notebooks and pencils

Demonstration materials

  

Instruction/Learning Sequence/Syntax:

1. (Introduction) I will talk about what we have been studying throughout this unit. I will then go over the rubric for the presentations (which each student will have a copy of). I will then call up the first presenter.

2. Presentations will be given either in groups of no more than 4 or individually. Presentations will cover what the students have learned during the unit, what they observed during their field trip, and demonstrate a matter changing state. We will get through as many presentations as we can today and will finish the rest during tomorrows lessons.

3. Students will have time to walk around the classroom to view presentations displayed. There will also be time for any last minute questions students have.

 

Closure:

After everyone has presented students will write a reflection on the unit and their presentations. Students will reflect on what they learned through the unit. What they didn't learn about that they wish they had. And evaluate their own presentations. This is also be turned in for assessment.