What’s the MATTER?

Do you know that the gum stuck to the bottom of your shoe is matter?

Do you know that the underwear that you wear is also matter?

Everything is matter!

Matter is a scientist’s term for “STUFF”!

Go to the following links to learn more about stuff (matter).

Take notes in your ScienceLog about what you learn.

Read to find out the basics concerning matter.

concerning matter

http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/statesofmatter.html

See particles in motion.

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/

Watch the Mass, Volume and Density Movie

http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/massvoldensity/index.weml?&tried_cookie=true

Take the online quiz from Brainpop.

http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/massvoldensity/index.weml?&tried_cookie=true

When you are finished learning the basics about matter and finished taking the quiz,

choose to do one of the following projects.

1. Create a flyer using Publisher to teach about matter.
2. Create a PowerPoint presentation to teach about matter.
3. Work with two friends and create a skit to teach about matter. (Note: you will have to present this skit to the class.)
4. Write a short essay describing a day in the life of a solid, a liquid and a gas.

All projects are due by the end of the week.

Matter matters.