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Lesson Plan List for: Matter

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Air Is Matter Students investigate air and how it is something that occupies space, has mass, and exerts pressure.	K-2	Lesson Plan
Breaking Things on Purpose *Materials such as metals (aluminum, iron, copper, etc.), ceramics (silicon carbide, porcelain) or polymers (milk jugs made of polyethylene) are tested by scientists and engineers to reveal certain mechanical properties such as the maximum stress a material can withstand. The stress at which a material breaks is a measure of its strength. In this lesson you will be testing the strength of a delicious material you know as chocolate!	9-12	Lesson Plan
Building Blocks of Matter Structure of matter.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Comparing the Density of Liquids, Solids, and Gases Students compare the relative densities of different liquids and then solids, and also explore the density of air versus the density of water.	3-5	Lesson Plan
Do Materials Get Tired- Do Rubber Bands Get Longer During Use? (MS) This lesson plan allows students to determine what happens to materials as they get tired. Will rubber bands slowly deform when a constant force or displacement is applied to them?	6-8	Lesson Plan
Do Materials Get Tired? Do Rubber Bands Get Longer During Use? (HS) This lesson plan investigates how materials slowly deform when constant force is applied to them. By testing the strain of weights on rubber bands, students will mimic engineers who measure the maximum stress a material can withstand before it fails.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Do Materials Get Tired? How Long Will a Paperclip Last? (MS) This lesson plan investigates how materials fail or break under prolonged stress, using paperclips as an example. Engineers run careful experiments so that they can be sure that things will not break due to fatigue while you are using them.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Do Materials Get Tired? How Long will a Paperclip Last? (HS) This lesson plan investigates how materials fail under prolonged stress. By rotating the angle and type of paperclips, students mimic tests done by engineers who make sure that things will not break due to fatigue while you are using them.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Food or Fuel? The Chemistry and Efficiency of Producing Biodiesel	9-12	Lesson Plan
How Do We Measure 100? In this media-rich lesson, students explore the value of the number 100. They use a variety of objects in sets of 100 to measure length and to learn about the benefits of using standard units of measurement.	K-2	Lesson Plan
How Hard is Chocolate? Hardness is probably a concept you are well familiar with. You already know that certain materials are harder than others; in fact, you prove it everyday when you chew your food and your teeth don’t break (because your teeth are harder than the foods you chew). Hardness can be defined as a material's ability to resist a change in shape. Modern hardness testers take a well-defined shape and press it into a material with a certain force, observing the indent it leaves in the material when it is removed. In this lesson, you will be performing hardness testing on different bars of chocolate.	9-12	Lesson Plan
How Structure Can Affect Properties Through Phase Changes Structure-Property Relationships	6-8	Lesson Plan
Igniting Chemistry in Fireworks Students learn about the concepts of spectral chemistry, combustion, and the nature of fire through the use of visually rich fireworks resources. Optional resources address chemical reactions for those who want a more advanced chemistry lesson.	6-12	Lesson Plan
Measuring Bond Energy of an Ionic Compound In this media-rich lesson, students investigate bond energy and the law of conservation of energy. They examine the chemistry behind instant cold packs by using a calorimeter to study the endothermic dissociation of ammonium chloride in water.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Mechanical Properties of Chocolate: How Hard is your Chocolate? Hardness is probably a concept you are well familiar with. You already know that certain materials are harder than others; in fact, you prove it everyday when you chew your food and your teeth don’t break (because your teeth are harder than the foods you chew). Hardness can be defined as a material's ability to resist a change in shape. Modern hardness testers take a well-defined shape and press it into a material with a certain force, observing the indent it leaves in the material when it is removed. In this lesson, you will be performing hardness testing on different bars of chocolate.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Mechanical Properties of Chocolate: How Strong is your Chocolate? *Materials such as metals (aluminum, iron, copper, etc.), ceramics (silicon carbide, porcelain) or polymers (milk jugs made of polyethylene) are tested by scientists and engineers to reveal certain mechanical properties such as the maximum stress a material can withstand. The stress at which a material breaks is a measure of its strength. In this lesson you will be testing the strength of a delicious material you know as chocolate!	6-8	Lesson Plan
The Periodic Table of the Elements Students learn about the origin of the modern periodic table of the elements and how to extract information from it.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Radiation: To Worry or Not to Worry Students explore the many types of radiation and distinguish safe forms of radiation from those that are dangerous.	6-12	Lesson Plan
Repeating Patterns: The Shape of the Periodic Table Students explore element periodicity, the shape of the periodic table, and how we are able to predict the characteristics of elements yet to be discovered or created.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Sound Vibrations Students learn that vibrations are responsible for the sounds we hear and that sound vibrations can travel through different mediums.	K-5	Lesson Plan
The Strange World of the Electron Students examine the origin of Earth's elements, the structure of atoms, and the sometimes strange arrangement and behavior of electrons.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Structure-Property Relationships Structure and property changes of water.	9-12	Lesson Plan
The Structure of Materials Structure of matter.	9-12	Lesson Plan
Substances and Chemical Reactions Students gain experience in distinguishing between solids, liquids, and gases and how you know when a chemical change has occurred.	K-5	Lesson Plan
Why Do Snowflakes Come in So Many Shapes and Sizes? In this media-rich lesson, students learn the physics of snowflake formation. They build an apparatus to grow their own snow crystals and explore how the forces that act on water molecules result in the hexagonal shapes of snowflakes.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Windmills: Putting Wind Energy to Work Students use simple materials to build their own windmills and learn how wind can be used to help get work done.	2	Lesson Plan