Links
Gander Academy
Materials and Their Properties
Cartoon animations explain in simple terms why different materials have different properties and how they change on heating and cooling. Other animations cover separating solids from liquids and show what happens to a solid when it dissolves in a liquid.
States of Matter- Chem4Kids
Experiments for The States of Matter
Science Clips- States of Matter
What is the Matter? Webquest- Grades 1-2
The Magic of Matter-Webquest- Grades 3-5
What's the Matter-Experiments
How I Shrunk the Third Grade
Matter- Cybrary Man's Page

Mixed-up Matter- Grades 1-2 Webquest
The states of matter are all messed up. It is up to you... the "Matter Detective" to discover what is the "Matter" with matter.

Books
What Is the World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Solids, Liquids and Gases (Starting With Science) by Louise Osborne
Solid, Liquid, or Gas? (It's Science) by Sally Hewitt
Solids, Liquids, Gases (Simply Science) by Charnan Simon
What Is Matter? (Rookie Read-About Science) by Don Curry

Matter Poem

{This little chant, poem, song has been around for awhile.
It can be sung to the tune of Three blind Mice}
What is matter?
What is matter?
A solid, liquid, or gas.
A solid, liquid, or gas.
It takes up space and weighs something, too.
It's everywhere--that includes me and you.
Did you ever think such a thing could be true?
Everything is matter.
Everything is matter.

Junior Scientists at Work!

After reading a couple of books about matter, we classified things in our classroom into the three states of matter: solids, liquids or gases. Then we put on our googles and jumped into work as junior scientist.

Have you ever seen a balloon expand by mixing a solid with a liquid? Our solid was baking soda, our liquid was vinegar, and it made the gas carbon dioxide. Balloon Blowing Investigation

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Dancing Raisins has been used for many years and still fascinates children as they watch the gas bubbles form on the raisins and make them "dance" in a glass of seltzer water. Dancing Raisins-PBS Kids

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Oobleck was another fun investigation into matter. Is it a solid or is it a liquid? This one we had to take outside because it was S-O messy...but fun!!!! It's amazing how much science you can learn from corn starch, water and a little food coloring. Sound like fun science? Try it with this recipe. Science House Oobleck