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Unit Essential Questions:

What is matter and how does it behave?
How can matter be described and classified by its observable properties?
How are the different properties of matter suited to different purposes?
What causes change in matter?

Unit/Project Questions:

students will be able to answer the questions, What is Matter? What are the 3 forms of Matter? What are the different properties of each state of matter? How can you change one form of matter into another?

Content Questions:

In this unit, students will be able to answer the question, “How are materials similar and different from one another, and how do the properties of the materials relate to their use?” All students will understand that physical science principles, including fundamental ideas about matter, energy, and motion, are powerful conceptual tools for making sense of phenomena in physical, living, and Earth systems science.

Standards and CPI addressed:

2-PS1-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties. [Clarification Statement: Observations could include color, texture, hardness, and flexibility. Patterns could include the similar properties that different materials share.]

2-PS1-2. Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.* [Clarification Statement: Examples of properties could include, strength, flexibility, hardness, texture, and absorbency.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment of quantitative measurements is limited to length.]

2-PS1-3. Make observations to construct an evidence-based account of how an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object. [Clarification Statement: Examples of pieces could include blocks, building bricks, or other assorted small objects.]

2-PS1-4. Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot. [Clarification Statement: Examples of reversible changes could include materials such as water and butter at different temperatures. Examples of irreversible changes could include cooking an egg, freezing a plant leaf, and heating paper.]

K-2-ETS1-1. Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.

K-2-ETS1-2. Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.

K-2-ETS1-3. Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.

Objectives/Bloom's Taxonomy:

Students will be able to:

Identify examples of matter in three basic states.
Describe and classify matter by its observable properties (solid, liquid and gas).
Compare and contrast the properties of matter within the same state (for example, compare two liquids, honey versus water or two solids, sponge versus rock).
Explain how an object made out of small pieces (a tower of Legos) relates to matter made of atoms. Both can be rearranged to form different objects or substances.
Create a model that represents the density of molecules in solids, liquids and gases.
Analyze that heat increases the movements of molecules.
Give examples of how matter changes form due to temperature (solid ice cube melting into a liquid and water boiled into steam).
Choose appropriate substances to combine to make a mixture (cotton balls and cubes, not sugar in water).
Evaluate chemical and physical changes
Remember and apply matter terms to the correct definition

Opportunities for Differentiation

Highlighting key points that need to be reinforced and applied to other contexts
Modifying or shortening assignments, allowing additional time to complete assignments and/ assessments
Using large print and clearer fonts
Deliberate grouping of students
Using picture cues and visuals
Repeating directions, reading directions aloud, giving directions one step at a time
Students can draw, write, or answer questions orally,
Students can demonstrate concepts to show understanding
Paper, google form or verbally assessments can be given

Multiple Intelligences:

Musical Intelligence (music)- students will sing, a Matter song
Spatial Intelligence (pictures)- students will sort photos and draw pictures representing the 3 forms of matter
Linguistic Intelligence (words)-students will learn vocabulary terms as well as read and write about Matter
Logical-mathematical intelligence (number/reasoning),
Naturalist Intelligence (nature smart)- conducting experiments and connecting the results of the experiment to the world we live in and how it relates to our climate and environment
Interpersonal Intelligence (people smart)working cooperatively with peers during experiments and creating a presentation on new findings and learning
Intrapersonal Intelligence (self -smart)- students will work alone to listen, read and record information
Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence (body smart)- students will work in various locations around the classroom, students will make a human model to represent the molecules of each state of matter with our bodies

Assessments:

Matter Picture Word Sort
Quizlet
Exit tickets
Kahoot it
SeeSawMe- Students record their voice to read the information they have learned, share their work by posting a photograph of their information and highlighting important information
End of the Unit Paper Assessment or Google Form

Credits:

Livingston 2nd Grade Science Curriculum

Livingston Public School District Grade 2 Science Curriculum 2017 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JkxEeAURll_rZ4F9nyed6PtHWEusJ_A0FhytdTlKTSQ/edit

2nd Grade Science Course | New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning, njctl.org/courses/science/2nd-grade-science/.

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