What's the Matter?

Matter is all around us. It can be as small as the particles that make up the tiniest cell in our skin or as large as the whole galaxy. Anything that takes up space and has mass is called matter. The matter that we experience every day and the matter that we are made of is only a tiny fraction of the matter that exists in the universe.

Through hands-on investigations, students explore the properties of solids, liquids and gases, and plan and conduct an investigation of how the properties of materials change with temperature.

Changing State Activity

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/solid_liquids.shtml

Solid, liquid or gas? (Drag and drop the object into the right category)

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/gases.html

Gases around us

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/gases.shtml

Can you get rid of the listening devices in these things in the kitchen?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/materials/solids_liquids_gases/play/

Sort the solids, liquids and gases into their tank (Student log in - BSUODB)

http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L3250/statesgame.html

Mine Rescue (Tricky!! Can you work out which type of gas to use?)

http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/1496613/mine-rescue-

Space Lab: Slime Emergency (Tricky!! Can you work out which type of liquid to use?)

http://splash.abc.net.au/res/i/L35/index.html