Matter is part of basic Chemistry. The material below is suitable for 5th grade. Most of the labs work for kids in grades 4-7. Williams College has Matter and Interactions Lesson Guide. It’s a decent overview of Matter. This teacher’s guide, Investigating Matter, a complete unit study (with a pacing guide and activity pages) pairs with the Investigating Matter (Reader), the student book. Don’t feel you have to finish in one month, especially if science is a topic you teach once or twice a week. Browse some of the resources below to shape your unit study. Consider creating an Interactive Notebook or Lapbook.
1. ACS lessons: Inquiry in Action. Click on the + symbol to see the different lessons. The ACS provides videos, lessons, worksheets, and demos. Look at What’s the Difference between Baking Soda and Baking Powder? ACS lessons are designed for elementary level teachers without a background in Chemistry. The demos and labs require household materials, safe to use at home or outside a lab.
2. Another excellent resource is the Smithsonian’s Matter and Its Interactions, which has loads of good links, such as (The student book is below.) Here are the black line masters for students.
3. Mrs.Mitchell’s teacher website has this Matter Unit with an older unit plan, Matter and its Changes., with ten activities. (Scroll down when you click on the link because the first page is blank.). Properties and Changes in Matter is almost a scripted lesson.
4. You Be the Chemist has four classic experiments: Brown Bananas, Rusting Wool, Lumpy Liquids, and Cleaning Pennies. Try Goofy Putty, Mysterious Mixtures and Milk Rainbow. While you may have tried these activities, Dow supplies a great deal of background information along with excellent questions.
5. ACS also has The Best of Wonder Science, chock full of experiments, such as Vitamin C Testing, Adventures in Chemistry, and Celebrating Chemistry.
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