Sarah Hundt

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Science Knowledge, and Skills:

SCIENCE CONTENT
List the science concepts, ideas, patterns and
explanations that students need to learn
Different kinds of matter exist and many of them
can be either solid or liquid, depending on
temperature. Matter can be described and classified
by its observable properties. (2-PS1-1)
Properties include color, size, shape, texture,
hardness, liquid or solid, sinking or floating.

Texture descriptions include rough and smooth.

Hardness descriptions are limited to sense of

touch. Words that may be used to describe
hardness may include: hard, soft, stiff, and
flexible.

SCIENCE SKILLS
List the skills and practices

Plan and conduct an investigation collaboratively to

produce data to serve as the basis for evidence to
answer a question.
Identify and describe properties of different
substances.
Make careful observations to observe change.
Construct a simple chart from data collected.

Sinking or floating is limited to trial and error

investigations of objects sinking and floating in
water.

DRIVING QUESTION ABOUT INSTRUCTIONALLY PRODUCTIVE PHENOMENA: How is this object so different from
another?

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EXPERIENCES, PATTERNS & EXPLANATIONS:

Experienc
es
Opportunities to collect
observations or data
about the world; may
involve in-class activities
as well as recollection of
students everyday
experiences
P.PM.02.12 - Describe
objects and substances
according to their
properties (size, shape,
texture, hardness, liquid or
solid, sinking or floating)

Sort a variety of objects

with varying properties,
looking for similarities.
Sort the same set of
objects thinking about
observable properties.
Observe the properties

E
P

Sharing and
representing data
to facilitate
patternrecognition
Patterns could
include the
similar properties
that different
materials share.
Observations
could include
color, texture,
hardness, and
flexibility.
Record
observations of
objects in the
classroom (first:
solid, liquid, gas;

Patterns
Relationships and
generalizations across
experiences which clarify
and represent what
happened

Different kinds of matter

exist and many of them can
be either solid or liquid,
depending on temperature.
Matter can be described
and classified by its
observable properties.
(PS1-A)
Patterns in the natural and
human designed world can
be observed, used to
describe phenomena, and
used as evidence.
Properties include color,

P
E

Making
generalizations
from specific
phenomena to
how the world
works

Explanati
ons
Grade-level appropriate
statements which
generalize beyond specific
objects/experiences
described in the patterns
to answer questions about
how or why phenomena
occur in the natural world

Discuss how all

objects and
substances have
properties that can
be identified and
used to organize
said matter.

Objects and substances

can be referred to as one
of three kinds of matter
(solid, liquid or gas.)

Discuss what other

properties can be
used to describe
something.

By using our senses we

can describe and classify
matter based on its
observable properties.

Read about the

three states of

Matter changes depending

on the temperature.

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of cornstarch and water.

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last: properties of
matter color,
size, shape,
texture,
hardness, etc.)
Record
predictions and
actual results of
experiment.

Learning Goals and EPE

matter.
size, shape, texture,
hardness, liquid or solid,
sinking or floating.
Texture descriptions include
rough and smooth.
Hardness descriptions are
limited to sense of touch.
Words that may be used to
describe hardness may
include: hard, soft, stiff,
and flexible.
Sinking or floating is limited
to trial and error
investigations of objects
sinking and floating in
water.

Discuss similarities
across instances
when objects
change between
states of matter.
What will happen
when cornstarch
and water is
combined? Predict
and carry out
experiment.

MODEL RESPONSE TO THE DRIVING QUESTION: How is this object so different from another?
All objects have things that are different about them. They can be different sizes and shapes, they can feel different,
they might be a liquid or solid, and if you put them in water they could sink or float.
I know how a tennis ball and golf ball are the same and different. They both are spheres so they can roll. Both can
bounce, the golf ball will if you throw it at the ground, or sometimes it will bounce on the ground if youre golfing. But
theyre very different. A tennis ball is hard, small, and usually white. Its kind of bumpy, it has small holes on it and I
know it would sink because when I went to the putt putt golf place my golf ball went in the pond and I couldnt see it
anymore. A tennis ball is bigger, usually a yellowish green, light, soft and kind of fuzzy. I know it floats because my dog
will chase after them in the lake.

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