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Changes in Matter Grade Level Grade 4 Version

Grade level activities are a way of helping you learn to hold yourself accountable and places the responsibility for your success on you, much as is done in better paying jobs.

In these grade level lesson you are given a series of activities consisting of background information, independent mini-projects, problems to be solved and evaluation activities. With my advising as you need it, you organize your own school and home time to complete the items.

You keep a daily record of your experiments, activities and the solutions to the problems including any data you collect. Attach to your notes any related worksheet after it is marked just as you normally do. All this allows me to interpret your understanding of the ideas and allows you to keep a record of your work.

Submit each completed grade level activity to me so I or my adult designee can read your solution, evaluate it and sign this sheet.

Poor quality work or work that has to be clarified will have to be redone. A secretary would redo a poor letter. A CEO would figure out some way to change a poor decision. A car that still doesnt work would be repaired again by a good mechanic. An attorney has to produce results or risk loss of clients. Why should you be any different?

The final evaluation is based on the average of the quality of your work and the number of items completed. You will be expected to complete these activities individually. Watch your time. The days go by quickly.

Background Facts of Matter 1. _Signature and date______ In this first activity I want you to read the attached text (page 1) and fill out the following chart. What are two facts that can be used to describe the four states of matter? Solid Liquid Gas Plasma

Solid, Liquid, Gas, or Plasma 2. ________________________ Here I want you to decipher between the pictures to tell me whether it is a solid, liquid, gas, or plasma. You can use the previous text to help you.

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Atoms 3. _____________ I want you to read the attached text (page 2) about atoms and pick out five things that are discussed that you feel are most important to know about atoms.

Reading the Periodic Table 4. _______________________ Reading the Periodic Table can be difficult at first, but once you practice reading it and understand the simple setup you will be that much closer to becoming a chemist. I want you to read the attached text (page 3) and name three things that you learned about the table and two attributes of the elements that are listed in the Periodic Table.

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Two Attributes

Name That Element 5. _______________________ Using any previous activites, I want you to label the elements that match these atomic numbers by looking at the given protons. 32 __________ 1____________ 45___________ 8____________ 55___________

COW 6. _______________________Complete the Challenge of the Week (page 4) and hand this in for grading. This is extra credit worth two points on your point total for your total grade. There is a rubric on page ?. Good luck! Drawing the Structure of the Elements 7. ________________________ I want you to draw model structures of the following elements in the space provided below. I want you to put the correct amount of electrons, protons, and neutrons in the right places and label them. Helium

Boron

Zinc

Uranium

Lead

8. ____________________The Atom and Its Contribution to Elements Quiz. (page 5) Answer questions to the attached quiz and hand this packet into me because you are done!!! Great Job! Expecting only your best effort because you are capable of it!