Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Teacher:
Standard and
Element(s)
Learning Target(s)
Resources
(Technology and
Handouts)
Subject: Science
Date:
Classifying Matter?
S8P1: Students will examine the scientific view of the
nature of matter.
S8P1.d: Distinguish between physical and chemical
properties of matter as physical (i.e., density, melting point,
boiling point) or chemical (i.e., reactivity, combustibility).
S8P1.f: Recognize that there are more than 100 elements
and some have similar properties as shown on the Periodic
Table of Elements.
S8P2: Students will be familiar with the forms and
transformations of energy.
S8P5: Students will recognize characteristics of gravity,
electricity, and magnetism as major kinds of forces acting in
nature.
1. Students will be able to define matter, solid, liquid, gas, element, atom,
heterogeneous, homogeneous, and solution.
2. Students will be able to define and distinguish the terms: metal, ceramic,
polymer, and composite.
3. Students will be able to categorize an item of matter.
4. Students will distinguish between elements, compounds, and mixtures.
5. Students will explain how composition of materials determines their
classification as elements, compounds, or mixtures.
6. Students will be engaged in discussion and class participation.
7. Students will show understanding through graphic organizers and concept
review questions.
Georgia Holt Science and Technology textbook
Glencoe Physical Science
Glencoe Chemistry Science
Chapter Four Resource File (CRF)
Promethean Board
Matter: PowerPoint Lessons
Matter: Science Videos
Matter Worksheets will be assigned
Instructional Framework
Warm-up (5 minutes)
Handout or put on the board a list of
terms: matter, states, materials,
heterogeneous, homogeneous, solids,
liquids, gases, solutions, pure
substances, element, atoms, and
compounds. Using the diagram below
take one of the objects and ask a series
of questions that leads students to
operationally define the terms. "Is this
matter? What state is it? Is it uniform
(homogeneous)? Is it an element?"