Solids, Liquids and Gases Grade 2 Unit Study

Kit Contents to be returned to HCOS Library: 1. 2. 3. 4. Parent Activity Guide duotang Matter, Matter Everywhere Solids, Liquids and Gases Student thermometer

For references to the DVD, please go to link below. Contact your teacher for the password to the site. http://www.discoveryeducation.ca Student Activity pages are available on the library website for download. http://www.onlineschool.ca/rooms/library/resource_kits/index.php Scroll down page and click on appropriate kit. You can access the Parent Guide, which has clickable links and print the pages you want from the Student Pages.

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Solids, Liquids, and Gases Daily Lessons Day 1: Sorting Solids, Liquids, and Gases Make and read AIMS booklet on Solids, Liquids, and Gases Do Oh, Dear, What Can This Matter Be? AIMS activity (Directions in parent activity guide; student sheets can be downloaded from library web site if not included.) Explore http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials/ check http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/light_shadows.shtml Make Chocolate Crispies (changing solids to liquids and back to solids) using outline from APBI site (included in parent guide) Complete Kinds of Matter worksheet

out the video Solids liquids and gases

Day 2: Solids Read Matter, Matter, Everywhere pages 8, 9 http://www.abpischools.org.uk/resources/solids-liquids-gases/index.asp View a Flash animation of key information about solids. Topics covered are excellent at a K-3 level. Main lesson activity: Complete Properties of Materials activities in parent guide Read the information at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials/ Changes in materials and complete the activities.

Day 3: Liquids Read Matter, Matter, Everywhere pages 10 - 13 Main Lesson activity: Read Liquids sheet in parent activity guide and discuss Are there other liquids than water? Do Race the Liquids activity and conservation activity. Make a list of liquids found in your refrigerator. Watch Solids, Liquids, and Gases: A First Look (about 18 minutes) http:// www.discoveryeducation.ca/ Do Color Puzzle in student activity packet

Day 4: Relationships between Solids and Liquids Read Matter, Matter, Everywhere pages 14 17 Main lesson activity: Complete AIMS Butter Battle activity (Directions in parent activity guide, download student pages if not included.)

Day 5: Gases Read Matter, Matter, Everywhere pages 18-19 Complete the Gases activities in parent activity guide. Youll need a sponge for this activity. Make a list of gases used around your house. Watch Real World Science: Matter (about 15 minutes) http://www.discoveryeducation.ca/

Day 6: Which solids float in liquids? Read and do the activities found in Matter, Matter, Everywhere pages 20 21. Watch Properties of Matter Part 1 on United Streaming website (about 17 minutes) http:// www.discoveryeducation.ca/

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Day 7: Changing States of Water Read Matter, Matter, Everywhere pages 22, 23 Do Evaporation activities in parent guide. Youll need different types of fabric for this activity. Explore http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials/

Changing States
Day 8: Effect of Heat on Solids and Liquids Read Matter, Matter, Everywhere pages 26, 27 Do Heating and Cooling Materials parent/student activity in parent guide demonstrating that different materials melt at different temperatures. Explore http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials/

Changing states
Day 9: Effect of Freezing on Solids, Liquids, and Gases Do Kool Kups AIMS activity in parent guide Ice Cream Dream, Ice Fishing and Summer Frost activities from Solids, Liquids, and Gases would also contribute to the concepts in this lesson. Watch Properties of Matter Part 2 on United Streaming website (about 17 minutes) http://www.discoveryeducation.ca/

Day 10: Liquids and Gases Read Matter, Matter, Everywhere pages 24, 25 Read and do Balloon Blow-Up from Solids, Liquids, and Gases pages 4-5 Liquids and Gases activity exploring how different liquids evaporate at different rates and temperatures; instructions in parent guide.

Day 11: Separating Solids and Liquids Follow the instructions in parent activity guide and complete a series of activities separating solids and liquids using sieves, filters, and decanting. Youll need margarine tubs and/or sieves.

Day 12: Irreversible Changes Discuss the types of changes that cant be undone. Irreversible Changes activities in parent activity guide including making plastic with milk and vinegar, making plastic with PVA glue and Borax, and some snazzy demonstrations using Alka Seltzer, water, baking soda, vinegar, lemon juice, yeast, pop, raisins, and sugar. OR do Change Matters activity stations from AIMS resource included in parent guide. http:// www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/rev_irrev_changes.shtml has some great interactive activities allowing students to mix substances and separate them again (if possible).

Ongoing Unit Activities: You may want to have your child keep a Matter journal for recording their findings in the different daily experiments and activities. Digital photos could be accompanied by 2-3 sentence explanations of the days activities.

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Provincial Learning Outcomes for Grade 2 Physical Science: Properties of Matter Ask questions that foster investigations and explorations relevant to the content Measure objects and events Identify the properties of solids, liquids, and gases Investigate changes to the properties of matter when it is heated or cooled Investigate the interactions of liquids and solids

Notes: Some lessons include more activities than youll need. Feel free to omit and/or modify as necessary. Not all activities will be suitable for all age levels, so pick and choose the ones that are most suitable for your childs level of understanding. Most of the books used for this unit study are secular and therefore do not reflect a biblical understanding of the formation of the universe. Portfolio Submission Guidelines Each portfolio should include three samples of science work from the list below: A chart or graph showing the students observations, experiences, or thinking. A chart that classifies objects, events, or organisms based on criteria determined by the student. Written notes or observations including the students ideas about what the outcome of an experiment would be An oral recording of the student discussing any of the above content. A photograph of the student doing an experiment or a photograph of a project Any artwork the student has created as he made observations. A labeled diagram An oral or written sample that shows understanding of the key concepts of solids, liquids, and gases:

Solid: stays the same shape, visible, you can feel it, has weight Liquid: changes shape, may be visible or invisible, can be poured, has weight Gas: changes shape, generally invisible, exerts pressure, has weight.

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Here are some options to use to record your childs learning and to submit for portfolios. There are many websites and yahoo groups which have a lot of information as well as free resourcesjust do a search! Big Book of Books and Activities: an illustrated guide for teachers, parents, and anyone who works with kids! by Dinah Zike is available from the HCOS library http://www.dinah.com/ About Lapbooks and Lapbooking Lapbooking is the term for taking a paper file folder and refolding it so that there are two covers on the front. It is held vertically, with the 11 inch long side being held in a vertical position. It is refolded so that one cover opens to the left and the other cover opens to the right. This lapbook is dedicated to one topic of study. The child then makes miniature books and little folded flaps about content of that subject area. Those little books are glued to the inside of this lapbook. Extensions can be made, with card stock paper or tag board paper, to make the lapbook have more surfaces in which to place books. The cover can be decorated. About Notebooks and Notebooking The big difference between notebooks and lapbooks is that in lapbooking the information is made into tiny books which are glued inside of a file folder. With notebooking a child may make little books but they are glued into pages which are 3 hole punched and put inside of a 3 ring binder notebook. With notebooking, regular pages can be added as well as pressed leaves or other objects. In other words the notebook pages might just be flat and not have "mini books" in them. Also some people use notebooks like scrapbooks and can add in things like pressed flowers, real dried leaves, photographs your family took, et cetera. Notebooking can cover a whole subject such as Ancient History and may hold an inch thick stack of papers, while lapbooking is smaller/thinner and holds less information. Subjects for lapbooking may cover smaller topics such as Ancient Egypt or Pyramids. Sites for lapbooks & notebooking: Homeschool share has many free resources! http://www.homeschoolshare.com/lapbooking_resources.php www.knowledgeboxcentral.com Lapbooking 101 http://lapbooking.wordpress.com/ Lapbook lessons http://www.lapbooklessons.com/

Flapbooks http://www.unitstudies.com/books/index.aspx

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