Structure & Properties of Matter by https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t Science Spiraling en-us 2018-09-27 14:37:29 UTC 2025-10-22 10:43:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Simplehouse.png Grade 2 Unit 2: Properties of Matter jnk7 https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/286549848 • Different kinds of matter exist and they can be classified as either solid, liquid, or gas. Matter can be described and classified by its observable properties.
• Different properties are suited to different purposes.
• A great variety of objects can be built up from a small set of pieces.]]> 2018-09-27 14:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/286549848 Topic: gp21 https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291741338 Broad Topic: Structure & Properties of Matter

Narrow Focus: Classifying materials based on observations and their properties ]]> 2018-10-11 14:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291741338 Standards: gp21 https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291743308 2. Structure and Properties of Matter 2-PS1-2 Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.

5. Structure and Properties of Matter5-PS1-3 Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties]]> 2018-10-11 14:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291743308 Grade 5: Properties of Matter gp21 https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291746628 In general, the topic, structure and properties of matter, spirals throughout the elementary curriculum because the topic itself is being taught within each grade level through similar hands-on activities, but the content of lessons and activities advances throughout each grade level. 
  • phase changes of matter 
  • identifying states of matter as they change from phase to phase
]]> 2018-10-11 14:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291746628 How much of the topic is taught at each level? In how much depth is it addressed? gp21 https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291747787
  • At the fifth grade level, students should be identifying more properties and different materials than in second grade. In second grade, students are listing fewer and easier patterns of properties than the fifth grade students. 
  • At 5th grade level examples of materials to be identified are baking soda, other powders, metals, minerals, and liquids. Examples of properties to be identified include color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility; density is not intended as an identifiable property.
  • At 2nd grade level examples of properties to observe are color, texture, hardness, and flexibility. Patterns could include the similar properties that different materials share 
  • This topic is addressed again in middle school (6-8).

]]> 2018-10-11 14:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291747787 Activities for 5th grade jnk7 https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291748236
  • “Describing Properties” chart (color, heat, magnetic, solubility, vinegar, iodine) 
    • Students investigate different materials to discover more advanced properties of these materials
  • Students investigate different materials to discover more advanced properties of these materials
  • Scientific dialogue (class discussion) 
    • Students have enough knowledge to have their own scientific discussion based on properties of matter 
  • Melting/freezing ice cube to show the changes in states of matter

    • ]]>     2018-10-11 14:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291748236     Activities for 2nd grade jnk7 https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291749590
  • Song/poem 
    • Teacher expresses the different properties of objects through song or poem 
  • Scavenger hunt 
    • Students go around the room and try to find different materials that are solids, liquids, and gasses
  • “Describing Properties” chart (color, flexible, shape, texture) 
    • Students investigate different materials to discover which materials have which simple properties


    • ]]>     2018-10-11 14:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291749590     Resources lw131 https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291751222  
    Teaching through modeling 

    Grade 5 teaching manual 

    2nd Grade teaching guide

    Science Standards

     
    ]]>     2018-10-11 14:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291751222     Differentiate Instruction kendyllfrench https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291756731 2nd grade:
    Students will focus more on the states of matter (solid, liquid, gas). They will observe objects and identify the state based up their analysis of the object.

    5th grade:
    Students will review the states of matter they learned in previous grades, but focus more on the phase change. They understand that different objects have different states of matter, but they will now understand the transition from each phase change. For example, they will analyze how a ice cube is originally in a solid state, but because of the melting process, the phase changes to a liquid.

    ]]>     2018-10-11 14:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291756731     How is it sequenced in the curriculum at each level? Does your topic have multiple components? If so, how should those components be sequenced? What topics might need to precede and follow your topic at each level? gp21 https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291759723 Components: 
    • States of matter
    • Properties of matter
    • Sequence 
    The properties of matter component will come first because you can describe the state of matter through the properties. For example, if the student is identifying an object as flexible, that means the state of matter is a solid. 
    • Second grade: the material is being learned for the first time 
    • Fifth grade: the start of a lesson/being used to introduce something else. 

    ]]>     2018-10-11 14:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291759723     Developmental Differences kendyllfrench https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291762460 2nd Grade:
    In second grade the students think in a concrete mindset, and are unable to visualize abstract concepts. Which is why they are only expected to identify the states of matter of certain objects, because identifying states of matter allows the students to observe the concrete example.

    5th Grade:
    In 5th grade the students cognitive developmental ability has progressed to abstract thinking. They can now visualize concepts they might not be able to Physically see. For example, when a liquid is transforming into a gas we are unable to see that process. They acquire the ability to understand that the liquid particles evaporate into the air and become a gas without the need of a concrete example. ]]>     2018-10-11 14:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291762460     How might you use this information as a new teacher? lw131 https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291764537  This information is used to know what is taught before and after the topic you need to teach. Knowing what students have already learned and what you need to prepare them for allows you to know what you need to teach them.]]> 2018-10-11 14:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gp21/tmigvjabix8t/wish/291764537