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States of Matter:
A look at what matter is and the physical changes of matter
http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirt/matter/whatmat.htm
Introduction to matter and what it is, pertaining to all five states of matter: solids, liquids, gases, plasma, and Bose-Einstein condensates
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html
Changes in matter
http://www.dmturner.org/Teacher/Library/4thText/MatPart5.html- dry ice experiment
http://outreach.rice.edu/~dgabby/science/dry_ice/dry_ice.htm
Phase changes
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_changes.html
Different states of water: solid, liquid, and gas
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/slg.html
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_states.html
Describing the three most common states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/statesofmatter.html
Changes of State:
http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/mechanics/energy/heatAndTemperature/changesOfPhase/changeOfState.html
Evaporation:
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_evap.html
Water cycle evaporation
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycleevaporation.html http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574279/Evaporation.html
Condensation:
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_becondensate.html
http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_is_condensation.htm
Water cycle condensation
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyclecondensation.html
Sublimation:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/comets/sublimation.html
Water cycle sublimation
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyclesublimation.html
Both Freezing and Melting Points:
http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch14/melting.php http://www.thesciencedesk.com/sgmeltfreezboil.htm
Chromatography:
A brief explanation of chromatography
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/chem-eng/Biotech-Environ/CHROMO/chromintro.html
Filtration:
Definition of filtration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filtration
Dissolving:
A website with information and interactive calculations
http://www.ewart.org.uk/science/structures/str6.htm
http://www.le.ac.uk/education/centres/sci/selfstudy/particle05.html
Hands-On: These were awesome for kids to play around on!!!
Computer activity: Students can test themselves on concepts of matter: concentration, matching, and word search
http://www.quia.com/jg/318581.html
Computer activity: Students are able to virtually experiment the difference between reversible and irreversible physical changes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/reversible_irreversible.shtml
Computer activity: Students are able to virtually experiment the different physical changes of matter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/changing_state.shtml
Handouts:
Hot and Cold:
http://education.jlab.org/beamsactivity/6thgrade/hotandcold/index.html
