States of matter second grade

Each year in the first week of school I begin building an atmosphere of fun and learning with a candy themed science unit. We learn the proc...

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We started off our week exploring the different states of matter... solid, liquid, and gas. During our science lab, I filled Ziploc bags with a solid object (toy car), a liquid (water) and a gas (air). We talked about how a solid object keeps its shape, a liquid takes the shape of its container, and a gas fills the space it is in. We passed the bags around and the students got to feel each of he bags, compare each of the states of matter, and turn and talk about the properties of matter they…

Teach about the various states of matter - solids, liquids, and gases, with this complete lesson and fun activity!

These five states of matter activities are perfect to use in your upper elementary science class! These hands-on experiments, lessons, and ideas are just what you need for teaching states of matter in your classroom this year. Click the pin to learn more!

It's all about Matter! That's what's it's all about today on my lil' ol' blog :) I created this Matter Flip-Flap book from a request that I received from a "bloggy friend." I taught Matter to my second graders for about 13 years and then they changed our science curriculum and they took the topic of Matter out of second grade...{insert sad face here}! I loved teaching about Matter and doing different experiments in my classroom. I think my favorite experiment was making oobleck with my…

Explore fun and easy ways to teach the states of matter to kids with engaging experiments, worksheets, and hands-on activities.