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ART.T.II.HS.2 Individually and in ensemble, create and sustain characters that communicate
with audiences.
ART.T.III.HS.9 Evaluate personal and others collaborative efforts and artistic choices in
informal and formal productions.

Teaching Materials: scenarios on sheets for drama, construction paper for props, scissors,
glue, pennies from penny bank

Source Materials: Researched states of matter from
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/states.html

Engagement 15 minutes:

Part 1 !

Have students stand up out of their desks
Tell students to stand as far away from other students as possible
o Tell students this is demonstrating the gas state
" Molecules are far apart in the gas state
o Demonstrating the gas state because students are far apart
o Have students recognize the distance between
Have students move closer together but still far apart
" About two arms length away from their neighbor
o Tell students this is demonstrating the liquid state
" Molecules are closer together then a gas but still farther apart then in a
solid
o This demonstrates the liquid state because students are remotely far but still
close
Move closer together till students are almost touching two other students
o This demonstrates a solid state
o The students in the class should all be close together
" Molecules are close together like they are in a solid
Have students move into a circle to play the next portion of the activity

Part 2 !

Play What State Is It? game
o Arrangement is a circle with one person in the center
" Person in the center is the person who is the Caller
Start with the teacher in the middle of circle demonstrating the Caller position of the
game
Person in the middle is saying water, ice, cloud or rock when they point at individual
people in the circle
Explain to students what each word the caller means.
o Water = middle student makes a rain motion with fingers while the other 2
students besides them make a cloud above the middle student with their arms
o Ice = all three students sand hip-to-hip and shiver
o Cloud = have student in the middle rise from bottom to two students forming a
cloud overhead
o Rock = everyone freezes; whoever moves from previous position takes over in
middle

Internal Assessment !
What state were the water, ice, cloud and rock in?
How did we show which each part was with our bodies?

Introduction of Information 20 minutes

Solid, liquid, gas
Show diagrams on chalk board
o Solid ! 6 circles close together, vibrating motion
o Liquid ! 6 circles that are spread out and slip n slide motion
o Gas ! 6 circles free flowing
Have 6 student volunteers come to the front of the classroom and demonstrate the states
of matter by having them show molecular arrangement with their bodies
Introduce how different states can be transformed into the other states by either an
increase or decrease of heat
o Evaporation ! increase of heat, water to gas
o Condensation ! decrease of heat, gas to liquid
o Melting ! increase of heat, solid to liquid
o Freezing ! decrease of heat, liquid to solid
o Sublimation ! increase of heat, solid to a gas
Describe to students that sublimation is the way we smell
" Conservation of mass ! circles = molecules always stay the same
" Matter cant be destroyed or created, just transformed to different states
Ask for examples of all the different states from students
o Some examples to look for:
" Melting
" Evaporation
" Freezing
" Condensation
" Sublimation
Tell students that the 6 students who came up and volunteered in the front of the class
was a dramatic technique called tableaux
o Tableaux is using your body to display emotion, information, feelings, actions,
etc.
o A single pose that is held for a given period of time
" Separate these poses out to make them seem individual
" Show own examples of teacher
Sleeping
Eating
Doing Homework
Happy
o Then show these same tableauxs together to show a narrative tableaux sequence
" Sleeping, eating, doing homework, happy
" Ask students how they think these actions relate to the other
Look for answers along the lines of
o My typical day
Transition to the next portion of the activity by telling students that we will be
connecting narrative tableaux to the changes of state

Internal Assessment:

What are the characteristics of each property of matter?
What makes a change of state happen?
Can matter ever be created or destroyed? Why?

Processing of Information 30 minutes

1. Group students into 5 groups of 4 students
2. Pass out scenario cards showing change of states
a. Scenario cards have actions that can be acted out through narrative tableaux by
the groups
b. Have 5 different scenarios (see notes section of lesson plan)
3. Have students act scenario out using narrative tableaux
i. Narrative tableaux performing a story by just using your body and
holding a pose
b. Students cant talk
c. Students should aim for three scenes that are 10 seconds each so 30 seconds total
d. I will count for students
e. Not all students have to do the same emotion/pose
4. Give students 20 minutes to prepare
a. Encourage use of props
i. Scissors, construction paper

Internal Assessment:
How can I demonstrate with my own body and with my peers a certain type of state?
What arrangement of molecules makes up different states?
What causes a change in state?
Are there any questions I have at this point about changes of state?

Sharing 15 minutes

Have students share their scenarios on cards
Have audience guess what change of state is occurring based off the students acting
Dont have to guess each individual detail
o Main goal is to get the change of state

Internal Assessment:
How were different states demonstrated?
How did narrative tableaux help me understand the different states of matter?

Evaluation/Closure 10 minutes

Give each student 6 pennies
Ask them to demonstrate a change of state that I read off and raise their hands for me to
quick come check on their desk
o Solid to liquid
o Liquid to solid
o Solid to gas
o Gas to solid
" Look for student understanding
" After each state change ask students what the process is called
Ask students if arranging the pennies on their desks has any similarities with tableaux?
o Look for answers such as yes, because it is modeling something
o Just with pennies not with bodies
o Ask other ways that tableaux can be shown

After The Lesson ways to extend states of matter into future lessons/assignments

Changes of state happen everywhere, everyday, all the time
o Have students continuously recognize changes of state for a week
o Have them keep a log of any changes of state they see for one week time period
o Encourage students to know every change
" Steam from a pot, melting of snow, refreezing of snow, etc.

Notes: Have 5 different scenarios to pass out to the groups to act out through narrative
tableaux.

*Students should be able to act out these scenarios, encourage them to think outside the box
and to not just demonstrate the change of state by showing molecular arrangement, but try to
show emotion and other activities occurring in the scenario*

1. A big bowl of ice cream. They then left the ice cream outside in the sun. The ice cream
melted.
a. Melting
2. Cookie dough that you put in the oven. The cookies began to bake and the whole house
smelled like cookies.
a. Sublimation (smelling)
3. On the first cold day of winter, the lake begins to turn to ice and you go ice skating on it.
a. Freezing
4. Someone gets out of the shower and notices a bunch of steam on the mirror.
a. Condensation (help students with this scenario)
b. Have this group of students act out appropriately being in the shower, then a
liquid motion to a gas on the mirror
5. It hasnt rained for a couple of days. The big puddle in front of your house keeps getting
smaller and small
a. Evaporation

Vocabulary:

o Liquid ! somewhat close molecular arrangement, slip n slide motion
o Gas ! far apart molecular arrangement, molecules bounce off each other
o Solid ! close molecular arrangement, molecules vibrate off each other
o Evaporation ! increase of heat, water to gas
o Condensation ! decrease of heat, gas to liquid
o Melting ! increase of heat, solid to liquid
o Freezing ! decrease of heat, liquid to solid
o Sublimation ! increase of heat, solid to a gas
o Tableaux ! the act of holding a single pose to display an action or emotion
o Narrative tableaux! showing a story of what happens using tableaux