MATTER
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Sidewalk Chalk
4+
Materials Science Engineering
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Educational Standards:
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C-Palms
Investigate and describe that many physical and chemical changes are affected by temperature.
NGSS
Cause-and-effect relationships may be used to predict phenomena in natural or designed systems.
Popsicle: How Cool?4+
State of Matter
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Educational Standards:
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C-Palms
Investigate and describe that many physical and chemical changes are affected by temperature.
NGSS
Analyze testing using different materials.
Making Toothpaste
5+
Materials Science Engineering
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Educational Standards:
C-Palms
Observe and describe water in its solid and liquid and gaseous states.
NGSS
When two or more substances are mixed, a new substance with different properties may be formed.
Fizzing Cade Dust
6+
Releasing of Stored Energy
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Educational Standards:
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C-Palms
Compare physical and chemical changes in matter.
NGSS
When two or more different substances are mixed, a new substance with different properties may be formed.
Marion Donovan & Floaters
6+
Materials Science Engineering
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Educational Standards:
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C-Palms
Changes in Matter can occur physically or chemically.
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NGSS
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account of how an object is made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object.