1. By: Rebecca Stalter

2.  Subject – Sixth Grade Science
 Title of Lesson - States of Matter
 Objective - To teach students how to identify the different
states of matter.
 Objective 1: Students should be able to identify the 3
different states of matter
 Objective 2: Students should be able to distinguish
between the 3 different states of matter.
 Objective 3: Students should be able to list a physical
property of each state of matter.
 Objective 4: Students should be able to explain and draw
the difference of the space between particles in the 3
different states of matter.
 Objective 5: Students will be able to list examples of each
state of matter in our daily life.

3.  Procedures – Students will move in groups to 6
stations guessing what state of matter the materials at
that station are. Students will regroup as a whole. We
will discuss our observations in groups and come to
conclusions about each state of matter while going
through the PowerPoint.
 Evaluation - The Quiz
 Materials – Pen, paper, PowerPoint, 2 object examples
of gas, 2 of liquid, 2 of solid.

4. Standards
 Physical Sciences
 Benchmark A: Relate uses, properties and chemical processes to the
behavior and/or arrangement of the small particles that compose
matter.
 Nature of Matter
 3. Describe that in a physical change the chemical properties of a
substance remain unchanged.
 4. Describe that chemical and physical changes occur all around us.
 Scientific Inquiry
 Benchmark C: Give examples of how thinking scientifically is helpful in
daily life.
 Science and Society
 4. Identify ways scientific thinking is helpful in a variety of everyday
settings.

5. What is matter?
 Matter is defined as
anything that has mass
and takes up space.
 Matter can take the form
of a solid, a liquid or a
gas.

6. What is matter made of?
All matter is full of tiny
little particles called
atoms.
The way the atoms are
packed and how the
atoms move together
determine which state
the object is, solid
liquid or gas.

7. Properties of a Solid
 Solids have a fixed volume and
shape.
 Solids are not easily
compactable.
 Particles are tightly packed
with little room to move.
Examples of Solids:
Crayons, Slides, Doors, Sponges
Can you think of some examples?

8. Properties of a Liquid
 Liquids assume the shape of
their container.
 Liquids have a fixed volume.
 Liquids are not easily
compressible. Examples of Liquids,
Water, hand soap.
 Particles are farther apart Can you think
with some room to slip and of some examples?
slide past each other.

9. Properties of a Gas
 Gases assume the shape and
volume of their container.
 Gases are easily compressible.
 Particles are far apart and fast
moving.
An example of a gas is helium in a balloon.
Can you think of any examples of a gas?

10. Matter is all around us…

11. Here is a song to help us
remember our states of matter.

12. Resources:
 Newman, D. (2011, February 5). The matter song.
Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn3v_LUVIOI
 States of matter. (2009, January). Retrieved from
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/states.ht
ml
States of matter. (1999). Retrieved from
http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/states_
of_matter.htm

13. Use Your Brain!
Answer these
questions in order
Question 1 Question 2 Question 3

14. Question 1
What is the definition of matter?
 Anything you can see.
 Any that has mass and takes up space.
 Anything that has weight.

15. Question 2
Which state of matter has loosely
packed particles that move fast and
freely past each other?
Solid
Gas
Liquid

16. Question 3
Which of these are the physical
properties of a liquid?
 No definite shape or
volume, compressible, particles loosely
packed.
 Definite shape and volume, not
compressible, particles tightly packed.
 Definite volume, no definite shape, not
compressible, particles are packed together

17. Great Job!! 
The correct definition for matter is
anything that has mass and takes
up space.
Question 2

18. Try Again
Please review the following information
and try Question 1 again.

19. Great Job!! 
Gases have loosely packed particles that are free to move
and slide past each other.
Liquids are particles are packed tighter together with
some room to move but not much.
Solids are tightly packed with no room to move past each
other.
Question 3

20. Try Again
Please review the following information and try
Question 2 again.

21. Great Job!! 
 A liquid has a definite volume, no definite
shape, not compressible, particles are packed
together with some room to move.
 A gas has no definite shape or
volume, compressible, particles loosely
packed.
 A solid has a definite shape and volume, not
compressible, particles tightly packed.

22. Try Again
 Please review the following information and try
Question 3 again.