Matter

6º de PRIMARIA

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 1. Does this matter? It does matter!

Pre tasks:

1) Complete the following chart:

   

Things that I can Things that I can Things that I can What are they
see right now touch right now taste made of?

Let’s try this one:

   

Things that I can Things that I can Thing that I can What are they
hear smell feel made of?

The last column of this table is probably empty, do you know why?

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2) Talk with your partner:
 

You can use these expressions:

- Why do you think you couldn’t complete the last column?
- I think that the last column is empty because all things I wrote…..
- In my opinion there is nothing in the last column because…..
- It was easier to complete the first table because……

3) Let’s investigate
   

Balls made up of different materials.

Which is the bounciest ball? Look at balls made from a variety of materials
and discuss the different uses and properties, including sizes. You can choose
which one you want to test.

What do you think ‘bounciest’ means? The one that bounces the highest or
the one that bounces for the longest time?

The possibilities and variables are numerous, so we need to make them more
specific. This is where we will learn to plan. We will also make a bar graph with
our results.

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 Choose balls that are the same size. How high
did they bounce?

     
 
 
 
Rubber

sponge

plastic

wood
Cork

This graph shows how high balls made of

different materials bounced when they were
dropped from 1 meter.

 
bouncing  property
bouncing property

60
60

50
50

40
40
height of
bounce in cm
30
30

heigh  of  bounce   20

20
in  cm
10
10

00
rubber
rubber plastic
plastic sponge
sponge corck
cork wood
wood
Material  from  which  the  balls  are  made

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4) Let’s observe
   

Collect objects made from different materials.

(a ball, cup, glass, rubber glove, sea shell, wooden spoon, metal fork, plastic ruler, wool etc).

Pick them up and feel them.

Can you think of words to describe them?

Organize the objects into different groups depending on how you described them.

Now think of two more groups.

List all of your objects. Tick the words that best describe them. Can you think of some
words that are the opposite of what you put?

Electrical Thermal
Characteristics Absorbent Elastic Flexible Magnetic Hard Transparent Strong
conductor conductor

1 rubber glove X X X

opposite Waterproof

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 5) Let’s talk:
 

Think of one of the objects you have collected and describe it to a partner. He or she
must try to guess that object that are you thinking of:

It’s solid, very heavy, grey, a good electrical conductor, rigid...

Is it a block of iron?

6) Material properties: How to know if the material is……

- Absorbent: Does the material change when dipped in water?

- Elastic: Does the material stretch and then return to shape?
- Electrical Conductor: Does electricity flow through when the material is used to
complete a circuit?
- Thermal conductor: Does the material allow heat to go through it?
- Flexible: Does the material bend without breaking?
- Magnetic: Is metal attracted to the material?
- Hard: Can you scratch the surface of the material?
- Transparent: Can you see through the material?
- Strong: Can you break the material?

If the answer is ‘yes,’ it has that property; if the answer is ‘no,’ it has the opposite
property

- Waterproof: it doesn’t change when it comes into contact with water.

- Plastic: it does not return to shape
- Insulator: electricity doesn’t flow through it
- Thermal insulator: it doesn’t allow heat or cold to go through it
- Rigid: it breaks when you bend it
- Non- Magnetic: metal is not attracted to the material
- Soft: you can easily scratch the surface
- Opaque: you cannot see through the material
- Weak: it’s easy to break.

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7) Write the opposite:
 

- Weak
- Waterproof
- Plastic (does not return to shape)
- Opaque
- Insulator
- Thermal insulator
- Rigid
- Non- Magnetic
- Soft

8) Would you make...?

 

Object Yes / No It must be Good material

a chair out of string? Rigid …,…, Wood, plastic , metal

a knife out of plasticine? Hard..,… metal

Waterproof,
a bucket out of paper? Plastic,…..,…
…,

a magnet out of plastic?

a coat out of metal?

a ball out of glass?

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 9) Invent a new and strange object made out of
odd materials. Talk about it with your partner.  

Would you make a …. from..…?

 

10) Listen and read out loud

   

MATTER is anything that has weight and takesMatter is everything that

 
we can see, touch, taste and smell in our daily lives. You see matter everywhere you look.
The clouds are made up of matter (mostly water!), the Earth is made up of matter, your
notebook is made up of matter and so are you!

Matter can be broken into very little pieces. The smallest pieces of matter are called
molecules.
 

Matter has properties

Property is a characteristic that describes matter. Volume and density are properties
of matter.
 

Color, flexibility and shape are other characteristics of matter.

Volume is the amount of space that matter takes up.

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 Density is the property that describes how much matter is in a given space, or volume.

Properties describe matter. A block of wood, a rubber glove, milk and air all have properties.

All of the matter on Earth is in one of three states: solid, liquid or gas.

11) Listen and fill the blanks

 

A wood block is______. A solid has a certain ______ and ______. Solids are ______.
Wood blocks do not change size or shape. Other examples of solids are
the computers, desks and the floor. Water can be ______ too. You know that when we
freeze water it becomes ______ which is solid.
Can water be a ______ too? What should we do to transform liquid water into gas?

- Solids stay in one place and can be held.  

- Solids keep their ______. They do not flow like ______.
- Solids always take up the ______ amount of space. They do not spread out like gases.
- Solids can be cut or shaped.
- Even though they can be poured, sugar, salt and flour are all solids. Each particle of
salt, for example, keeps the same shape and ______.
- Heating certain ______ will cause them to turn into liquids.
- Cooling certain ______ will cause them to turn into solids.

Examples of solids

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 12) Listen and complete the chart:
 

Milk is a liquid. It has size, or volume. Volume means it takes up space.

But milk doesn’t have a definite shape. It takes the shape of its container.

- Liquids can flow or be poured easily. They are not easy to hold.
- Liquids change their shape depending on the container they are in.
- Even when liquids change their shape, they always take up the same
amount of space. Their volume stays the same.
- Heating liquids will cause them to turn into a gas.
- Cooling liquids will cause them to turn into a solid.
- Heating solids will cause them to turn into a liquid.
- Cooling gases will cause them to turn into a liquid.

Examples of liquids:

 
 

Liquids Yes No
Flow
Can be poured
Change shape
Change volume

Heating them will cause them to turn into a solid

Cooling them will cause them to turn into a gas

Look and answer:

 

What shape does milk have when it’s in a glass? What shape does it
have when it’s in a bottle? in a brick?

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13) Listen to the text and read it out loud
   

If you run very fast for one minute you will notice how hard you’re breathing.
What you’re breathing is air that contains oxygen. You need oxygen to live. That’s why you
can only hold your breath for a certain amount of time.

You can’t see oxygen. It’s invisible. It’s a gas. A gas is matter that has no shape or size of
its own. Gases have no color.

Gases are all around you. You can feel gas when the wind blows. The wind is moving air.
Air is many gases mixed together. Gas spreads very easily and quickly.

- Gases are often invisible.

- Gases do not keep their shape or always take up the same amount of space. They
spread out and change their shape and volume in order to fill up whatever container
they are in.

- Gases can be squashed.

- Heating liquids will cause them to turn into a gas.

- Cooling gasses will cause them to turn into a liquid.

Examples of gases

 
 
 

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 14) Listen and complete the text:
 

The atmosphere surrounds the Earth and protects us by blocking out dangerous rays from
the Sun. The atmosphere is a mixture of gases that becomes thinner until it gradually
reaches space. It is composed of Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%), and other gases (1%).

Oxygen is essential to ________ because it allows us to breathe. Some of the oxygen

has changed over time and is now in the ozone. The ________ ________ filters out the
Sun’s harmful rays. Recently, there have been many studies on how humans have caused a
hole in the ozone layer.

Humans are also affecting Earth’s atmosphere through the greenhouse effect. Due to
increases in gases, like carbon dioxide, that trap heat from being radiated from the Earth,
scientists believe that the atmosphere is having trouble staying in balance, creating the
_______________ ________ .

The atmosphere is divided into five ________ depending on temperature and height.
Most of the ________ formations and ________ are found in the first layer.

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15) Think, write and decide:
   

If you answer YES for at least 3 questions, it means that it is made out of matter.

Can you touch Does it have Does it take Number of

Can you see it?
or feel it? weight? up space? YES/NO

A rubber

Sound

X ray

A cloud

Love

Orange
juice

Cold

Light

Radio waves

Gold

Oil

Speed

Air

Oxygen

Water

Cotton

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 16) Density, volume and weight experiment:
   

You need:
- A precession scale
- A sponge, a piece of iron rubber and a styrofoam ball
- An empty balloon and an inflated balloon
- A bottle of water and a bottle of oil

We are going to cut the same sized pieces of all these solids,
and then we are going to weigh them.

After that we will weigh the liquids.

Take notes:

Objects Weight
A sponge
Piece of rubber
Piece of iron
Styrofoam
An empty balloon
An inflated balloon
A liter of water
A liter of oil

- Which of the solid objects is the heaviest?

- Which is the lightest?
- Which balloon is heavier: the empty one or the inflated one?
- Do you know why?
- Which is heavier: a liter of oil or a liter of water?
- So, what will happen if you mix oil and water? Why?

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17) Say if it’s true or false?
 

 
- Oxygen is invisible.

 
- Air is not matter.

 
- Liquids are easy to hold.

 
- Heating a liquid turns it into a solid.

 
- Gases always keep their shapes.

 
- Liquids take the shape of their containers.
 
- Solids spread easily and quickly.

 
- Gases have different colours.

 
- Liquids are heavier than gasses

 
- Solids flow.

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 18) Let’s answer some questions to check what we have learned:
 

- What are the smallest pieces in which you can divide the matter called?

- How many states of the matter do you remember?

- What is a molecule?

- Name four properties of matter.

- Can matter change states?

- Which is heavier: a liter of water or a liter of oil?

- What gases are the main components of atmosphere?

- What do you think has more volumen: a kg of sponge or a kg of iron?

- Name three characteristics of solids.

- Name three characteristics of liquids.

- Name three characteristics of gases.

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19) Think of some more questions about the text.
Ask and answer with your partner:  

19) Let’s go on a treasure hunt, you can use the information

in this unit or you can use the internet.    

2.What is happening to this ice cube?

1.What are the 3 states of 3. Liquid ---> solid

matter? what is this change called?

4. What state(s) of matter

can you see here?

6.What makes an ice cube melt?

5. In what state of matter is petrol?

8. What does this symbol mean?
9. Liquid ---> gas
7. What is the freezing   what is this change called?
point of water?

11. In what state of matter is the 12. What do we call the moisture on
silverware? this window?

10. Scientifically, what

does melting mean?

15. What is happening to the water?

13. What is the solid state 14. Scientifically, what does
of water called? evaporation mean?

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 16. Solid ---> liquid 17. How would you change water
18. In what state of matter is rain?
what is this change called? into ice?

20. What will appear in the bag?

19. What is the gas state of 21. In what state of matter is

water called? water at -15 oC (minus 15 oC)

24. What is coming out of the

kettle?
22. If a beaker of water is left 23. Scientifically, what does
for a few days, what happens? freezing mean?

25. Scientifically, what 26. What are the tiny parts 27. What is the boiling point of
does condensing mean? of material matter called? water?

28. What process is 30. What process is happening

happening here? here?
29. Gas --> liquid;
What is this change called?

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TREASURE HUNT (Year 6): Changing states

Name: ______________________ Date: __________________

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

10 11 12

13 14 15

16 17 18

19 20 21

22 23 24

25 26 27

28 29 30

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 TREASURE HUNT (year 6): Changing states.

Name: ______________________ Date: __________________

1 solid, liquid and gas 2 the ice cube is melting 3 freezing or solidifying

4 solid glass, liquid milk 5 liquid 6 some form of heat

and gas in air space

7 0 oC 8 reversible (reaction) 9 evaporation or boiling

10 changing from a solid 11 solid 12 condensation

to a liquid

13 ice 14 changing from a liquid 15 the water is boiling/

to a gas evaporating/changing to
steam

16 melting 17 freeze it or cool it 18 liquid

19 steam or water vapour 20 condensation /water 21 solid

droplets

22 the water level goes 23 changing from a liquid 24 steam

down / it evaporates to a solid

25 changing from a gas to 26 particles (atoms or 27 100 oC

a liquid molecules)

28 evaporation 29 condensation 30 melting

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20) Use one of these words to complete each statement:
 

Liquids, heat, shape, temperatures, cool, melts, volume, particles, solid, freezing

1. To turn a liquid into a solid, you need to ……………….

2. To turn a solid into a liquid, you need to ……………………… it.

3. When a solid ……………………… it turns into a liquid.

4. Pouring a liquid from one container to another does not change its

…………………………………………….

5. Liquids always take the ………….. of their container.

6. If you freeze water, it will become a ………………….

7. Different solids melt at different ………………………….

8. To stop ice from melting, you need to keep it below ……………………………………… point.

9. You can pour …………………… but not solids.

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 Self evaluation sheet  

Name: ________________________________________
Date: ________________

After working on this unit: (circle the right smiley)

 
- I know some characteristics of materials and their uses.
 
- I know what mater is , the three different states it has
and their characteristics
 
- I can explain how matter states change
 
- I can talk about atmosphere and its components

My work on this unit:

 
- Was excellent
 
- Was good
 
- Not bad
 
- I have to work more

The Unit was:

Nice/cool ok a bit boring

     

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Assessment on line:

http://www.vtaide.com/png/matter.htm:

Glosario de la Unidad:

- Density: (n) The amount of mater in a unit of volume.

- Flow: (v) The movement of a liquid.

- Harmful: (a) Causing or capable of causing harm.

- Height: (n) The distance from the base to the top.

- Hold (held): (v) to support with your hand.

- Layer: (n) Thickness of matter spread over a surface amount.

- Moisture: (n) wetness caused by water.

- Spread: (v) Act of extending over a wide space or time

- Squash: (v) To crush, to squeeze.

- Trap: (v) To catch, to block, to obstruct.

- Volume: (n) the space occupied by an object.

- Weight: (n) how heavy or light something is.

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 Self assessment. Tick your progress in this unit.

I can recognize words and

expressions related to
the content of the lesson.

I can understand the

most important informa-
tion in the texts in the
lesson

I can speak about

different themes in the
lesson.

I can talk to my
classmates about the
lesson topics.

I can write short texts

about the lesson topics.
 

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