Solids, Liquids, and Gases Jr. Lesson Plan: Matter and Its Interactions
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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP Jr. topic Solids, Liquids, and Gases, and supports the standard of describing and classifying different kinds of materials by their observable properties. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.
Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Display a glass of ice and water, or an image like this one:
Ask:
- How are the ice cubes like the water in the glass? How are they different?
Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE
- Play the Solids, Liquids, and Gases movie.
- Click the pause button each time a question appears in Annie’s Notebook and discuss it as a class. Then play to see how Annie answers it.
TIP: The pause button turns red to remind you to pause.
Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS
Students take the Easy Quiz or Hard Quiz, demonstrating what they learned about the topic while applying essential literacy skills.
Step 4: DEEPEN and EXTEND
Students express what they learned about solids, liquids, and gases while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student or grade-level needs.
- Draw About It: Draw an example of a liquid in its container.
- Activity: Classify objects as solids, liquids, or gases.
- Talk About It: Describe examples of solids, liquids and gases.
- Write About It: Use your senses to describe a solid, liquid, or gas.
More to Explore
Matter Unit: Continue to build understanding around matter by exploring more BrainPOP Jr. topics.
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