TPACK Template
Subject Science
Grade Level
Learning Objective
The objective of the lesson is what
students will be able to do as they
finish the activity. For this objective,
use the Standards of Learning (SOL)
to say what you want to focus on.
You can find the SOLs at
Content
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/
look on the right of the screen for the
subjects and go from there.
Online Activity Describe
what the learning activity will be as
the students meet with the teacher
online. What will the students and
the teacher be doing? (This includes
what they are doing with the
technology).
Pedagogy
5th
Matter
5.4 The student will investigate and understand that matter is
anything that has mass and
takes up space; and occurs as a solid, liquid, or gas. Key
concepts include
a) distinguishing properties of each phase of matter;
b) the effect of temperature on the phases of matter;
c) atoms and elements
In this activity, students will be observing how states of mater
change when temperature added or decreased. Students can
add temperature to witness the element change from a solid,
liquid, to gas. Little atoms are represented to show the
changing of the elements. Students can also take away
temperature and watch the element go from a gas, back to a
solid and observe how the actions of the atoms change as well.
To introduce the lesson, I will show student 3 objects; a block
to represent a solid, a clear cup of water to represent liquid,
and a balloon to represent gas. I will then ask the students to
discuss with each other for examples they have seen when a
solid turns into a liquid and vice versa. After the students have
finished discussion time, I will tell the students we will be
observing the states of matter at a molecular level, meaning
we will be seeing how the atoms react differently with
temperature.
After the introduction, students can begin the online
simulation. Students are given four elements and are asked to
raise the temperature and watch as the atoms in the elements
change states. After the elements have become gas, the
students will then turn the temperature down and watch the
elements change from gas back to a solid.
Though the simulation is a great visual for students, it does not
give the teacher information to gauge what students have
learned. Therefore, after the simulation students will write
how they knew a state was changed based on the atoms and
will provide an illustration of the atoms behavior with
temperature either increased or decreased.
 Technology https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/states-of-matter-
Technology

Name of the device and/or programs

being used. (The description of what
basics/latest/states-of-matter-basics_en.html
the students will be doing with the
technology will be included in the
pedagogy/activity section).
Computer and microphone are required for this lesson.

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