ScienceStart! Curriculum - Module 3: Matter - Unit 5: Properties of Matter

Grade PreK.

Daily lesson plans allow students to practice and master science process skills and to develop a rich and coherent knowledge base about the natural world.

• Introduces students to systematic exploration of solids, liquids, and gases, and to their relationship to each other as different states of matter
• As students engage in the activities, they will:
• Participate in the science cycle of reasoning
• Understand how to make a prediction and compare it to results
• Learn about the characteristics of solids, liquids, and gases
• Use changes in temperature to change the state of matter of different materials
• Through the language and literacy activities, students will:
• Relate story information to personal experiences
• Learn new vocabulary
• Participate in a variety of writing activities
• Math activities will enable students to learn about and use measurement tools and to find, name, and build shapes