Lesson: Discovering Ways to Further Classify Matter

Author: Katie Foland

Area:Physical Sciences

Grade Level: 6-8

						Keywords: Classification, Matter
						

Overview: This lesson was designed for middle school students to help them classify matter by observation and investigation. This lesson takes about 5 class hours to complete.

Standards:

This unit addresses the following Arizona State Science Standards.
Standard 1: Science as Inquiry

Standard 2: History and Nature of Science
2SC-E4. Identify characteristics of scientific ways of thinking. Describe the following scientific processes: observing, communicating, comparing, organizing, relating, inferring, and applying.

Standard 5: Physical Science
5SC-E1. Examine, describe, compare, measure, and classify objects and mixtures of substances based on common physical and chemical properties.

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