Jackson

The Lab Safety activity allows students to cut and paste titles, pictures, and descriptions to the inside of a lab coat. It is an excellent way to begin the year, introducing basic lab safety to elementary students. It is also helpful in establishing expectations for cutting, pasting, and note-booking.

Students will learn the basics of matter through the following lab activities: What Am I? Students will identifying characteristics of matter. Matter ClassificationStudents will use their observations to group objects based on their characteristics. Mass Matters:Students will measure the mass of objects and compare them. Don't Be So Dense:Students will observe the ability of objects to sink or float. Each interactive lab enables students to communicate as pairs, as table groups, and as a whole g

Students will observe the transformation of ice from a solid to a liquid and then to a gas. Students will measure the mass of ice at each stage, illustrate their observations, and describe what happens during each stage. At the end of the lab, students will draw a diagram that represents each state of matter. They will also write an open-ended response (OER) that applies what they have learned about the states of matter to chocolate. I have provided students with Hershey's kisses to demonstrate