Chemical Sciences Teaching Resources for Year 4

Knowing Matters!

A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how knowledge of states of matter and their changes can help inform practices and decision making.

Going, Going, Gone!

A 60 minute lesson in which students will recognise that substances exist in different states depending on the temperature.

Changing States of Matter

A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the way solids, liquids and gases change in different situations.

Gases

A 60 minute lesson in which students will observe that gases have mass and take up space.

Solids

A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the observable characteristics of solids and how they behave in different ways.

What's the Matter?

Matter Matters!

Changing States – Assessment

An assessment task in which students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how adding and removing heat can cause solids and liquids to change states.

Recycling Case Study – Soft Plastics

A 60-minute lesson in which students will explore how changes from solid to liquid and liquid to solid can help in the process of recycling plastic.

Removing Heat

Investigate with your students what happens when heat is removed from a range of liquids with this 60-minute lesson.

Adding Heat

A 60-minute lesson in which students will investigate what happens when heat is applied to a range of solids.

Changing States

A 60-minute lesson in which students will observe how a change of state between solid and liquid can be caused by adding or removing heat.

The Three States of Matter

A 60-minute lesson in which students will explore the properties of solids, liquids and gases.

What State?

A 60-minute lesson in which students will establish that matter can be classified as solid, liquid or gas.

Liquids

A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the observable characteristics of liquids and how they behave in different ways.