Week of: 2/26—03/02 Subject/Class: SAS-8 Teacher: Jane Dowell

Unit (Week Overview/Purpose): Students will explore properties of matter and the characteristics and particle arrangement of the states of
matter. Students will further analyze and design an presentation explaining the changes of matter that form the various states

Day Warm Up or Review from Daily Objective Instruction & Activities Formal/Informal Due Dates:
Previous lesson Assessments

Mon Science Word of the Students will express their  Newton’s Laws Test None Notebooks Due
Week in a sentence. understanding and correctly  What is Matter 03/09
Quadriceps identify and relate Newton’s Vocabulary
Laws of motion, friction, gravity
and momentum
Tues Sugar Water Students will identify and  What is Matter Notes What is the Notebooks Due
Handout explain the properties of  How to measure matter difference between 03/09
matter and measure matter Notes compound and
 Note Activity mixture?
Wed Burning Paper Handout Students will review the  Density Activity What is the formula Notebooks Due
measurements of matter for density 03/09
relating to density
Thurs Name the basic 3 states Students will identify and explain  States of matter and What is the 5th state Notebooks Due
of matter. The fourth? the states of matter and how the changes of states of of matter 03/09
particles are arranged in each matter Notes
state
 States of matter wksht
Fri Describe the difference Students will identify and  Bill Nye States of Matter None Notebooks Due
between particles in a explain the states of matter  Video sheet States of 03/09
solid and in a liquid. and how the particles are Matter Vocab
arranged in each state