1. DIDACTIC UNIT 1: MATTER
ACTIVITIES
SESSION 1: INTRODUCTION
Listen to the song and complete the text. Compare with your partner.
Matter has mass and takes up space
It´s everything you see, _____ and taste.
Matter is made of tiny molecules and atoms,
Elements _____ protons, neutrons and electrons.
Matter is the stuff that is all ______.
Scientists have found some things that don´t count.
Matter cannot be a ____ of energy,
Like wind, sound, light or heat.
Matter has ____ and takes up space
Solid, liquid, gas are the three different _____.
Matter has properties that tell what is like,
It goes through ________and chemical changes. That´s right!
Matter, matter, matter, matter
Solid, liquid, ___are the three different states.
These phases of matter change what ___ matter makes.
If water is solid is ice, if it´s liquid is _____.
If the water is a gas then it turns into water ______.
Melting is going from a solid to a liquid.
Evaporating is _____ from a liquid to a gas.
Condensation is going from a gas to a ______.
Freezing is going from a liquid to a solid.
Matter has ____ and takes up space
Solid, liquid, gas are the three different ______.
Matter has properties that tell what is like.
It goes through ________ and chemical changes. That´s right!
We make careful observations to ____ us describe.
Mass, volume, density and pressure,
Size, shape, texture and ___________.
Properties of matter can be chemical

2. DIDACTIC UNIT 1: MATTER
If oxidation takes place or if _________ is flammable.
Matter can never be destroyed or created.
A new _________can form with a chemical reaction.
Matter has ____and takes up space
Solid, liquid, gas are the three different ______.
Matter has properties that tell what is like.
It goes through ________ and chemical changes. That´s right!
Matter, matter, matter, matter
In a physical change, the object _____ the same.
You can fold it, bend it, cut it, but the ______ still remains.
A physical change doesn´t really change the matter.
The matter ____ move from one state to another.
In a chemical change a ___ substance is created.
You can rust it, burn it, cook it, ___ you can´t reverse it.
In a chemical change something new will form.
______ is given off or energy is absorbed.
Matter has ____ and takes up space
Solid, liquid, gas are the three different ______.
Matter has properties that tell what is like.
It goes through ________ and chemical changes. That´s right! (x2)
Matter, matter, matter, matter
http://youtu.be/gfP4lwdehuA
ACTIVITIES

3. ACTIVITIES
DIDACTIC UNIT 1: MATTER
SESSION 2: WHAT IS THE MATTER?
Ask to your partner and write down the answers given.
SET OF QUESTIONS (A)
ANSWERS
What are the fundamental properties of
matter?
How many states can matter be
classified?
Complete the sentence:
- Liquids keep/ don´t keep the shape
but can/cannot flow.
What do you need to change liquid
water into a gas?
SET OF QUESTIONS (B)
What is matter made of?
Complete the sentence:
- Solids keep/ don´t keep their
shape and do/ do not flow.
Do molecules in liquids touch each
other?
Complete the sentence:
- Gases fill/ don´t fill the container
they are in and can/cannot be
compressed..
Watch:
http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies-927946
ANSWERS

4. ACTIVITIES
DIDACTIC UNIT 1: MATTER
SESSION 3: STATES OF MATTER.
Watch the video and identify the processes which generate the changes
in matter. Write the words in the arrows.
CHANGES OF STATES
SESSION 4: PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL CHANGE?
Several phenomena are described below. Write a P in the boxes if it is a
physical change or a C if it is a chemical change.
a)We take an ice cube from the freezer and it melts. ....................................
b) A car engine burns petrol..........................................................................
c) We model a figure from a piece of plasticine. ............................................
d)A cloud forms. ...........................................................................................
e) A wet cloth dries on a clothesline. ..............................................................
f) A nail that has been left in the open oxidizes. .............................................

5. DIDACTIC UNIT 1: MATTER
ACTIVITIES
SESSION 5: DIFFERENT MATERIALS
Listen to the speech and answer the questions at
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=NjAxOTMx
Check what you have learnt.
(http://www.slideshare.net/AnniePau/quiz-question )
SLIDES
ANSWERS
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6. DIDACTIC UNIT 1: MATTER
ACTIVITIES
SESSIONS 6 : PURE SUBSTANCES AND MIXTURES.
Read the lyrics of the song and look for the words you don´t understand
in the dictionary.
`Straight up, now tell me do you really want to separate a mixture.
Oh,oh,oh
Or is it just a solution (mixtures separate, they separate)
Mixtures Separating
The particles will settle again, decantation
Or is it filtration
Cause liquids pass right through the filter, no solids
Another is heating
Evaporation, distillation
Spinning centrifuging
It's separating a suspension
Well then
Let me see all the substances in mixtures
Broken all in parts two or more
Choose a method on what's in the mixture
And on the physical, the properties
Separating mixtures
Broken into parts of two or more
Choose a method on what's in the mixture
And on the physical, the properties
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Place it in jars or settling
Decantation is separating
Insoluble particles and solids sink
Separate from liquids and then we drain
Would you look at that, a filter grabbin' stuff
Pouring mixture in it, trappin particles
Man that residue filter snatchin' it in
Filtration separating liquids from solids
Another method, things dissolved
Evaporation soluble solids from a solvent

7. DIDACTIC UNIT 1: MATTER
ACTIVITIES
Solutions heated till the liquid's a vapor evaporates
From the heating solids left behind there, but
Need a way to obtain pure solvent
Taken from solution distillation's the way
Boiling liquids, evaporated steam
Condensates, to a new place
Mixtures Separating
The particles will settle again, decantation
Or is it filtration
Cause liquids pass right through the filter, no solids
Another is heating
Evaporation, distillation
Spinning centrifuging
It's separating a suspension
Well then
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Let me see all the substances in mixtures
Broken all in parts of two or more
Choose a method on what's in the mixture
And on the physical, the properties
Separating mixtures
Broken into parts of two or more
Choose a method on what's in the mixture
And on the physical, the properties
Centrifuging happens in a cool machine
Spinning quickly in the block, man it's keen
They be separating solid particles
From suspensions spinning circles
Spins real fast centrifuge it goes
The solid particles
Are forced to the outside
Cause centrifuge's spinning more
Man the liquid can be poured off
Filtered off, yeah filtered off
A useful tool, analyze what's in it
Know what's on my mind, yeah, chromatography is tight
Yeah right it's tight

8. DIDACTIC UNIT 1: MATTER
ACTIVITIES
Movin' slow cause dissolved in solution
Piece of paper shows travel of substance
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Scientists identify they compare to get right
Get right
Mixtures Separating
The particles will settle again, decantation
Or is it filtration
Cause liquids pass right through the filter, no solids
Another is heating
Evaporation, distillation
Spinning centrifuging
It's separating a suspension
Well then
Parr World
Straight up now tell me do you really want to separate a mixture
Oh, oh, oh
Or is it just a solution
Straight up I tell you I just really want to separate a mixture
Oh, oh, oh
Come on is it just a liquid, son
(mixtures separate, they separate)
Straight up now tell me do you really want to separate a mixture
Oh, oh, oh
Or is it just a solution
Straight up I tell you I just really want to separate a mixture
Oh, oh, oh
Come on is it just a liquid, son
(mixtures separate, they separate)
Share your ideas with the group.

9. ACTIVITIES
DIDACTIC UNIT 1: MATTER
Listen to some descriptions and write the corresponding word.
DESCRIPTIONS
1
2
3
4
5
WORDS

10. ACTIVITIES
DIDACTIC UNIT 1: MATTER
SESSION 7: LABORATORY EXPERIENCE.
(This is an example of what to do with the chosen experiment?
EXPERIMENTS
What do you
need?
- A beaker
- 50 ml of milk
- 15 ml of
vinegar
Follow the process
- Put 50 ml of milk
in the beaker.
- Add the 15 ml of
vinegar.
- Mix it.
CHANGES YOU CAN
SEE
Does it change
the color?
Does it change
the state of
matter?
Are there any
products?
Does it change
the volume?
Does it change
the shape?
A review of the unit
http://www.proprofs.com/games/crossword/matter-4/
SESSION 8: ASSESMENT.
IT IS A….
Physical
change.
Chemical
Change
WHY?
(conclusions)

11. ACTIVITIES
DIDACTIC UNIT 1: MATTER
SHELF- EVALUATION SHEET
Circle the right face trying to be honest in your answers.
I know what mater is , the three
different states it has
and their characteristics
I can explain how matter states
change
I can name the processes that
make the matter change its
state.
I know some characteristics of
materials and their uses
I understand the main
differences between the physical
and the chemical changes.
I can talk about my experience
with matter
I identify pure substances and
mixtures.
My work on this unit:
- Was excellent
- Was good
- Not bad
- I have to work harder
This unit was…
Cool!
TEST
Not so bad…
So boring…

12. ACTIVITIES
DIDACTIC UNIT 1: MATTER
Name:......................................................................................................................................
Date:........................................................................................................................................
1) A) Complete the following sentences
Matter is everything that forms the _______________ and _______________
________________________. Matter has two fundamental properties:
________________ and ________________ .
B) Complete this table related to the general properties of matter:
PROPERTY
UNITS IT IS
DEFINITION
EXPRESSED IN
The amount of matter
an object has
Volume
2)
Give two examples of specific properties of matter.
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
3)
a)
Write true (T) or false (F):
A solid adapts to the form of the container in which it is held..........................
b)
Condensation is produced by cooling down a gas.............................................
c)
A chemical change always produces products.................................................
d)
A physical change changes the mass and the type pf matter..............................
4)
Listen and write if it is a physical change (PC) or a chemical change (CC):
a)
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b)
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c)......................................................
d)......................................................

13. ACTIVITIES
DIDACTIC UNIT 1: MATTER
5)
Listen and write the correct word for each definition:
a)..........................................
c)............................................
b)..........................................
d)............................................
6)
What is the difference between a pure substance and a mixture?
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7)
Explain the difference between natural materials and artificial materials.
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