Learning Intentions

• You will learn what are properties of the different phases of matter and how a substance in one phase changes into another phase. 

•  You will create a comic strip that describes the different phases of matter and explains what happens to the particles when a substance changes from one phase to another.

Content Standards being covered:

Students can identify types and phases of matter, physical and chemical properties of matter, various changes in matter and how those changes occur.
    40. A solid has a definite shape and volume, liquids have no definite shape but definite volume, and gases have no definite shape and no definite volume
    41. Matter can changes from one phase/state to another through the addition or removal of energy
    42. Melting is the transition from a solid to a liquid. Solidification or freezing is the transition from a liquid to a solid. Vaporization or boiling is the transition from a liquid to a gas. Condensing is the transition from gas to liquid. Deposition is the transition from a gas to a solid. Sublimation is the transition from a solid to a gas.
    43. A vapor is the gas phase of a substance that is a liquid or solid at room temperature

Habits of Mind/Life skills being covered:

• Striving for Accuracy

Journal Entry:

All types of matter can be found in a variety of phases, what are they and how do they differ from each other?