Free teacher web sites for Science topic ‘Materials - Solids, Liquids and Gases’
How to tell the difference between solids, liquids and gasses can be tricky. You'll find plenty of activities and demonstrations in this topic including animations of materials in all 3 states of matter.
Cloze procedure on states of matter
Diane Hawkins page - fill in these words
liquids
heat
shape
temperatures
cool
melts
volume
particles
solid
freezing
to a cloze.
External link: Cloze procedure on states of matter
- suitable for class use
Composition of air
A simple but effective pie chart to show the composition of air. Annoying adverts on this site - so we recommend this for teacher use only.
External link: Composition of air
- suitable for teachers’ personal use
Drag and drop sorting activity
Drag and drop items onto solids liquids or gasses. Please ensure you have the "flash" player installed to view this site.
External link: Drag and drop sorting activity
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Heat and cool
Solids, liquids and gases simulation for KS2 from the BBC. Heat and cool chocolate, metal, plastic etc..
External link: Heat and cool
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Heat the gas
Heat the gas to observe properties and there's a simple solids liquids and gases sort.
External link: Heat the gas
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Inspiring gases
Want some cracking images and text about gases. Find out about carbon dioxide, nitrogen, oxygen etc.. text may be slightly challenging, but images are spot on!
External link: Inspiring gases
- suitable for class use
- suitable for teachers’ personal use
Material properties information
No pictures. But lots of child friendly text for KS2 pupils to read.
External link: Material properties information
- suitable for class use
Solids and liquids presentation
NWN presentation with information on solids and liquids for lower KS2. Now held on the TopicBox server as they have switched off the NWNET one.
External link: Solids and liquids presentation
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Solids liquids and gases animation
Cartoon animations are used to introduce solids, liquids and gases. Use the numbered icons at the bottom of the page to step through the animation pages.
External link: Solids liquids and gases animation
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Sorting Activity (states of matter)
Drag the objects to either solid, liquid or gas. This does not self correct - so be prepared to guide the discussion. Quiz includes: * Which of these materials are conductors? * Can you categorise these materials into their types? (states of matter)
External link: Sorting Activity (states of matter)
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