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Lesson 1: Solids and Liquids
Activity: Students work in groups to explore a variety of different materials.
Assessment: Observe students throughout activity to check for understanding. Collect journals for completion and to check for understanding.               

Lesson 2: Collecting Solids and Liquids                                               
Activity:  As a classroom, students will collect, record, and sort different materials.
Assessment: Observe students throughout activity to check for understanding. Collect journals for completion and to check for understanding.                               

Completion of lesson 2                                             

Lesson 3: Challenging Substances
Activity:  Students will review what they've learned, and explore questionable substances.
Assessment: Observe students throughout activity to check for understanding. Collect journals for completion and to check for understanding.               

Lesson 4: What’s the Matter                                           
Activity: Students will explore the idea of mass, and gases.
Assessment: Observe students throughout activity to check for understanding. Collect journals for completion and to check for understanding.              

Lesson 5: Gases
Session 1: How Do We Know Gases Exists?
Activity: Students will be introduced to the idea of "Not Matter"
Assessment: Observe students throughout activity to check for understanding. Collect journals for completion and to check for understanding.               

Lesson 5: Gases
Session 2: Investigating Gases
Activity: Gas exists, it takes up space, and has mass.
Assessment: Observe students throughout activity to check for understanding. Collect journals for completion and to check for understanding.               

Review of Matter, and Venn Diagram

Students will work their final assessment by creating a Venn Diagram of the elements of matter.
Assessment: Observe students during project to answer questions as needed.

Students will continue working on their final assessment.                            
Assessment: Students Venn Diagrams will graded according to the rubric.