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Your students are going to love these hands-on Properties of Matter Activities! These activities are easy to follow and fun to use and teach with.
This lesson has been designed to align with the NGSS standard 5-PS1-3 “make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties”.
There are 3 hands-on activities in this packet.
Hardness of Materials – in this short lab the students will compare the hardness of common household objects and rank them on a scale.
Electrical Conductivity – you and they will love this one! They’re going to make a simple electrical circuit (using aluminum foil) and test common items to see if they conduct electricity or not. Full instructions with photos are included as well as a troubleshooting guide. Expect lots of “wow this is cool”!
Mystery Powders Lab – this is a fun lab where they’ll test common household powders and then see if they can identify a mystery powder. Photos of what you can expect to see are included.