NAMEKRISTINA BOWE ALEXIS GLEN LISA MORGAN AND MICHELLE WOLINSKY

Name:Kristina Bowe, Alexis Glen, Lisa Morgan, and Michelle Wolinsky

Name:Kristina Bowe, Alexis Glen, Lisa Morgan, and Michelle Wolinsky

Childhood/Early Childhood Department

Lesson Plan

Date of Lesson: March 18, 2009 Time: 12:30-1:15

Length of lesson: 40-45 minutes

Curriculum Area: Science Content Area: Phases of Matter

Title of Lesson: Oobleck: The Fourth Phase of Matter

Age/Grade level: 4^th or 5^th grade

1. Learning Objective:

Students will be able to recognize different phases of matter (solid, liquid, and gas).
Students will also be able to recognize neoneutonian fluid as a state of matter
Students will be able to state the properties of solids and liquids and compare them to the properties of Oobleck.

2. Assessment

(a) Learning outcomes of previous lesson related to this topic:

Students will have prior knowledge of what the three phases of matter are and be able to give an example of each.

(b) Focus of assessment in this lesson (related to objectives)

The focus of the assessment will be for the students to create Oobleck and be able to compare it to the properties of the other phases of matter.

Students will create a venn diagram about the difference of the properties of Oobleck and how they are similar to the other phases of matter.

(d) Differentiation (of expected outcomes)

For students who do not wish to touch the Oobleck can visually observe their classmates.

4. Materials

* Oobleck (already prepared for students; see directions below)

* Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss

Ven Diagram worksheet

Pen/Pencils

5. Lesson Process

(a) Introduction (5 minutes)

Directions for making Oobleck:

Pour 4 cups of water into a large bowl. Add a few drops of green food coloring. Use your hands to mix in 4 boxes of cornstarch. Add another 1 3/4 cups of water and mix thoroughly.

To introduce the lesson the teacher will read the book Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr.Suess. This will engage the students in the idea of a new phase of matter.

After the teacher has read the book, the teacher will as the student’s questions about the different phases of matter: Is anyone familiar with the three phases of matter? What are the characteristics of a solid? What are the characteristics of a liquid? What are the characteristics of a gas?

(b) Learning procedures relating to objectives (30 minutes)

Students will be shown the oobleck. Children will be given the opportunity to observe and explore the oobleck using their senses. Students will explain the characters of the oobleck that they have observed. Teacher will ask such questions as: What characterstics have you found? What type of texture do you think the oobleck is? What kind of characteristics do you think you are going to find when you observe the oobleck?

Students will be told that the new type of phase of matter is called Neoneutronian fluid. Students will then compare this phase of matter compared to that of a solid, liquid, and gas.

Students will be divided into groups of 4. Have one student from each group come to the front of the room to gather materials. Explain the activity: Students will be free to handle and explore the consistency of the OoblecK. Students will be asked then to decide in groups the phase of matter of the Oobleck. Teacher will ask is this a solid liquid or gas?

Students will fill out a chart in their groups comparing the characteristics of the Oobleck to the other phases of matter.

(c) Conclusion (5-10 minutes)

To check for understanding, Teacher will evaluate the student’s understanding by asking students such questions as: What characteristics did you come up with for the oobleck? What type of matter is the oobleck? What did you find out about the oobleck? What phase of matter does the oobleck first have when you saw it? What characteristic/phase of matter does the oobleck have during the end of the project after everyone has playing with it? Why do you think that this may have happened?

Teachers will evaluate students understanding of material based on their ven diagrams and answers to the questions above.

6. “If time”/ extensions

If time extends, students will be given the privilege of making Oobleck on their own. This will give them the opportunity to experiment with measurements and consistency.

7. References: This lesson was taking in part from:

www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Physical_Sciences/PHY0205.html

Process Skills Used:

Observation, Compare and Contrast, Communicate, Inference, Classify

Science Content Background:

Liquid:

* assumes the shape of the container which it occupies

* is not easily compressible (little free space between particles)

* flows easily (the particles can move/slide past one another)

Solid:

* has a fixed volume and shape (the particles are locked into place)

* is not easily compressible (little free space between particles)

* does not flow easily (the particles cannot move/slide past one another)

Gas:

Gases have three characteristic properties:

- they are easy to compress,

- they expand to fill their containers, and (

- they occupy far more space than the liquids or solids from which they form.

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