MATTER By Jackie Davis San Jose Elementary Physical Changes in Matter Cut Tear Folded Written On Painted Liquid Solid Gas Mixture Solution Chemical Changes in

							MATTER
          By
     Jackie Davis
 San Jose’ Elementary
Matter is anything
that takes up space.
•How It Looks    (Shiny ,Dull, Color, etc.)

•How It Feels    (Hard, Soft, Rough , Smooth, etc.)

•How It Smells   (Sweet, Sharp, Terrible, No Smell, etc.)

•How It Sounds   (Loud, Soft, Echo, No Sound, etc.)

•What It Does    (Bounce, Stretch, Tear, Break, Magnetism etc.)
           Liquid
Takes the shape of any container.
          Solid
Has a definite shape and does not
          lose it’s shape.
              Gas

Does not have a definite shape or
 volume and takes up all space in a
              container.
    The amount of space matter take up.
    Use a measuring cup or graduate to
    find volume.




Mass is the amount of matter in an
object.
Use a balance or scale to find mass.
Physical Changes in Matter
•   Cut          •   Liquid
•   Tear         •   Solid
•   Folded       •   Gas
•   Written On   •   Mixture
•   Painted      •   Solution
 Chemical Changes in Matter
• New Matter
  is formed.
 – Burning
 – Rusting
 – Cooking
 – Film Processing
               Resources
The World of Matter, Cole, Ron, Newbridge Educational
Publishing, N.Y., 1997.


Harcourt Science, Unit E- Investigating Matter, Harcourt School
Publishers Inc., 2000.