States of Matter Unit with Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Assessments, and More

Are you teaching the States of Matter? This 5th Grade NGSS aligned unit is packed full of lessons, labs, demonstrations, activities, worksheets, and assessments, and more! Everything you need to teach matter all in one resource. The unit covers a variety of key concepts related to the states of matter.

What Concepts are Covered?

• Introduction to Matter
• Basics of Atoms and Molecules
• Physical Properties of Matter
• Chemical Properties of Matter
• Physical Changes
• Chemical Changes
• Changing States of Matter
• Measuring Matter
• All About Density
• Mixtures and Solutions
• BONUS - Plasma, The Fourth State of Matter
• BONUS - The Water Cycle

How is the unit designed?

The unit is set up with 10 core lessons. Each lesson has a step-by-step lesson plan, a lesson presentation for you to teach from, and a worksheet for students to take notes and engage with the concepts. There are two bonus lessons included for teachers that need/want to teach about plasma and the water cycle.

Implementation of the unit will be easy for you! There is a pacing guide, NGSS alignment guide, and lesson outlines to make planning simple.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Teacher Review: I am currently using this resource in my grade 5 science class. I really like the labs in this unit and find that the worksheets that go along with them are easy to follow and allow all of my students to feel successful! -Quelsa-An

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Teacher Review: Fantastic unit! The oobleck and density experiments were class favorites. - Amy

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Teacher Review: I love how this resource is jam packed with matter activities for my students. They loved it! -Sweis

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Teacher Review: FANTASTIC resources! Super easy to use and a great mix of note taking, hands on labs, and written assignments. -Gabrielle

What else is included?

This unit is a one-stop-shop for all things Matter! The unit also includes vocabulary posters, printable states of matter posters, activities, demonstrations, labs, pre-assessment, post-assessment, and review activities! The review activities include a printable review guide for students to complete, a digital review game, and a printable game with a game board and question cards. There are also answer keys for all worksheets and assessments.

Need a Digital Version?

There is a digital version included! The digital version matches the worksheets and is ready for students to use immediately after you assign - text boxes and movable pieces are already added for you!

Is the unit NGSS Aligned?

This unit is aligned to the fifth grade NGSS standards - 5-PS1-1, 5-PS1-2, 5-PS1-3, and 5-PS1-4. There is a NGSS alignment guide included that tells which lessons/activities meet the standards.

Key Vocabulary Covered:

matter, atom, molecule, solid, liquid, gas, physical property, chemical property, flammability, corrosion, reactivity, toxicity, acidity, physical change, Law of Conservation of Matter, chemical change, freezing point, boiling point, melting point, freezing, melting, boiling, condensation, evaporation, sublimation, deposition, metric system, mass, volume, meniscus, weight, length, density, mixture, solution, solvent, solute, heterogenous, homogenous, plasma, water cycle, precipitation, collection

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