Enduring Understandings:

• Matter is neither created nor destroyed, it is only transformed into different substances.

• Everything on Earth is made up of matter, which is made up of smaller particles, called atoms. (not matter- light, heat, sound)

• Matter can be described by its physical and chemical properties.

• Matter has mass and takes up space.

• There is a relationship between heat, temperature, and thermal energy

• All changes in and interactions of matter are associated with changes in energy.

• We can best understand chemical knowledge by observing and representing matter at multiple levels.

 

 

Essential Question(s):

• What properties define matter?

• What are physical and chemical properties of matter?

• What is the law of conservation of mass?

• How do particles in solids, liquids, and gases move?

• What happens when matter changes state?

• How is temperature related to kinetic energy?

• What is the relationship between heat and temperature?

• How do we know what parts make up the atom?

 

Standards:

 

NGSS

• MS-PS1-1. Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.

• MS-PS1-3. Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.

• MS-PS1-4. Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

 

CCSS 

ELA/Literacy

• RST.6-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.

• RST.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

• RST.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6–8 texts and topics.

• RST.6-8.7 Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).

• WHST.6-8.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.

 

 

Mathematics

• MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

• MP.4 Model with mathematics.

• 6.RP.A.3 Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems.

• 6.NS.C.5 Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation.

• 8.EE.A.3 Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other.