States of Matter STEM Unit - STEM Activities STEM Unit 2: Properties of Matter

STEM Units of Study Structure and Properties of Matter includes STEM solids, liquids, and gases activities, science lesson plans, learning investigations, challenges, complete curriculum to teach five weeks of STEM Matter to your second graders. Each day focuses on the 5E model and provides you with the exact tools to illustrate the concepts. All of the guesswork has been removed with this NO PREP unit of study.

After completing this unit, your students will be able to:
•2-PS1-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify kinds of materials by their observable properties.
•2-PS1-2: Analyze data to determine which materials have the properties best suited for an intended purpose
•2-PS1-3: Make observations to construct an evidence-based explanation of how an object made of a small set of pieces can be taken apart to make a new object, as well as explain that small parts make a whole.
•2-PS1-4: Provide evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
•K-2-ETS1-1 Ask questions, make observations, gather information to solve a problem through 2 Stem Challenges
•K-2-ETS1-2 Develop a model to explain a solution to a problem

Included in the second 5E unit of study:

•Big Picture Broken Down- Second Grade Quarterly STEM Topics

•Unit Two Overview

•Unit 2: Structure and Properties of Matter {complete with performance expectations, disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, essential questions, vocabulary, and materials needed)

•Lesson Plans for Each Unit

•Student Activities

•Science and Engineering Matter Student Notebook (with options for less paper)

•STEM Challenges
• Learning Investigations

•Vocabulary

•Original Informational Text Readers on Matter Topics

•Trade book Suggestions with Literacy Connections

•Nonfiction Text with questions and integration of ELA standards

•Background Information {inducing purpose for the shift from science to STEM, science and engineering practices overview, science and engineering practices broken down by grade level K-5, and science topics K-5}

•Assessment- matter quiz, questions to nonfiction text, science and engineering matter notebook responses, project designs, and final summative assessment

★Weekly Breakdown
Week One:
Engage: What is the World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Explore: An Introduction to Matter Learning Investigation/Experiment with Mixtures/Solutions
Explain: Matter Explained (Your Choice Tradebook/suggested materials or Matter, Matter, Everywhere! By Trina Deboree
Elaborate: Mixtures/Solutions Learning Investigation/Experiment
Evaluate: Matter Quiz (formative assessment)

Week Two:
Engage/Explore Properties of Matter Pirates Adventure App
Explain: Nonfiction Passages on Properties of Matter/Vocabulary with ELA questions
Engage/Explore: Sinking and Floating Challenge {Ask and Imagine}
Explore/Elaborate: Sinking and Floating {Create} Build
Elaborate/Evaluate Sinking Floating Challenge {Revise and Improve{ Present- compare and contrast

Week Three:
Engage/Explore: Close Read Iggy Peck, Architect {Literacy Connection} Building Structures Using Small Materials to Create and Recreate a whole. {Ask/Imagine/Plan}
Explore: Create and discuss structures
Explain/Elaborate: Video link to 100 Most Famous Buildings/Structures of All Time and Matter in Architecture by Trina Deboree (included)
Evaluate: Revise Structures {Revise and Improve}

Week Four:
Engage: Literacy Connection - What's the Matter In Mr. Whisker's Room?
Explore/Explain: States of Matter Learning Investigation (experiment)
Explain: How Does Matter Change? Nonfiction passages/ELA questions
Explain/Elaborate: Motion of Particles (observations with movement- learning investigation)
Explore/Explain/Elaborate: Particles in Gas Learning Investigation

Week Five:
Engage/Explore: Matter Changing States and Temperature Learning investigation (experiment)
Explain/Elaborate: Solids, Liquids, Gases, and Temperature by Trina Deboree (provided)
Explain/Elaborate: Class Demonstration Chemicals React (Elephant's Toothpaste)
Evaluate: Review for Summative
Evaluate: Summative Assessment

Informational Text Standards Covered:
RI.1 Asking and Answering Questions
RI. 2 Main Idea
RI. 3 Connections to Scientific Concepts
RI. 4 Vocabulary
RI. 7 Images