
States of Matter
Levels 3 and 4

NZC Achievement Objectives

Te Mātauranga o Aotearoa
Properties and Changes of Matter: Classify materials by observing and measuring their properties such as electrical or thermal conductivity or acidity.
Ngā Āhuatanga me ngā Panoni Matū: Ka whakarōpū i ētahi matū mā te mātakitaki me te ine i ngā āhuatanga ōkiko, kawekawe hoki, pēnei i te kawe hiko, te kawe pōkākā, me te waikawatanga.

Learning Intentions

Integration Ideas
Learning Intentions are from the Ministry of Education
Integration ideas are from the Ministry of Education
Level 3
Investigating and reporting on temporary and more permanent changes of state in familiar materials, including rates of changes.
Level 4
Be able to investigate and describe ways of producing changes in ice cubes.
Mathematics and Statistics (Statistics): Collect and display time series data on an environmental phenomenon, such as river heights.

Related Topics
Resources

This book explores concepts related to the conservation of matter during physical and chemical changes. It also provides an opportunity to reinforce the concept that gases are material substances, that is, they have mass.
Level
3-4
Type
Activity Book
Candles: Investigating Combustion
Ministry of Education NZ
This book explores concepts related to the conservation of matter during physical and chemical changes. It also provides an opportunity to reinforce the concept that gases are material substances, that is, they have mass.

What a mess! Someone’s left out frozen milk, smeared melted chocolate around, spilt white crystals everywhere and what’s that smell? Investigate the elements of the mess scene and find out exactly what’s happening!
Level
3
Type
Unit
Change detectives
Primary Connections
What a mess! Someone’s left out frozen milk, smeared melted chocolate around, spilt white crystals everywhere and what’s that smell? Investigate the elements of the mess scene and find out exactly what’s happening!

Sounds are all around us, even if we can’t hear them. Human ears are designed to pick up sound waves of a range of different frequencies, but ultrasonic and infrasonic sounds have frequencies that only certain animals can hear.
Level
4
Type
Book
Connected 2016 Level 4: ‘Can You Hear That?’
Ministry of Education NZ
Sounds are all around us, even if we can’t hear them. Human ears are designed to pick up sound waves of a range of different frequencies, but ultrasonic and infrasonic sounds have frequencies that only certain animals can hear.

Create an erupting geyser with Diet Coke and Mentos, this amazing experiment is guaranteed to impress your friends!
Level
1-4
Type
Experiment
Diet Coke & Mentos Geyser Eruption
Science Kids
Create an erupting geyser with Diet Coke and Mentos, this amazing experiment is guaranteed to impress your friends!

What makes things fizz? Suzy finds the best way to experiment with fizzy liquids is when wearing a raincoat! :-D
Head to https://suzy.co.nz/sw-factsheets/ for the factsheet that accompanies this episode.
Level
1-2
Type
Video
Fizz: What makes things fizz?
Suzy's World
What makes things fizz? Suzy finds the best way to experiment with fizzy liquids is when wearing a raincoat! :-D
Head to https://suzy.co.nz/sw-factsheets/ for the factsheet that accompanies this episode.

Watch Bill Nye go with the flow in the “Fluids” episode.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWtETy5eW1M
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Fluids
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Watch Bill Nye go with the flow in the “Fluids” episode.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWtETy5eW1M

Teach students about concepts such as air pressure and static electricity with the help of some fun balloon demonstrations and activities.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Fun with Balloons
Science Kids
Teach students about concepts such as air pressure and static electricity with the help of some fun balloon demonstrations and activities.

Use pressure to cut an ice cube in half while learning about how the process can be related to the popular winter sport of ice skating.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Ice Cube Magic
Science Kids
Use pressure to cut an ice cube in half while learning about how the process can be related to the popular winter sport of ice skating.

What are some of the differences between ice and liquid water? Which takes up more space? What happens to water when it freezes? Learn the answers while enjoying this fun activity.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Ice Overflow
Science Kids
What are some of the differences between ice and liquid water? Which takes up more space? What happens to water when it freezes? Learn the answers while enjoying this fun activity.

A magnetic field is affected as it passes through different materials. By carrying out an investigation with a small number of variables, students can learn about the scientific requirements of a fair test.
Level
3-4
Type
Activity
Magnets: what can magnetism pass through?
Ministry of Education NZ
A magnetic field is affected as it passes through different materials. By carrying out an investigation with a small number of variables, students can learn about the scientific requirements of a fair test.

Glacial ice is a different colour from regular ice. It is blue because the thick ice of the glacier absorbs every other colour of the spectrum except blue – so blue is what we see! Make your own blue ice art using your freezer.
Level
1-4
Type
Experiment
Make Ice Art
Kiwi Conservation Club - Hakuturi Toa
Glacial ice is a different colour from regular ice. It is blue because the thick ice of the glacier absorbs every other colour of the spectrum except blue – so blue is what we see! Make your own blue ice art using your freezer.

Make your own quicksand with some simple household ingredients such as cornflour and water. Learn about its properties, experiment with how it works and impress your family and friends.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Make Quicksand
Science Kids
Make your own quicksand with some simple household ingredients such as cornflour and water. Learn about its properties, experiment with how it works and impress your family and friends.

Comets are spectacular objects that fly through space at great speeds. Simulate the path they fly and the way they react to the extreme conditions of space in this fun lesson plan.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Make a Comet
Science Kids
Comets are spectacular objects that fly through space at great speeds. Simulate the path they fly and the way they react to the extreme conditions of space in this fun lesson plan.

Suzy heads into one of her favourite rooms in the house, for some kitchen science. Do you know why some liquids don't mix? Will water and oil mix? They're both liquids - they should. shouldn't they? Lets find out together.
Level
1-2
Type
Video
Mix: How come some liquids don’t mix?
Suzy's World
Suzy heads into one of her favourite rooms in the house, for some kitchen science. Do you know why some liquids don't mix? Will water and oil mix? They're both liquids - they should. shouldn't they? Lets find out together.

Bill Nye is going through a phase – a phase of matter. Check out the “Phases of Matter” episode to find out about rock-solid solids, liquidy liquids, and gassy gases. It’s phase-tastic!
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lROwWUGkZZg
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Phases of Matter
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Bill Nye is going through a phase – a phase of matter. Check out the “Phases of Matter” episode to find out about rock-solid solids, liquidy liquids, and gassy gases. It’s phase-tastic!
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lROwWUGkZZg

If you like explosions, you’ll love this experiment. You can make a two-part rocket fuel system that safely explodes!
Level
1-4
Type
Experiment
Pop a Rocket
Bill Nye The Science Guy
If you like explosions, you’ll love this experiment. You can make a two-part rocket fuel system that safely explodes!