HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

Please copy down tonight’s homework.

If you did not hand it in yesterday, have your Notes for 15.1 on your desk.

Please get your folders.

Today, we will:

See what you think about matter.

Talk about matter.

See if you think differently about matter.

Today, you will be sitting with your_______________ partner.

When I say it’s OK to move, please bring all of your things with you.

Take out a piece of paper and write your names at the top.

Make two columns:MATTER NOT MATTER

Is It Matter???rocks

air

lightlove

cells

fire

smoke

puppies

stars

steamheat

water

bacteria

oxygen

sound gravity

MATTER is anything that has mass.

Even a teeny tiny amount of mass.

All matter is made of atoms.

There are about 100 different kinds of atoms.

Is It Matter??? (Is it made of atoms?)

MADE OF ATOMS NOT MADE OF ATOMSrocks

air

light

lovecells fire

smokepuppies

stars

steam

heat

sound

water bacteria

oxygen

gravity

What kinds of things are NOT made of atoms?

Everything else (all matter in the universe) IS made of atoms.

EVEN YOU!

LET’S PLAY A GAME!!!

Before you do the “After”: Name five things that you see in the room that are made of atoms.Name something in the room that is NOT made of atoms.What was the rule that we came up with to differentiate matter from non-matter?

Now, on the back side of the “Is it Matter” sheet, you and your partner should classify the following items:

Is It Matter???baby powder

atoms

electricityhappiness

dust

magnetic force

car exhaust

salt

rotten apples

dissolved sugaryour breath

fog

Justin Bieber

Mars

milk sunlight