1.

Thepar
ti
cul
atenat
ureofmat
ter(
IGCSEChemi
str
y0620)
Obj
ect
ive
Teachthest
udent
saboutt
hreest
atesofmat
ter
,sol
i
ds,
li
qui
dsandgasesandt
hei
r
behavi
or.
Lear
ningout
comes
Studentsshouldbefamil
iarwiththestat
esofmat t
erandbeabl etodisti
nguish
propert
iesofeachofthestates.Theyshouldbeabletodescribethestr
uctureof
soli
ds,l
iqui
dsandgasesi ntermsofpar t
icl
eseparat
ion,arr
angementandt ypesof
mot i
on.Theyshouldbeabletodescr i
bethechangesofstate.Student
swi l
l
underst
andt hechangesofstateinter
msofki net
ictheory
.

Appr
oach
Acti
vi
ty1-Ident
if
yingpr
iorknowledge:Student
swil
lbegiv
enhandoutswit
h
questi
onsandwill
beaskedtofindotherclassmat
eswhocaneachansweroneof
thequest
ionsonthehandoutandwr i
tethenameofrespondenti
nthesheet
.Act
ivi
ty
i
splannedfor10to15mi ns.
Discussi
on:St
udentswi
ll
bepresent
edwiththestat
esofmat
terwithdiagr
ams
showingthei
rarr
angmentsandeachoft
heirbehavi
orwi
ll
bediscussed.
Acti
vi
ty2Quiz:St
udent
shelptodevelopachartt
oshowt hedi
ffer
encesin
pr
operti
esandst
ruct
ureofsol
ids,
li
quidsandgases.Act
ivi
tyi
splannedfor1015
mins
Pr
acti
cal1(opt
ional
):Student
sobserv
ethesampl
esgi
vent
othem anddeci
de
whet
hereachissoli
d,li
quidorgas.
Acti
vi
ty3(opt
ional
):St
udent
smel
ticet
owat
erandpl
otagr
aphoft
emper
atur
e
agai
nstt
ime.
Discussion:
Howtheparti
clemodel expl
ainsal
ltheproper
ti
esobserv
edwi l
lbe
di
scussedandsummar ized.Quest
ionswillbegi
v ent
oconsoli
datestudent
s
understandi
ngofl
ear
ning.

Resour
ces
Whi
teboar
d,mar
ker
s,i
ce,
beaker
s,t
her
momet
ers,
stopwat
ches,
graphpaper
.