Matter

Fourth Grade
 The student will
learn:
• What matter is.
• How to identify matter.
• The three different states
of matter.
What is matter?
• Everything is matter!
• Anything that takes up space is
matter.
• Your desk, paper, pencil, and even
the air you breath are matter.
 How do you identify
matter?
• We identify matter by its
properties
– How it taste, looks,and feels
– Its size, shape, and color
 Three states of
matter
• Matter appears in three
different forms.
–Solid – ice cube
–Liquid - water
–Gas - vapor
What have you learned?

• What is matter?
What have you learned?

• What is matter?
Everything, Anything that
takes up space
What have you learned?
• What are some ways to
identify matter?
What have you learned?
• What are some ways to
identify matter?
By its size, shape, color,
looks, taste and feel
What have you learned?
• What are the three
forms of matter?
What have you learned?
• What are the three
forms of matter?
Solid, Liquid, and Gas
 Sources
• What is matter
• Webquest: matter