This Properties of Matter Definitions Worksheet helps 4th grade students match key science terms—matter, mass, volume, weight, and density—to their meanings and complete sentences about solids and gases. Answer key included for fast, no-prep science practice.
Sort nine everyday examples, label three particle diagrams, and explain a change of state with this states of matter examples worksheet for 4th grade. An answer key is included, so checking work takes seconds.
This 4th Grade Properties of Matter Review Worksheet has students answer key questions about matter and sort everyday objects as solid, liquid, or gas. Answer key included — an easy, no-prep way to review states of matter.
The Matter Song teaches all about matter and the states of matter. With this states of matter song, students learn about solid, liquid, and gas, as well as the phases of matter, properties of matter, physical changes, chemical changes, and so much more. Matter has mass and takes up space.…
This Electricity Worksheet pairs a short reading passage with vocabulary and explanation questions that show 4th graders how current, circuits, conductors, and insulators work. Answer key included for fast, no-prep science practice.
This solid liquid gas explanation worksheet has 4th graders sort nine materials into a three-column chart and name the solid and liquid in four sentences. An answer key is included.
This Magnetic Earth Worksheet gives 4th Grade students four magnet words and six real-life clues to match, plus an answer key, so magnetism vocabulary sticks long after the lesson ends.
Matter word wall flash cards with 16 picture cards for solid, liquid, gas, melt, evaporate and more, for 2nd to 5th grade science. Answer key included for easy checking.
This chemical changes observation worksheet has 4th graders study a baking soda and vinegar reaction, spot the evidence of a new substance, and explain their thinking. An answer key is included.
While listening to the Matter Song (MP3), students learn about the states of matter, phases of matter, properties of matter, physical changes, chemical changes, solid, liquid, and gas and more.
This physical changes observation worksheet lets 4th grade students name everyday changes and explain clay and paper observations with evidence, and an answer key is included.
The Let's Make Some Noise Worksheet helps 4th grade students read about how sound travels and how the ear hears, then answer questions. An answer key is included for quick checking.
Solids, liquids, gases and changes
Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space, and that means almost everything! Fourth graders learn the three states of matter: solids keep their shape, liquids take the shape of their container and gases spread out to fill any space. They describe matter by its properties, like color, hardness, mass and whether it floats or sinks. They compare physical changes, like melting ice or cutting paper, with chemical changes, like baking a cake or rusting metal, where a new substance forms. The click comes when kids realize melted ice is still water, but a baked cake can never be batter again!
Matter is the perfect topic for hands-on science. These moves keep it that way.
Start the unit with a matter song and have kids act out each state: huddle close for solids, flow around for liquids and spread out for gases. Moving like particles makes the differences easy to remember.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withMatter SongSongsOpen it →Let kids cut paper, melt an ice cube and dissolve sugar, then record what changed. Ask "Is it still the same stuff?" Testing real changes helps kids tell physical changes from chemical ones.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withPhysical Changes Observation WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Point to a word on the matter word wall and have kids give an example: "Gas! The air in a balloon." Quick examples keep the vocabulary connected to real things.
Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withMatter Word WallFlash CardsOpen it →Science is meant to be messy. Lean into it!
WorksheetsKids watch for clues of a chemical change, like bubbles, color changes or new smells.
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WorksheetsFind a solid, a liquid and a gas in the classroom. The air counts!
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WorksheetsDescribe a mystery object by its properties while classmates guess what it is.
Open Properties of Matter Definitions Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Properties of Matter Definitions Worksheet, Properties of Matter Review Worksheet and States of Matter Examples Worksheet.
Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. Solids, liquids and gases are all matter, including the air we breathe.
A physical change changes the size, shape or state of matter but not what it is, like freezing water. A chemical change makes a new substance, like burning wood or baking bread.
Properties describe matter, like color, shape, size, texture, hardness, mass and whether it is magnetic or floats. Scientists use properties to sort and identify materials.
Freeze water into ice, let it melt and then watch steam rise from a hot pot (with an adult nearby). Ask your child to name the state at each step.
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