rev Teacher.s Guide - Strange Matter

1 teacher 'S Guide . TABLE OF CONTENTS. Letter to Teachers ..3. Matrix of Activity Curriculum Connections ..4. The Exhibits of Strange Matter ..7. What is Materials Science? ..8. ACTIVITIES. MY Matter / The Investigator's Challenge teacher 's Notes ..10. Student Activity ..14. MAGNETIC Matter / The Astronaut's Challenge teacher 's Notes ..17. Student Activity ..21. SLIMY Matter / The Toy Designer's Challenge teacher 's Notes ..25. Student Activity ..31. FOAMY Matter / The Chef's Challenge teacher 's Notes ..36. Student Activity ..41. BOUNCY Matter / The Sports Equipment Manager's Challenge teacher 's Notes.

2 44. Student Activity ..47. TESTING Matter / The Consumer Product Tester's Challenge teacher 's Notes ..50. Student Activity ..53. RESOURCES ..57. GLOSSARY ..62. This project was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0000586. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation. 2. DEAR TEACHERS. A re your students ready for a close encounter with the amazing world of modern Six hands-on, inquiry-based activities investigate the science of materials.

3 Students materials? are challenged to examine the things that make up their material world in a different way . This teacher 's Resource Guide is intended to through the eyes of materials scientists. accompany Strange Matter , an interactive, Each activity features teacher 's Notes and hands-on exhibition about materials and Student Activity pages. teacher 's pages materials science. include background, preparation, and teaching strategies for introducing the The Strange Matter exhibition uses science to activities as well as extension suggestions, explore the bizarre world of modern materials related Web sites, and the connection to and provide a glimpse of where the future of the Strange Matter exhibit.

4 Materials research might take us. These activities are designed to be flexible. Feel Enter the fascinating world of materials and free to adapt them to suit the needs of your uncover the surprising science behind everyday students. Change and modify the activities stuff. High-tech fields like the space program when appropriate for your class. Choose one are known for their use of advanced materials, activity, or do them all. but these materials have also found their way into the stuff of everyday life from car shock Explore the Strange Matter behind everyday absorbers and eyeglass frames to DVD players stuff.

5 And golf clubs. Discover Materials Science. In this exhibition, you become the materials scientist. Zoom down to the micro level and Strange Matter is produced by the Ontario find out why materials behave the way they do. Science Centre and is presented by the Learn why Post-It notes stick and Teflon Materials Research Society, a not-for-profit doesn't. Play with liquids that defy gravity and scientific association founded in 1973 to morph mysteriously. Discover what your skull promote interdisciplinary goal-oriented and soap bubbles have in common. Get hands- research on materials of technological on and test materials to reveal their properties: importance.

6 Membership in the Society consists make a crystal, whack an atom and try to of more than 12,500 scientists from industry, smash a pane of glass with a bowling ball. government, academia and research laboratories in the United States and nearly 50. This teacher 's Guide is a companion resource to other countries. The Materials Research Society the exhibition. The activities are designed for has received funding from the National Science students in grades 5 through 8 and are Foundation, Alcan, Dow Chemical, Ford Motor curriculum correlated to the National Company and 3M Foundation in conjunction Science Education Standards.

7 With its presentation of Strange Matter . 3. CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS for ACTIVITIES. from the National Science Education Standards (NSES). MAGNETIC Matter . TESTING Matter . BOUNCY Matter . FOAMY Matter . SLIMY Matter . MY Matter . Different kinds of questions suggest different kinds of [Science As Inquiry, . scientific investigations. Some investigations involve Content Standard A, observing and describing objects, organisms, or events; Grades 5-8: some involve collecting specimens; some involve Understandings About experiment; some involve seeking more information; Scientific Inquiry].

8 Some involve discovery of new objects and phenomena;. and some involve making models. A substance has characteristic properties, such as [Physical Science, . density, a boiling point, and solubility, all of which are Content Standard B, independent of the amount of the sample. A mixture Grades 5-8: Properties of substances often can be separated into the And Changes Of original substances using one or more of the Properties In Matter ]. characteristic properties. Energy is a property of many substances and is [Physical Science, associated with heat, light, electricity, mechanical Content Standard B.]

9 Motion, sound, nuclei, and the nature of a chemical. Grades 5-8: Transfer Of Energy is transferred in many ways. Energy]. Substances react chemically in characteristic ways with [Physical Science, . other substances to form new substances Content Standard B, (compounds) with different characteristic properties. In Grades 5-8: Properties chemical reactions, the total mass is conserved. And Changes Of Substances often are placed in categories or groups if Properties In Matter ]. they react in similar ways; metals is an example of such a group. The motion of an object can be described by its [Physical Science.

10 Position, direction of motion, and speed. That motion Content Standard B, can be measured and represented on a graph. Grades 5-8: Motions And Forces]. 4. MAGNETIC Matter . TESTING Matter . BOUNCY Matter . FOAMY Matter . SLIMY Matter . MY Matter . Scientific inquiry and technological design have [Science And Technology, . similarities and differences. Scientists propose Content Standard E, explanations for questions about the natural world, and Grades 5-8: engineers propose solutions relating to human Understandings About problems, needs, and aspirations. Technological Science And Technology].