Matter and Its Properties
Matter and Its Properties
Matter and Its Properties
I. Introduction
There’s a tremendous variety of different stuff in the universe, and yet everything is
the same in one way. It’s all matter-from supernova to a piece of sausage on your
pizza.
Matter is anything that we can touch, smell taste, see and feel. It exists in many
forms and they can be grouped according to similarities in their properties. These
properties could either be intrinsic or extrinsic, extensive or intensive.
II. Engage
Motivation
Matter from Matter:
Use the letters in MATTER to write the names of 8 examples of matter. You may
use a letter more than once.
III. Explore
Objectives
1. Differentiate physical property from chemical property.
2. Distinguish extensive form intensive properties.
Materials
Procedure
1. Divide the class into five groups
2. Ask each member of the group to write any sample of matter in ¼ index card
with complete description before meeting their group mates.
3. The teacher will instruct each group to form a line outside their classroom
leaving one group inside to tape one given matter (written in index card)
under each chair or table of other group. The same procedure will be
repeated until all index cards were posted under each chair.
4. Members of each group will make a list of these sample matter as shown
below
Physical Property
Sample Matter Chemical Property
Intensive Extensive
Generalization
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IV. Explain
Physical properties are classified into extensive and intensive. An extensive property
depends on how much of the material you are dealing with. Mass, volume, length,
and weight are examples of extensive properties. Intensive properties do not
depend on the amount of matter being considered. The measured values of an
intensive property are not additive. The color, density, melting point, and boiling
point of a sample, all intensive properties, remain the same for a small sample as for
a large one.
VI. Extend
Materials Description