Second Grade

Brenda Rone, Susan Gentry, and Bridgett NiedringhausHazelwood School District

This lesson is designed to reinforce:State Science Standard 3

I I I Matter and EnergyProperties, Characteristics, and Structures of Matter

A. Physical Properties are used to identif y objects.B. Matter has physical properties that can change.C. Substances/ mixtures can exist in diff erent concentrations.D. Materials can be used f or a variety of purposes.

Teacher Page

We suggest that students keep ajournal.

It is critical for students to usewriting skills to explain answers.When you see this symbolstudents should use their journals.

A. Physical Properties

Classifying

Activity 3

Which of your senses could you use to describe a banana?

touch sight

hearing taste smell

? ?

touch

Did you choose your sense of touch?

How would it feel? Discuss your answers, then click for ideas.

smoothsoftwaxy

Share your other ideas.

sight

Did you choose your sense of sight?

How would it look? Discuss your answers, then click for ideas.

yellowlongshiny

Share your other ideas.

bigsmall

Did you choose your sense of hearing?

How would it sound? Discuss your answers, then click for ideas.It didn’t make a sound.Would you hear anything if you peeled it?

hearing

taste

Did you choose your sense of taste?

How would it taste? Discuss your answers, then click for ideas.

sweetno taste

Share your other ideas.Remember..you only taste when yourteacher tells you.

smell

Did you choose your sense of smell?

How would it smell? Discuss your answers, then click for ideas.

Share your other ideas.

sweetgood

Use your senses to describe this jar.

touch sight

hearing taste smell

? ?

X XWhy wouldn’t you use taste and smell?

sight

Using your sense of sightwrite three words that describe the jar. Share your ideas with your class. Click for ideasshiny

clear-transparentround bottomcurved sidesglass

Using your sense of touchwrite three words that describe the jar. Shareyour ideas with your class. Click for ideassmooth

slickridges at the topcool

touch

hard

The jar doesn’t make a sound by itself. Describe one way you could get a sound from the jar. Share your ideas with the class.

Click for ideas

It rings if you hit it with something.You could drop something in it.

hearing

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