MS-PS1.A-4

Matter Splatter

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

4.2 Stars

TEACHERS (199)

4.2

STUDENTS (54022)

4.1

LENGTH

20 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Description

Help Chewy the Chow pup escape by manipulating matter! Utilize the different states of matter to conquer physics-based puzzles. Dig through solid ground, flood spaces with water, blow hot air to fill up balloons, freeze the ground, melt icicles, power up plasma balls and more!

Vocabulary Words

states of matter

solid

liquid

gas

plasma

density

molecules

changes in states of matter

atom

molecule

matter

substance

particles

mass

volume

density

temperature

pressure

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about States of Matter and their Structure. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

A gas can flow and expand to take the volume and shape of its container.(MS)

A liquid maintains its volume, but flows to take the shape of its container.(MS)

A solid maintains its shape and volume.

A substance in liquid form is generally denser than the substance in gas form.

A substance in solid form is generally denser than the substance in liquid form.

Atoms and molecules are in constant motion.

In a gas, particles of matter are widely spaced except when they collide.

In a gas, particles of matter move relative to one another and do not remain in contact.

In a liquid, particles of matter move relative to one another but remain in contact.

In a solid, particles of matter are closely spaced.

In a solid, particles of matter vibrate in place and do not move relative to each other.

State of matter is an extrinsic property of matter that depends on conditions such as temperature and pressure.

There are four states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What are the four states of matter? What causes a substance to change state? What is volume? How can you measure the volume of an object?

After the Game

What are the four main states of matter that the game explored? How did you convert a gas into liquid and a liquid into gas? Use the molecule simulator in this game to describe how particles move as solids, liquids and gases? In the game, how did solids, liquids, and gasses act differently, and what does this have to do with the movement of their particles and their density? What evidence from this game can you use to support that changing states of matter is a physical change?